Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sumud

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sumud
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Steadfastness, as a Palestinian value; steadfast Palestinianness and resistance.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Meari (2015) [...] introduc[es] the discourse of sumud. Sumud is a Palestinian anticolonial construct promoted by Palestinians living under the colonial order, which constantly subjects Palestinians to arrest, […] The discourse of sumud is the praxis of struggle […] Sumud embodies a radical alterity […] Sumud is the refusal to confess or reveal secrets to interrogators […]"

Etymology

From Arabic صُمُود (ṣumūd, “steadfastness; firmness, resistance”).

Origin

Source language: Arabic

Word Breakdown

Root: صُمُود

Usage

Uncountable

Derived Forms

GSF

Phrases

Global Sumud Flotilla

Frequently Paired Words

sisu

Questions

What does sumud mean?: Steadfastness, as a Palestinian value; steadfast Palestinianness and resistance.
Where does sumud come from?: It is traced to Arabic.

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