أَسْنَدَ (aasnada)to attribute

Conjugation, meanings and vowelled example sentences for the Arabic verb أَسْنَدَ (aasnada) — “to attribute”, drawn from the reader’s verified vocabulary bank. Every form carries full harakat.

Conjugation: أَسْنَدَ يُسْنِدُ

Past · الماضيPresent · المضارعImperative · الأمرVerbal noun · المصدر
أَسْنَدَ aasnadaيُسْنِدُ yusniduأَسْنِدْ aasnidإِسْنَاد iisnaād

Meanings & examples

  1. 1. to attribute

    • أَسْنَدَ الْبَاحِثُ النَّظَرِيَّةَ إِلَى مَصْدَرٍ مَوْثُوقٍ.The researcher attributed the theory to a reliable source.
    • أَسْنَدَ النَّقْدُ الْأَدَبِيُّ هَذِهِ الْقَصِيدَةَ إِلَى شَاعِرٍ مَجْهُولٍ.Literary criticism attributed this poem to an unknown poet.
    • أَسْنَدَ الْمُؤَرِّخُ الْحَادِثَةَ إِلَى أَسْبَابٍ سِيَاسِيَّةٍ قَدِيمَةٍ.The historian attributed the incident to old political causes.
  2. 2. to lean

    • أَسْنَدَ ظَهْرَهُ إِلَى الجِدَارِ.He leaned his back against the wall.
    • أَسْنَدَتِ الطَّالِبَةُ رَأْسَهَا عَلَى كَتِفِ صَدِيقَتِهَا أَثْنَاءَ المُحَاضَرَةِ.The female student leaned her head on her friend's shoulder during the lecture.
    • لَا تُسْنِدِ القَارُورَةَ عَلَى حَافَّةِ الطَّاوِلَةِ، فَقَدْ تَسْقُطُ.Do not lean the bottle on the edge of the table, it might fall.
  3. 3. to attribute, to assign

    • أَسْنَدَ الْمُدِيرُ الْمُهِمَّةَ إِلَى الْمُوَظَّفِ الْجَدِيدِ.The manager assigned the task to the new employee.
    • يُسْنِدُ الْكَاتِبُ أَفْكَارَهُ إِلَى مَصَادِرَ مَوْثُوقَةٍ.The writer attributes his ideas to reliable sources.
    • هَلْ أَسْنَدْتَ هَذَا الْقَوْلَ إِلَى قَائِلِهِ الْأَصْلِيِّ؟Did you attribute this saying to its original speaker?
  4. 4. to rest/support

    • أَسْنَدَ ظَهْرَهُ إِلَى الْجِدَارِ وَأَخَذَ قِسْطًا مِنَ الرَّاحَةِ.He rested his back against the wall and took a portion of rest.
    • لَا تُسْنِدْ هَذَا الْكُرْسِيَّ الْمَهْشُومَ إِلَى الطَّاوِلَةِ.Do not rest this broken chair against the table.
    • أَسْنَدَتِ الْفَتَاةُ رَأْسَهَا عَلَى كَتِفِ أُخْتِهَا الصُّغْرَى.The girl rested her head on the shoulder of her younger sister.
  5. 5. to attach/ascribe (grammatically)

    • أَسْنَدَ النَّحْوِيُّ الْفِعْلَ إِلَى الْفَاعِلِ.The grammarian ascribed the verb to the subject.
    • يُسْنِدُ الْعُلَمَاءُ هَذَا الْقَوْلَ إِلَى الْإِمَامِ.The scholars ascribe this statement to the Imam.
    • يَجِبُ أَنْ تُسْنِدَ الْخَبَرَ إِلَى الْمُبْتَدَإِ بِشَكْلٍ صَحِيحٍ.You must attach the predicate to the subject correctly.
  6. 6. to entrust

    • أَسْنَدَ الْأَبُ مَسْؤُولِيَّةَ الْعَائِلَةِ لِابْنِهِ الْأَكْبَرِ.The father entrusted the family's responsibility to his eldest son.
    • يُسْنِدُ الْمُدِيرُ الْمَهَامَّ الصَّعْبَةَ لِلْمُوَظَّفِينَ الْأَكْفَاءِ.The manager entrusts difficult tasks to competent employees.
    • أَسْنَدَتِ الشَّرِكَةُ مَشْرُوعًا ضَخْمًا لِفَرِيقٍ مِنَ الْمُهَنْدِسِينَ الْمُتَخَصِّصِينَ.The company entrusted a huge project to a team of specialized engineers.
  7. 7. to support

    • أَسْنَدَ الْجِدَارَ بِدَعَامَةٍ قَوِيَّةٍ.He supported the wall with a strong prop.
    • يُسْنِدُ الْأَبُ أَبْنَاءَهُ فِي دِرَاسَتِهِمْ وَحَيَاتِهِمْ.The father supports his children in their studies and lives.
    • أَسْنَدَتِ الْحُكُومَةُ الْمَشْرُوعَاتِ الصَّغِيرَةَ لِتَعْزِيزِ الِاقْتِصَادِ الْمَحَلِّيِّ.The government supported small projects to boost the local economy.

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