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صَعِد
to ascend, climb, go up /ˈsˤa.ʕi.da/
verbB1#1484 most common
Also: to rise, to go up, to be promoted (figurative)
Example sentences
صَعِدَ الوَلَدُ الدَّرَجَ.
The boy climbed the stairs.
صَعِدْنا إلى الطابِقِ الثاني.
We went up to the second floor.
صَعِدَتِ الطائرةُ فوقَ الغُيوم.
The plane rose above the clouds.
صَعِدَ السائحُ إلى قِمّةِ الجبلِ بعدَ ساعاتٍ من المشي.
The tourist climbed to the mountain peak after hours of walking.
صَعِدَ الفريقُ إلى الدرجةِ الأولى بعدَ موسمٍ طويل.
The team rose to the first division after a long season.
كُلَّما صَعِدَ الإنسانُ في مناصبِهِ ازدادَت مسؤولياتُهُ وقلَّ أصدقاؤه.
The higher a person rises in his posts, the greater his duties grow and the fewer his friends become.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أَصْعَدُ | صَعِدْتُ | سَأَصْعَدُ |
| 2sg | تَصْعَدُ | صَعِدْتَ | سَتَصْعَدُ |
| 3sg | يَصْعَدُ | صَعِدَ | سَيَصْعَدُ |
| 1pl | نَصْعَدُ | صَعِدْنا | سَنَصْعَدُ |
| 2pl | تَصْعَدُونَ | صَعِدْتُمْ | سَتَصْعَدُونَ |
| 3pl | يَصْعَدُونَ | صَعِدُوا | سَيَصْعَدُونَ |
Word family
صُعُود (ṣuʿūd)ascent, climbing, rise
مِصْعَد (miṣʿad)elevator, lift
تَصْعِيد (taṣʿīd)escalation
صَاعِد (ṣāʿid)ascending, rising
صَعَّدَ (ṣaʿʿada)to escalate, intensify
Etymology
The verb comes from the Semitic triliteral root ṣ-ʿ-d, which carries the sense of upward movement. In Arabic it settled on the idea of climbing or rising. The same root gives the noun for ascent and the modern word for an elevator.
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