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حَدِيث

recent event

Noun · masculineRoot ح-د-ث

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Also written حديث: حَدِيث (new)

Highlights

Plural
أَحَادِيث

Most common words from the same root

Verb · Form I
to happen
Verb · Form V
to speak
Verb · Form II
to tell
Adjective
new
Noun
a thing that springs up or happens
Noun
conversation

حَدِيث in English

Noun · masculine

  1. recent event; fresh news
  2. story; tale
  3. talk; speech; discourse; conversation uncountable
    وَمِنَ النّاسِ مَنْ يَشْتَرِي لَهْوَ الْحَدِيثِ لِيُضِلَّ عَنْ سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍ وَيَتَّخِذَهَا هُزُوًا أُولٰئِكَ لَهُمْ عَذَابٌ مُهِينٌAnd of the people is he who buys the amusement of speech to mislead [others] from the way of Allah without knowledge and who takes it in ridicule. Those will have a humiliating punishment.609–632 CE, Qur'an, 31:6
  4. hadith
  5. the entire body of hadiths uncountable

Word origin

Related to Hebrew חָדָשׁ (khadásh, ḥāḏāš) and Amharic አዲስ (ʾäddis), Ugaritic 𐎈𐎄𐎘 (ḥdṯ) and Aramaic חֲדַת (ḥăḏaṯ).

Words from the root ح-د-ث

Arabic verbs come in forms; each form's nouns are listed under its verb. See the whole root on one page →

حَدَثَ · present يَحْدُثُ

to happen, to take place

حُدُوث
Verbal noun
Active participle
event
مَحْدُوث
Passive participle
حَدُثَ · present يَحْدُثُ

to be new, to be young

حَدَاثَة
Verbal noun
حَدَّثَ · present يُحَدِّثُ

to tell; to speak to, to talk to (someone); to update

تَحْدِيث
Verbal noun
modernization
مُحَدِّث
Active participle
a Hadith narrator
مُحَدَّث
Passive participle
حَادَثَ · present يُحَادِثُ

to converse with; to polish

conversation
مُحَادِث
Active participle
مُحَادَث
Passive participle
أَحْدَثَ · present يُحْدِثُ
Form IV · Causative

to spawn, to produce, to bring forth, to trigger

إِحْدَاث
Verbal noun
producing a new thing
مُحْدِث
Active participle
مُحْدَث
Passive participle
تَحَدَّثَ · present يَتَحَدَّثُ

to speak, to talk

تَحَدُّث
Verbal noun
مُتَحَدِّث
Active participle
مُتَحَدَّث
Passive participle
تَحَادَثَ · present يَتَحَادَثُ
Form VI · Mutual action

to talk with one another, to converse together

تَحَادُث
Verbal noun
مُتَحَادِث
Active participle
مُتَحَادَث
Passive participle
Adjective
new
Noun · m.
recent event
Noun · f.
a thing that springs up or happens
Noun · m.
novelty
Noun · m.
young man
أَحْدَث
Adjective
elative degree of حَدِيث
اِسْتِحْدَاث
Noun · m.
originating

حَدِيث: plural and other forms

Singularحَدِيث
Pluralأَحَادِيث

حَدِيث in a sentence

Dictionary examples

talk

وَمِنَ النّاسِ مَنْ يَشْتَرِي لَهْوَ الْحَدِيثِ لِيُضِلَّ عَنْ سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍ وَيَتَّخِذَهَا هُزُوًا أُولٰئِكَ لَهُمْ عَذَابٌ مُهِينٌAnd of the people is he who buys the amusement of speech to mislead [others] from the way of Allah without knowledge and who takes it in ridicule. Those will have a humiliating punishment.609–632 CE, Qur'an, 31:6

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