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حدث

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

2 حدّثهُ حدث حدثه حدثة [ He told him, or related to him, something; he discoursed to him, or talked to him: see also 5]. You say, حدّثهُ الحَدِيثَ, (L,) and حدّثهُ بِهِ, (A, * L,) inf. n. تَحْدِيثٌ, a word of well-known meaning, (S,) He told him, or related to him, the story, or narrative, or tradition. (L.) [And حدّث He related traditions of Mohammad: and حدّث عن فُلَانٍ he related such traditions heard, or learned, from such a one: the verb in this sense being an Islámee term.] ― -b2- [Hence,] تَرِكْتُ البِلَادَ تُحَدِّثُ (assumed tropical:) I left the countries, or towns, resounding with a buzzing, or confused noise. (Th, ISd.)

Derived headwords

حدّثهُverb
  1. 1.
حدّثهُ الحَدِيثَ
حدّثهُ بِهِ
حدّث عن فُلَانٍ
تَرِكْتُ البِلَادَ تُحَدِّثُ