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رَدَّ

to return

VerbForm IRoot ر-د-د

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Present tense
يَرُدُّ
Verbal noun
رَدّ
Active participle
رَادّ
Passive participle
مَرْدُود

Most common words from the same root

Verb · Form VIII
اِرْتَدَّ
to move back quickly or forcefully
Noun
رِدَّة
apostasy
Verb · Form V
تَرَدَّدَ
to be made to go back
Verb · Form III
رَادَّ
to return
Verb · Form X
اِسْتَرَدَّ
to demand back
Noun
مُرْتَدّ
a murtadd

رَدَّ in English

Verb · Form I

  1. to return, to bring back, to put back transitive
    رَدَدْتُ ٱلْمَالَ فِي جَيْبِي.I put the money back into my pocket.
    قُلۡ إِنَّ ٱلۡمَوۡتَ ٱلَّذِي تَفِرُّونَ مِنۡهُ فَإِنَّهُۥ مُلَٰقِيكُمۡۖ ثُمَّ تُرَدُّونَ إِلَىٰ عَٰلِمِ ٱلۡغَيۡبِ وَٱلشَّهَٰدَةِ فَيُنَبِّئُكُم بِمَا كُنتُمۡ تَعۡمَلُونَ."Say: 'Lo! the death from which ye shrink will surely meet you, and afterward ye will be returned unto the Knower of the Invisible and the Visible, and He will tell you what ye used to do.'"609–632 CE, Qur'an, 62:8
  2. to reply, to answer, to respond
  3. to repel
  4. to resist
  5. to refuse
  6. to reject
  7. to restrain, to keep (someone مِن (min) something)
  8. to refute
  9. to dissuade
  10. to reinstate

Words from the root ر-د-د

Arabic verbs come in forms; each form's nouns are listed under its verb. See the whole root on one page →

رَدَّ · present يَرُدُّ
Form I · The plain action

to return, to bring back, to put back; to reply, to answer, to respond; to repel

رَدّ
Verbal noun
رَادّ
Active participle
مَرْدُود
Passive participle · Adjective
passive participle of رَدَّ
مَرْدُود
Passive participle
yield
أَرَدّ
Derived noun · Adjective
more useful
رَدَّدَ · present يُرَدِّدُ
Form II · Causative or intensive

to repeat

تَرْدِيد
Verbal noun
مُرَدِّد
Active participle
مُرَدَّد
Passive participle
رَادَّ · present يُرَادُّ
Form III · Done to or with someone

to return, to give back, to requite; to oppose, to fight

مُرَادَّة
Verbal noun
مُرَادّ
Active participle
مُرَادّ
Passive participle
تَرَدَّدَ · present يَتَرَدَّدُ
Form V · Reflexive of Form II

to be made to go back; to return or come back again and again to; to frequent

تَرَدُّد
Verbal noun
مُتَرَدِّد
Active participle · Adjective
hesitant
مُتَرَدَّد
Passive participle
تَرَادَّ · present يَتَرَادُّ
Form VI · Mutual action

to return, revert or retreat little by little; to reverse

تَرَادّ
Verbal noun
مُتَرَادّ
Active participle
مُتَرَادّ
Passive participle
اِرْتَدَّ · present يَرْتَدُّ
Form VIII · Reflexive, often idiomatic

to move back quickly or forcefully; to revert [with عَن (ʕan) ‘from (orthodoxy)’ and إِلَى (ʔilā) ‘to un-Islamic practices’]; to degenerate religiously; to regress; to backslide; to become; to turn back

اِرْتِدَاد
Verbal noun
apostasy
مُرْتَدّ
Active participle
a murtadd
مُرْتَدّ
Passive participle
اِسْتَرَدَّ · present يَسْتَرِدُّ
Form X · Seeking or considering

to demand back; to take back; to receive back; to revoke; to recall; to retract

اِسْتِرْدَاد
Verbal noun
مُسْتَرِدّ
Active participle
مُسْتَرَدّ
Passive participle
رِدَّة
Noun · f.
apostasy
رَادُود
Noun · m.
a singer of religious songs or nasheeds in Shia circles

رَدَّ conjugation

Active voice. Present, subjunctive and jussive are the three moods of the non-past.

PronounPastPresentSubjunctiveJussiveImperative
أَنَا Iرَدَدْتُأَرُدُّأَرُدَّأَرُدَّ / أَرُدِّ / أَرْدُدْ—
أَنْتَ you (m.)رَدَدْتَتَرُدُّتَرُدَّتَرُدَّ / تَرُدِّ / تَرْدُدْرُدَّ / رُدِّ / اُرْدُدْ
أَنْتِ you (f.)رَدَدْتِتَرُدِّينَتَرُدِّيتَرُدِّيرُدِّي
هُوَ heرَدَّيَرُدُّيَرُدَّيَرُدَّ / يَرُدِّ / يَرْدُدْ—
هِيَ sheرَدَّتْتَرُدُّتَرُدَّتَرُدَّ / تَرُدِّ / تَرْدُدْ—
أَنْتُمَا you twoرَدَدْتُمَاتَرُدَّانِتَرُدَّاتَرُدَّارُدَّا
هُمَا they two (m.)رَدَّايَرُدَّانِيَرُدَّايَرُدَّا—
هُمَا they two (f.)رَدَّتَاتَرُدَّانِتَرُدَّاتَرُدَّا—
نَحْنُ weرَدَدْنَانَرُدُّنَرُدَّنَرُدَّ / نَرُدِّ / نَرْدُدْ—
أَنْتُمْ you all (m.)رَدَدْتُمْتَرُدُّونَتَرُدُّواتَرُدُّوارُدُّوا
أَنْتُنَّ you all (f.)رَدَدْتُنَّتَرْدُدْنَتَرْدُدْنَتَرْدُدْنَاُرْدُدْنَ
هُمْ they (m.)رَدُّوايَرُدُّونَيَرُدُّوايَرُدُّوا—
هُنَّ they (f.)رَدَدْنَيَرْدُدْنَيَرْدُدْنَيَرْدُدْنَ—
Verbal nounرَدّ
Active participleرَادّ
Passive participleمَرْدُود

رَدَّ in a sentence

Dictionary examples

to return

رَدَدْتُ ٱلْمَالَ فِي جَيْبِي.I put the money back into my pocket.

to return

قُلۡ إِنَّ ٱلۡمَوۡتَ ٱلَّذِي تَفِرُّونَ مِنۡهُ فَإِنَّهُۥ مُلَٰقِيكُمۡۖ ثُمَّ تُرَدُّونَ إِلَىٰ عَٰلِمِ ٱلۡغَيۡبِ وَٱلشَّهَٰدَةِ فَيُنَبِّئُكُم بِمَا كُنتُمۡ تَعۡمَلُونَ."Say: 'Lo! the death from which ye shrink will surely meet you, and afterward ye will be returned unto the Knower of the Invisible and the Visible, and He will tell you what ye used to do.'"609–632 CE, Qur'an, 62:8

From a fully vowelled text

رُدَّ لَهُمْ جَزَاءً يَا رَبُّ حَسَبَ عَمَلِ أَيَادِيهِمْ.Render unto them a recompence, O LORD, according to the work of their hands.Lamentations 3:64, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
مَاذَا أَرُدُّ لِلرَّبِّ مِنْ أَجْلِ كُلِّ حَسَنَاتِهِ لِي؟What shall I render unto the LORD for all his benefits toward me?Psalms 116:12, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
أَنَا أَرُدُّ عَلَيْكَ كَلاَمًا، وَعَلَى أَصْحَابِكَ مَعَكَ.I will answer thee, and thy companions with thee.Job 35:4, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV

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