ضد

See also: صد

Arabic

Pronunciation

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Noun

ضِدّ • (ḍidd) m (plural أَضْدَاد (ʔaḍdād))

1. opposite, contrast

   اَلسَّوَادُ ضِدُّ الْبَيَاضِ

   as-sawādu ḍiddu l-bayāḍi

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2. alike, equal, match, counterpart

   لَيْسَ لَهُ ضِدٌّ فِي ٱجْتِهَادِهِ

   laysa lahu ḍiddun fī jtihādihi

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3. (semantics) word with two opposite meanings; auto-antonym
4. antonym
5. adversary, opponent
6. antitoxin, antidote, anti-

Declension

Declension of noun ضِدّ (ḍidd)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	ضِدّ ḍidd	الضِّدّ aḍ-ḍidd	ضِدّ ḍidd
Nominative	ضِدٌّ ḍiddun	الضِّدُّ aḍ-ḍiddu	ضِدُّ ḍiddu
Accusative	ضِدًّا ḍiddan	الضِّدَّ aḍ-ḍidda	ضِدَّ ḍidda
Genitive	ضِدٍّ ḍiddin	الضِّدِّ aḍ-ḍiddi	ضِدِّ ḍiddi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	ضِدَّيْن ḍiddayn	الضِّدَّيْن aḍ-ḍiddayn	ضِدَّيْ ḍidday
Nominative	ضِدَّانِ ḍiddāni	الضِّدَّانِ aḍ-ḍiddāni	ضِدَّا ḍiddā
Accusative	ضِدَّيْنِ ḍiddayni	الضِّدَّيْنِ aḍ-ḍiddayni	ضِدَّيْ ḍidday
Genitive	ضِدَّيْنِ ḍiddayni	الضِّدَّيْنِ aḍ-ḍiddayni	ضِدَّيْ ḍidday
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَضْدَاد ʔaḍdād	الْأَضْدَاد al-ʔaḍdād	أَضْدَاد ʔaḍdād
Nominative	أَضْدَادٌ ʔaḍdādun	الْأَضْدَادُ al-ʔaḍdādu	أَضْدَادُ ʔaḍdādu
Accusative	أَضْدَادًا ʔaḍdādan	الْأَضْدَادَ al-ʔaḍdāda	أَضْدَادَ ʔaḍdāda
Genitive	أَضْدَادٍ ʔaḍdādin	الْأَضْدَادِ al-ʔaḍdādi	أَضْدَادِ ʔaḍdādi

Preposition

ضِدَّ • (ḍidda)

1. against

Inflection

Inflected forms
Base form					ضِدَّ (ḍidda)
Personal-pronoun- including forms	Singular		Dual	Plural
	Masculine	Feminine	Common	Masculine	Feminine
First person	ضِدِّي (ḍiddī)		ضِدَّنَا (ḍiddanā)
Second person	ضِدَّكَ (ḍiddaka)	ضِدَّكِ (ḍiddaki)	ضِدَّكُمَا (ḍiddakumā)	ضِدَّكُمْ (ḍiddakum)	ضِدَّكُنَّ (ḍiddakunna)
Third person	ضِدَّهُ (ḍiddahu)	ضِدَّهَا (ḍiddahā)	ضِدَّهُمَا (ḍiddahumā)	ضِدَّهُمْ (ḍiddahum)	ضِدَّهُنَّ (ḍiddahunna)

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Persian

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Arabic ضِدّ (ḍidd).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [zed̪]

Adjective

ضد • (zedd)

1. opposite
2. contrary
3. adversarial

Noun

ضد • (zedd)

1. opposition
2. adversary

Prefix

ضد (zedd)

1. anti-, counter-

   ضد آب ― zedd-e âb ― waterproof

   ضد انقلاب ― zedd-e enqelâb ― counter-revolutionary, counterrevolutionary

   ضد تانک ― zedd-e tânk ― anti-tank, antitank

   ضد تروریسم ― zedd-e terorism ― anti-terrorism, antiterrorism

   ضد یخ ― zedd-e yax ― anti-freeze, antifreeze