سَدًّا
sad-da
barrier
Definition
- 1سَدًّاsad-dabarrier4
Total uses in the Qur’an: 4
Qur’anic usage
Sense 1
سَدًّا · السَّدَّيْنِ
وَجَعَلْنَا مِن بَيْنِ أَيْدِيهِمْ سَدًّا وَمِنْ خَلْفِهِمْ سَدًّا
And have placed a barrier before them and a barrier behind them.
36:9draft glosses: 8 of 8
حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا بَلَغَ بَيْنَ ٱلسَّدَّيْنِ
... until he reached a pass between two mountains.
18:93draft glosses: 5 of 5
Notes
ⓘBoth سَدِيد sadīd 'hitting the right spot' and سَدّ sadd 'barrier that fills a gap or spot that needed to be filled' come from s-d-d س د د.
ⓘA mountain is a natural barrier in the sense that it blocks one from passing through.
