How to say "creed, doctrine" in Arabic
Shifted meaningMeaningcreed, doctrine
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
عَقِيدَة
ʿaqīdaעקידה
عقيدة
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
עיקרי אמונה
ikrei emunaإِكْرِي إِمُونَا
How the two words are related
Shifted meaning
Same root as a Hebrew word, but the meaning drifted over the centuries.
Arabic root
ع-ق-دHebrew root
ע-ק-דSame root as the Binding of Isaac: Hebrew עקד means 'to bind' (the Akedah, עֲקֵדַת יִצְחָק), while Arabic generalized ʿaqada, 'to tie, knot,' into ʿaqīda — a creed is what binds a believer. One root, one image of a knot, applied to two very different religious moments.
Related Hebrew word:עקידהakedaأَكِدَا
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In a phrase
عَقِيدَة دِينِيَّة
ʿaqīda dīniyyaעקידה דיניהa religious creed
Plural
عَقَائِد
ʿaqāʾidעקאאדbroken plural