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صَفَد
fetter (a shackle used to bind the hands or feet of a prisoner) /sˤaˈfad/
nounB2#4328 most common
Also: shackle, chain, restraint
Example sentences
السَّجَّانُ يَحْمِلُ صَفَدًا.
The jailer is carrying a fetter.
وَضَعَ الشُّرْطِيُّ الصَّفَدَ فِي يَدِ اللِّصِّ.
The policeman put the fetter on the thief's hand.
كَانَ الْأَسِيرُ مُقَيَّدًا بِصَفَدٍ ثَقِيلٍ.
The prisoner was bound with a heavy fetter.
لَمْ يَسْتَطِعِ الْهَرَبَ بِسَبَبِ الصَّفَدِ الَّذِي فِي رِجْلِهِ.
He could not escape because of the fetter on his leg.
صُفِّدَتْ يَدَاهُ بِأَصْفَادٍ مِنْ حَدِيدٍ قَبْلَ نَقْلِهِ إِلَى السِّجْنِ.
His hands were bound with iron fetters before he was moved to prison.
وَتَرَى الْمُجْرِمِينَ يَوْمَئِذٍ مُقَرَّنِينَ فِي الْأَصْفَادِ.
And you will see the guilty on that Day bound together in fetters.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | صَفَدٌ | أَصْفَادٌ |
| Genitive | صَفَدٍ | أَصْفَادٍ |
| Accusative | صَفَدًا | أَصْفَادًا |
| Vocative | يَا صَفَدُ | يَا أَصْفَادُ |
Word family
صَفَّدَto shackle, bind in fetters
مُصَفَّدshackled, chained
تَصْفِيدthe act of shackling
أَصْفَادfetters, shackles (plural)
Etymology
The word comes from the Arabic triliteral root ص-ف-د (ṣ-f-d), whose core sense is to bind or shackle. The noun صَفَد names the object used to do this: an iron ring or chain fastened around a wrist or ankle. The verb صَفَّدَ (to shackle someone) and the passive participle مُصَفَّد (shackled) share the same root.
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