شدد

• IPA^(key): /ʃad.da.da/

شَدَّدَ • (šaddada) II (non-past يُشَدِّدُ (yušaddidu), verbal noun تَشْدِيد (tašdīd))

1. (transitive, intransitive with عَلَى (ʕalā)) to intensify; to emphasize; accentuate; to stress
   1. to maintain; to affirm; to uphold
2. (transitive) to harshen (a restriction, a law, a punishment, or the like); to tighten up

   Antonym: خفَّفَ (“to lighten”)

3. (transitive) to lengthen (a consonant) in pronunciation, to geminate

   Synonym: ضعَّفَ (“to double”)

   1. (transitive) to vocalize (a consonant letter) with شَدَّة (šadda, the gemination diacritic)
4. (intransitive with عَلَى (ʕalā)) to be strict with; to restrict

   Synonym: ضَيَّقَ (ḍayyaqa)

   1. to restrict financially, to stint, to scant

• Wehr, Hans (1979) “شد”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

From Arabic شَدَّدَ (šaddada).

• IPA^(key): /ʃad.dad/, [ˈʃad.dad]

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شدّد • (šaddad) II (present بشدّد (bišadded))

1. to emphasize

   Synonym: أبرز (ʔabraz)

2. to be harsh or strict