صدر

Root entry · 13 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of the chest or breast, but extends metaphorically to leadership, precedence, and the beginning or source of things. It also encompasses movement, particularly returning or departing from a place.

Derived headwords

صَدْرnoun

1.
chest, breastboth
The front part of the human torso, between the neck and the abdomen.
2.
forefront, frontboth
The leading or most prominent position.
3.
leader, chiefclassical
One who is at the head of a group or affair.

مصدرnoun

1.
source, originboth
The place or point from which something begins or arises.
2.
leader, chiefclassical
One who is at the head of a group or affair, similar to 'sadr'.
3.
one who undertakes mattersclassical
A person who takes charge of or manages affairs.

صَدَرverb

1.
to depart, to leaveboth
To move away from a place, often implying a return journey.
2.
to returnclassical
To go back to a place.
3.
to originate fromboth
To have something as a source or beginning.

صَدَرواverb

1.
they departedboth
Past tense plural for 'to depart' or 'to return'.

صادرparticiple

1.
departing, returningboth
Active participle indicating someone who is leaving or returning.
2.
one who returnsclassical
Specifically referring to someone returning from a place.

تصادرواverb

1.
they returned to each otherclassical
To return to a place, often implying a mutual or collective action.
2.
they agreedclassical
To come to an agreement or mutual understanding.

صدرةnoun

1.
precedence, leadershipclassical
The state of being first or foremost; prominence.

صدرة القومnoun

1.
leaders of the peopleclassical
The prominent or leading individuals within a group.

صدرة الصدورnoun

1.
chief of chiefsclassical
The highest official responsible for the affairs of the kingdom.

صَدِيرَةnoun

1.
undergarmentclassical
A short undershirt worn next to the body.

مَصادِرnoun

1.
sources, originsboth
Plural of 'masdar', referring to the places or points from which things arise.
2.
departuresclassical
Plural of 'sadr', referring to instances of leaving or returning.

مَوارِدnoun

1.
resources, sourcesboth
Places from which things are obtained or derived.

مَصادَرَةnoun

1.
agreementclassical
The act of reaching a mutual understanding or agreement.

Parallel reading

ورجل مصدر: متم للأمور

And a man is 'masdar': one who undertakes affairs.

وهو مجاز

And it is metaphorical.

وصدروا إلى المكان: صاروا إليه

And they departed to the place: they became its inhabitants/went to it.

والصادر: المنصرف

And the 'sadr': the one who departs.

وطعنه بصدر القناة، وهو مجاز

And he stabbed him in the chest of the spear shaft, and it is metaphorical.

وهو يعرف موارد الأمور ومصادرها

And he knows the resources of affairs and their sources.

وصادرت فلانا من هاذا الأمر على نجح

And I sought agreement from so-and-so regarding this matter for success.

وتصادروا على ما شاءوا

And they agreed upon what they wished.

وهاؤلاء صدرة القوم: مقدموهم

And these are the leaders of the people: their foremost ones.

وصدر القوم: رئيسهم، كالمصدر

And the leader of the people: their chief, like the 'masdar'.

ومنه: صدر الصدور: للقائم بأعباء الملك

And from it: the chief of chiefs: for the one who bears the burdens of the kingdom.

والصدارة، بالفتح: التقدم

And 'sadarah', with the fatha: precedence.

والصديرة، تصغير الصدرة، لما يلي الجسد من القميص القصير

And 'sadeerah', the diminutive of 'sadrah', is what is next to the body of a short shirt.