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ضِدَّ
against /ˈdˤɪd.dɑ/
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Also: opposed to, versus, counter to
Example sentences
لَعِبَ فَرِيقُنَا ضِدَّ فَرِيقٍ آخَرَ.
Our team played against another team.
صَوَّتَ كَثِيرُونَ ضِدَّ هٰذَا القَانُونِ.
Many people voted against this law.
وَقَفَ الشَّعْبُ ضِدَّ الظُّلْمِ.
The people stood against injustice.
لَنْ أَقِفَ ضِدَّهُ مَهْمَا حَدَثَ.
I will not stand against him, no matter what happens.
يَجِبُ أَلَّا نَتَحَيَّزَ ضِدَّ أَحَدٍ بِسَبَبِ دِينِهِ أَوْ عِرْقِهِ.
We must not be biased against anyone because of their religion or race.
رَفَعَتِ الشَّرِكَةُ دَعْوَى قَضَائِيَّةً ضِدَّ مُنَافِسِهَا بِتُهْمَةِ انْتِهَاكِ بَرَاءَةِ الِاخْتِرَاعِ.
The company filed a lawsuit against its competitor on charges of patent infringement.
Word family
ضِدّopposite; opponent; antonym
أَضْدَادopposites (plural)
مُضَادّopposing, contrary, anti-
تَضَادّcontrast, mutual opposition
ضَادَّto oppose, to be hostile to
Etymology
The word comes from the Semitic triliteral root ض-د-د, which conveys the idea of opposition or contrariety. The base noun ضِدّ means "opposite" or "adversary," and its accusative form ضِدَّ became fixed as an adverbial preposition meaning "against." This shift from noun to preposition through a frozen accusative case is a common pattern in Arabic. Since Arabic is a Semitic language, it has no Indo-European root or cognates.
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