ساعد

Cognate with Hebrew סָעַד (sāʿad, “to support”).

• IPA^(key): /saː.ʕa.da/

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سَاعَدَ • (sāʕada) III (non-past يُسَاعِدُ (yusāʕidu), verbal noun مُسَاعَدَة (musāʕada))

1. to help, to assist

   هَلْ يُمْكِنُ أَنْ تُسَاعِدَنِي؟ ― hal yumkinu ʔan tusāʕidanī? ― Can you help me?

• → Swahili: -saidia

• IPA^(key): /saː.ʕid/

سَاعِد • (sāʕid) m (plural سَوَاعِد (sawāʕid))

1. forearm, bracchium
   • a. 684, معن بن أوس , فيا عجباً لمن ربيت طفلاً :

     أُعَلِّمُهُ ٱلرِّمَايَةَ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ / فَلَمَّا ٱشْتَدَّ سَاعِدُهُ رَمَانِي.

     ʔuʕallimu-hū r-rimāyata kulla yawmin / fa-lammā štadda sāʕidu-hū ramā-nī.

     I teach him shooting every day; and when his arm was steady he shot me.

   فِي ذِرَاعِ ٱلْإِنْسَانِ ثَلَاثَةُ عِظَامٍ: اِثْنَتَانِ فِي ٱلسَّاعِدِ ٱسْمَاهُمَا ٱلزَّنْدُ وَٱلْكُعْبُرَةُ وَوَاحِدَةٌ فِي ٱلْعَضُدِ.

   fī ḏirāʕi l-ʔinsāni ṯalāṯatu ʕiẓāmin: iṯnatāni fī s-sāʕidi smāhumā z-zandu wal-kuʕburatu wawāḥidatun fī l-ʕaḍudi.

   There are three bones in the human arm: two in the lower arm (called the ulna and the radius) and one in the upper arm.

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

From Arabic سَاعَدَ (sāʕada).

• IPA^(key): /ˈsaː.ʕad/

ساعد • (sāʕad) III (non-past يِساعِد (yisāʕid))

1. to help

From Arabic سَاعَدَ (sāʕada).

• IPA^(key): /saː.ʕad/,

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ساعد • (sāʕad) III (present بساعد (bisāʕed))

1. to help

   Synonym: عاون (ʕāwan)

   مسؤوليّتنا إنّه نساعد بعدم انتشار الأمراض المعديّة.

   masʔūliyyetna ʔinno nsāʕed bi-ʕadm intišār il-ʔamrāḍ il-moʕdiyye

   It's our responsibility to help stop the spread of infectious diseases.

   (literally, “It's our responsibility to help in the non-spread of infectious diseases.”)