صديق (sadiiq) — "friend" in Modern Standard Arabic
صديق
Sadiiq
friend
- Topic
- sports and hobbies
- Seen in
- 5 of our stories
"friend" in the other dialects
صاحب
صديق in a sentence
Every sentence below is taken from a story on Parallel Arabic, so you can see how the word behaves in real context rather than in isolation.
يجيب الصديق انا بخير شكرا وانت كيف حالك
Yujeeb al-sadiq ana bi-khayr shukran wa anta kayfa haluka
The friend replies, "I am fine, thank you, and how are you?"
ضحك احمد وقال نعم هو صديق رائع لكن خالة زوجتي لا تحبه كثيرا في الحديقة
Ḍaḥika Ahmad wa qaala: Na'am huwa ṣadīq rā'i' lakin khālatu zawjatī lā tuḥibbuhu kathīran fil-ḥadīqah.
Ahmed laughed and said: "Yes, he is a wonderful friend, but my wife's maternal aunt doesn't like him much in the garden."
لكن بعد قليل عرفنا انه ليس ابن خالتي بل صديق مغربي
Lakin ba'da qalilin 'arafna annahu laysa ibna khalati bal sadiqun maghribiyyun.
But after a short while, we learned that he is not my aunt's son, but a Moroccan friend.
from An Unexpected Visit
رد الصديق صباح النور وبدات المباراة
Radda as-sadiq sabah an-nur wa bada'at al-mubaratu.
The friend replied "Good morning" and the match began.
from The Football Match
قال الصديق انا بخير يمكنني المجيء غدا لاصلاح المصباح
Qala as-sadiq ana bi-khayr yumkinuni al-maji' ghadan li-islah al-misbah
The friend said, "I am fine. I can come tomorrow to fix the light."
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