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ه-د-ي

The Arabic root ه-د-ي (h-d-y)

Form I verb هَدَى: to guide

10 words in the dictionary are built from ه-د-ي, including verbs in Forms I, IV, VI, VIII, X. Each verb is listed with the nouns that come from it: its verbal noun (masdar), its participles, and words derived from it.

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Verb · Form IV
أَهْدَى
to gift

Verbs and the nouns that come from them

هَدَى · present يَهْدِي
Form I · The plain action

to guide

هَدْي
Verbal noun
هُدًى
Verbal noun
هِدَايَة
Verbal noun
guidance
هَادٍ
Active participle
مَهْدِيّ
Passive participle
rightly guided
أَهْدَى · present يُهْدِي
Form IV · Causative

to gift, to offer as a gift

إِهْدَاء
Verbal noun
مُهْدٍ
Active participle
مُهْدًى
Passive participle
تَهَادَى · present يَتَهَادَى
Form VI · Mutual action

to exchange, to give to each other; to reel, to stagger

تَهَادٍ
Verbal noun
مُتَهَادٍ
Active participle
مُتَهَادًى
Passive participle
اِهْتَدَى · present يَهْتَدِي
Form VIII · Reflexive, often idiomatic

to be directed, to be guided

اِهْتِدَاء
Verbal noun
مُهْتَدٍ
Active participle
active participle of اِهْتَدَى
مُهْتَدًى
Passive participle
اِسْتَهْدَى · present يَسْتَهْدِي
Form X · Seeking or considering

to ask for guidance, to pray for divine guidance, to seek the right way; to ask (someone) for a gift; to request (something) as a gift

اِسْتِهْدَاء
Verbal noun
مُسْتَهْدٍ
Active participle
مُسْتَهْدًى
Passive participle

Other nouns and adjectives

Noun
gift
أَهْدَى
Adjective
better guided

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