ص د ق

See also: صدق and صدف

Arabic

Etymology

Inherited from West Semitic, cognate with Hebrew צ־ד־ק.

Root

ص د ق • (ṣ-d-q)

forms words related to truth
forms words related to friends, friendship, acquaintance or companionship

Derived terms

Verbs

Form I: صَدَقَ (ṣadaqa, “to tell the truth, be sincere, prove to be true, to be right”)
- Verbal noun: صَدْق (ṣadq), صِدْق ( ṣidq)
- Active participle: صَادِق (ṣādiq, “truthful, accurate, faithful”)
- Passive participle: مَصْدُوق (maṣdūq)
Form II: صَدَّقَ (ṣaddaqa, “to consider true or truthful, believe, consent, approve, certify”)
- Verbal noun: تَصْدِيق (taṣdīq, “belief, faith, assent, approval, certification”)
- Active participle: مُصَدِّق (muṣaddiq)
- Passive participle: مُصَدَّق (muṣaddaq)
Form III: صَادَقَ (ṣādaqa, “to treat as a friend, become friends with, consent, approve, certify”)
- Verbal noun: مُصَادَقَة (muṣādaqa, “consent, agreement, certification, ratification”)
- Active participle: مُصَادِق (muṣādiq)
- Passive participle: مُصَادَق (muṣādaq)
Form IV: أَصْدَقَ (ʔaṣdaqa, “to fix a dower”)
- Verbal noun: إِصْدَاق (ʔiṣdāq)
- Active participle: مُصْدِق (muṣdiq)
- Passive participle: مُصْدَق (muṣdaq)
Form V: تَصَدَّقَ (taṣaddaqa, “to give alms”), اِصَّدَّقَ (iṣṣaddaqa, “to give alms”)
- Verbal noun: تَصَدُّق (taṣadduq)
- Active participle: مُتَصَدِّق (mutaṣaddiq), مُصَّدِّق (muṣṣaddiq)
- Passive participle: مُتَصَدَّق (mutaṣaddaq), مُصَّدَّق (muṣṣaddaq)
Form VI: تَصَادَقَ (taṣādaqa)
- Verbal noun: تَصَادُق (taṣāduq)
- Active participle: مُتَصَادِق (mutaṣādiq)
- Passive participle: مُتَصَادَق (mutaṣādaq)

Nouns and other parts of speech

صَدَاقَة (ṣadāqa, “friendship”)
صَدَاقَ (ṣadāqa, “dower”)
صَدِيق (ṣadīq, “friend”) – plurals: أَصْدِقَاء (ʔaṣdiqāʔ), صُدَقَاء (ṣudaqāʔ), صُدْقَان (ṣudqān)
صَدُوق (ṣadūq, “always truthful”)
صِدِّيق (ṣiddīq, “always truthful”)
أَصْدَق (ʔaṣdaq, “more truthful”)
مِصْدَاق (miṣdāq, “corroboration, substantiation, criterion”)
مِصْدَاقِيَّة (miṣdāqiyya)
مُصَدِّقَة (muṣaddiqa, “certificate”)

References

Wehr, Hans (1979) “صدق”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN