فدى

Arabic

Root
ف د ي (f-d-y)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fa.daː/

Verb

فَدَى • (fadā) I, non-past يَفْدِي‎ (yafdī) (transitive)

1. to free (someone) from captivity or from danger by paying a sum of money or by giving away something to buy him back; to ransom (someone) [+ بِ (for; with; through)] (something)
   • 9th–10th century CE, al-Ṭabarī, جامع البيان في تأويل القرآن [The Compilation of Qur'anic Interpretations]:

     تُحَيِّي بِالسَّلَامَةِ أُمُّ عَمْرٍو * وَهَلْ لَكِ بَعْدَ رَهْطِكِ مِنْ سَلَامِ
     ذَرِينِي أَصْطَبِحُ بِكْرًا فَإِنِّي * رَأَيْتُ الْمَوْتَ نَقَّبَ عَنْ هِشَامِ
     وَوَدَّ بَنُو الْمُغِيرَةِ لَوْ فَدَوْهُ * بِأَلْفٍ مِنْ رِجَالٍ أَوْ سَوَامِ

     tuḥayyī bi-s-salāmati ʔummu ʕamrin * wahal laki baʕda rahṭiki min salāmī
     ḏarīnī ʔaṣṭabiḥu bikran faʔinnī * raʔaytu l-mawta naqqaba ʕan hišāmī
     wawadda banū l-muḡīrati law fadawhu * biʔalfin min rijālin ʔaw sawāmī

     ʾUmm Amr wishes us well!
     Have you, without your kin, ever been well?
     Let me drink, for I have seen Death
     Rooting about, hunting Hišām.
     The clansmen of Muḡīrah wish
     They could have ransomed him
     For even a thousand head
     Of grazers or of men.

   • 11th–12th century CE, Ibn Zuhr, (Please provide the book title or journal name):

     يَا غُصْنَ نَقَا مُكَلَّلًا بِٱلذَّهَبِ – أَفْدِيكَ مِنَ ٱلرَّدَى بِأُمِّي وَأَبِي

     yā ḡuṣna naqā mukallalan bi-ḏ-ḏahabi – ʔafdīka mina r-radā biʔummī waʔabī

     Oh gold-wreathed sand dune branch – I would ransom you from death with my mother and father!

Conjugation

Conjugation of

فَدَى

(form-I final-weak, verbal nouns فَدًى or فِدًى or فِداء)

verbal nouns الْمَصَادِر						فَدًى or فِدًى or فِداء fadan or fidan or fidāʔ
active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل						فَادٍ fādin
passive participle اِسْم الْمَفْعُول						مَفْدِيّ mafdiyy
active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	فَدَيْتُ fadaytu	فَدَيْتَ fadayta	فَدَى fadā		فَدَيْتُمَا fadaytumā	فَدَيَا fadayā		فَدَيْنَا fadaynā	فَدَيْتُمْ fadaytum	فَدَوْا fadaw
	f		فَدَيْتِ fadayti	فَدَتْ fadat			فَدَتَا fadatā			فَدَيْتُنَّ fadaytunna	فَدَيْنَ fadayna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أَفْدِي ʔafdī	تَفْدِي tafdī	يَفْدِي yafdī		تَفْدِيَانِ tafdiyāni	يَفْدِيَانِ yafdiyāni		نَفْدِي nafdī	تَفْدُونَ tafdūna	يَفْدُونَ yafdūna
	f		تَفْدِينَ tafdīna	تَفْدِي tafdī			تَفْدِيَانِ tafdiyāni			تَفْدِينَ tafdīna	يَفْدِينَ yafdīna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أَفْدِيَ ʔafdiya	تَفْدِيَ tafdiya	يَفْدِيَ yafdiya		تَفْدِيَا tafdiyā	يَفْدِيَا yafdiyā		نَفْدِيَ nafdiya	تَفْدُوا tafdū	يَفْدُوا yafdū
	f		تَفْدِي tafdī	تَفْدِيَ tafdiya			تَفْدِيَا tafdiyā			تَفْدِينَ tafdīna	يَفْدِينَ yafdīna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أَفْدِ ʔafdi	تَفْدِ tafdi	يَفْدِ yafdi		تَفْدِيَا tafdiyā	يَفْدِيَا yafdiyā		نَفْدِ nafdi	تَفْدُوا tafdū	يَفْدُوا yafdū
	f		تَفْدِي tafdī	تَفْدِ tafdi			تَفْدِيَا tafdiyā			تَفْدِينَ tafdīna	يَفْدِينَ yafdīna
imperative الْأَمْر	m		اِفْدِ ifdi			اِفْدِيَا ifdiyā				اِفْدُوا ifdū
	f		اِفْدِي ifdī							اِفْدِينَ ifdīna
passive voice الْفِعْل الْمَجْهُول
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	فُدِيتُ fudītu	فُدِيتَ fudīta	فُدِيَ fudiya		فُدِيتُمَا fudītumā	فُدِيَا fudiyā		فُدِينَا fudīnā	فُدِيتُمْ fudītum	فُدُوا fudū
	f		فُدِيتِ fudīti	فُدِيَتْ fudiyat			فُدِيَتَا fudiyatā			فُدِيتُنَّ fudītunna	فُدِينَ fudīna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أُفْدَى ʔufdā	تُفْدَى tufdā	يُفْدَى yufdā		تُفْدَيَانِ tufdayāni	يُفْدَيَانِ yufdayāni		نُفْدَى nufdā	تُفْدَوْنَ tufdawna	يُفْدَوْنَ yufdawna
	f		تُفْدَيْنَ tufdayna	تُفْدَى tufdā			تُفْدَيَانِ tufdayāni			تُفْدَيْنَ tufdayna	يُفْدَيْنَ yufdayna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أُفْدَى ʔufdā	تُفْدَى tufdā	يُفْدَى yufdā		تُفْدَيَا tufdayā	يُفْدَيَا yufdayā		نُفْدَى nufdā	تُفْدَوْا tufdaw	يُفْدَوْا yufdaw
	f		تُفْدَيْ tufday	تُفْدَى tufdā			تُفْدَيَا tufdayā			تُفْدَيْنَ tufdayna	يُفْدَيْنَ yufdayna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أُفْدَ ʔufda	تُفْدَ tufda	يُفْدَ yufda		تُفْدَيَا tufdayā	يُفْدَيَا yufdayā		نُفْدَ nufda	تُفْدَوْا tufdaw	يُفْدَوْا yufdaw
	f		تُفْدَيْ tufday	تُفْدَ tufda			تُفْدَيَا tufdayā			تُفْدَيْنَ tufdayna	يُفْدَيْنَ yufdayna