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صُعُود
ascent, rise, going up /sˤuˈʕuːd/
nounB1#2444 most common
Also: climbing, boarding (getting on a vehicle), escalation (of prices, tension)
Example sentences
هٰذَا الصُّعُودُ سَهْلٌ.
This climb is easy.
صُعُودُ الجَبَلِ يَحْتَاجُ إِلَى وَقْتٍ طَوِيلٍ.
Climbing the mountain takes a long time.
يُمْنَعُ الصُّعُودُ إِلَى السَّطْحِ بَعْدَ السَّاعَةِ العَاشِرَةِ.
Going up to the roof is forbidden after ten o'clock.
لاحَظْتُ صُعُودَ أَسْعَارِ الوَقُودِ هٰذَا الشَّهْرِ.
I noticed the rise in fuel prices this month.
شَهِدَتِ الشَّرِكَةُ صُعُودًا مُلْحُوظًا فِي أَرْبَاحِهَا هٰذَا العَامَ.
The company saw a notable rise in its profits this year.
يُعَدُّ صُعُودُ الطَّائِرَةِ مِنْ أَخْطَرِ مَرَاحِلِ الرِّحْلَةِ الجَوِّيَّةِ.
The plane's takeoff is considered one of the most dangerous phases of a flight.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | صُعُودٌ | |
| Genitive | صُعُودٍ | |
| Accusative | صُعُوداً | |
| Vocative | يَا صُعُودُ |
Word family
صَعِدَto go up, climb, ascend
مِصْعَدelevator, lift
صَاعِدascending, rising
تَصْعِيدescalation
صَعِيدlevel ground, surface
Etymology
صُعُود comes from the Arabic root ص-ع-د (ṣ-ʿ-d), which carries the core sense of moving upward. The word itself is the maṣdar, or verbal noun, of the verb صَعِدَ (ṣaʿida), meaning to go up or climb. This root is native Semitic and shows up across a family of derived words tied to elevation, both physical and figurative.
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