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فِدْيَة
ransom /ˈfid.jah/
nounB2#4314 most common
Also: redemption payment, expiatory payment (Islamic law), compensation for a missed religious duty
Example sentences
دَفَعَ الأَبُ فِدْيَةً لِيُنْقِذَ ابْنَهُ.
The father paid a ransom to save his son.
طَلَبَ الخَاطِفُونَ فِدْيَةً مِنَ العَائِلَةِ.
The kidnappers demanded a ransom from the family.
مَنْ أَفْطَرَ فِي رَمَضَانَ بِسَبَبِ مَرَضٍ دَائِمٍ يَجِبُ عَلَيْهِ دَفْعُ الفِدْيَةِ.
Whoever breaks the fast in Ramadan because of a chronic illness must pay the fidyah.
رَفَضَتِ الحُكُومَةُ التَّفَاوُضَ عَلَى الفِدْيَةِ مَعَ الخَاطِفِينَ.
The government refused to negotiate the ransom with the kidnappers.
تُقَدَّرُ الفِدْيَةُ عَنْ كُلِّ يَوْمِ إِفْطَارٍ بِإِطْعَامِ مِسْكِينٍ وَاحِدٍ.
The fidyah for each day of not fasting is set at feeding one poor person.
اِزْدَادَتْ حَوَادِثُ اخْتِطَافِ السُّفُنِ التِّجَارِيَّةِ طَلَبًا لِلْفِدَى الضَّخْمَةِ مِنَ الشَّرِكَاتِ المَالِكَةِ.
Incidents of hijacking commercial ships to demand huge ransoms from the owning companies have increased.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | فِدْيَةٌ | فِدًى |
| Genitive | فِدْيَةٍ | فِدًى |
| Accusative | فِدْيَةً | فِدًى |
| Vocative | يَا فِدْيَةُ | يَا فِدًى |
Word family
فَدَىto ransom, to redeem
فِدَاءact of ransoming, sacrifice
فَادٍone who ransoms, a redeemer
فِدَائِيّfedayee, one who risks himself for a cause
Etymology
فِدْيَة comes from the Semitic root ف-د-ي, which gives the verb فَدَى, to ransom or redeem by paying a price. The root's core sense is buying someone or something free from harm, captivity, or an obligation. In Islamic legal usage the word narrowed to a compensatory payment that substitutes for a religious duty a person cannot perform, such as fasting.
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