صَائِد
hunter
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Verbal noun of
صَادَ
to catch
Most common words from the same root
صَيْد in English
Noun · masculine
Verbal noun of صَادَ (to catch): the act or idea of the verb.
- hunt, hunting, fishing
- game (hunted wild animal)
- prey, booty
Word origin
Verbal noun of صَادَ (ṣāda, “to hunt”), from the root ص ي د (ṣ y d). Compare Hebrew ציד (tsáyid, “hunting”) and Classical Syriac ܨܝܕܐ (ṣayda, “hunting”).
Words from the root ص-ي-د
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صَادَ
· present يَصِيدُ
Form I · The plain action
to catch, to capture, to entrap; to hunt, to chase (game, fish), to fowl, to fish
اِصْطَادَ
· present يَصْطَادُ
Form VIII · Reflexive, often idiomatic
to hunt, to catch (animals); to fish
اِصْطِيَاد
مُصْطَاد
مُصْطَاد
صَيْد in a sentence
From a fully vowelled text
اِشْتَهَى الشِّرِّيرُ صَيْدَ الأَشْرَارِ، وَأَصْلُ الصِّدِّيقِينَ يُجْدِي.The wicked desireth the net of evil men: but the root of the righteous yieldeth fruit.Proverbs 12:12, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
إِذِ اعْتَرَتْهُ وَجمِيعَ الَّذِينَ مَعَهُ دَهْشَةٌ عَلَى صَيْدِ السَّمَكِ الَّذِي أَخَذُوهُ.For he was astonished, and all that were with him, at the draught of the fishes which they had taken:Luke 5:9, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
وَلَمَّا فَرَغَ مِنَ الْكَلاَمِ قَالَ لِسِمْعَانَ: «ابْعُدْ إِلَى الْعُمْقِ وَأَلْقُوا شِبَاكَكُمْ لِلصَّيْدِ».Now when he had left speaking, he said unto Simon, Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets for a draught.Luke 5:4, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
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