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هذي

Root entry · 13 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns nonsensical, incoherent, or rambling speech, often associated with illness, delirium, or a confused state of mind. It can also refer to mentioning something in such speech or striking with a sword.

Derived headwords

الهذيانnoun
  1. 1.
    Deliriumboth

    Nonsensical speech, like that of a feverish or mentally unsound person.

هذىverb
  1. 1.
    to talk nonsensicallyboth

    To speak incoherently, whether due to illness or other causes.

  2. 2.
    to rambleboth

    To speak in a way that is not understood, to babble.

هذى بهverb
  1. 1.
    to mention it in deliriumboth

    To mention something while speaking nonsensically.

الهذاءnoun
  1. 1.
    Nonsensical talkboth

    The act or product of speaking incoherently or nonsensically.

رجل هذاءadjective
  1. 1.
    Rambling manboth

    A man who talks nonsensically or mentions others in his rambling speech.

هذاءةnoun
  1. 1.
    Rambling speechboth

    The quality or act of speaking nonsensically or rambling.

هذريانnoun
  1. 1.
    Ramblingclassical

    Nonsensical or incoherent speech.

هذرverb
  1. 1.
    to talk excessivelyboth

    To speak excessively or foolishly, often implying incoherence.

يهذيverb
  1. 1.
    he talks nonsensicallyboth

    He speaks incoherently, as in illness or delirium.

يهذوverb
  1. 1.
    he talks nonsensicallyclassical

    An alternative form for speaking incoherently or nonsensically.

هذوت بالسيفverb
  1. 1.
    to strike with the swordclassical

    To strike or cut with a sword, similar to 'hadhdhadtu'.

هذاparticle
  1. 1.
    thisboth

    A demonstrative pronoun used for a present object, with 'ha' as an attention-getter and 'dha' as the demonstrative element.

هذانparticle
  1. 1.
    these twoboth

    The dual form of the demonstrative pronoun 'this'.

Parallel reading

الهذيان: كلام غير معقول مثل كلام المبرسم والمعتوه.
Delirium: nonsensical speech like that of a feverish or mentally unsound person.
هذى يهذي هذيا وهذيانا: تكلم بكلام غير معقول في مرض أو غيره
He talked nonsensically, talking incoherently, whether due to illness or other causes.
وهذى إذا هذر بكلام لا يفهم
And he talked nonsensically if he babbled with speech that is not understood.
وهذى به: ذكره في هذائه
And he mentioned it in his delirium: he mentioned it in his nonsensical talk.
والاسم من ذلك الهذاء.
And the noun from that is 'al-hidhaa'.
ورجل هذاء وهذاءة: يهذي في كلامه أو يهذي بغيره
And a man 'hadhaa'' and 'hadhaa'ah': he talks nonsensically in his speech or mentions others in his speech.
هذريان هذر هذاءة، موشك السقطة ذو لب نثر
Rambling, excessive talk, nonsensical speech, close to falling, possessing scattered intellect.
هذى في منطقه يهذي ويهذو.
He spoke nonsensically in his discourse, talking incoherently and babbling.
وهذوت بالسيف: مثل هذذت.
And I struck with the sword: like 'hadhdhadtu'.
وأما هذا وهذان فالهاء في هذا تنبيه، وذا إشارة إلى شيء حاضر
As for 'hadhaa' and 'hadhaan', the 'ha' in 'hadhaa' is an attention-getter, and 'dha' is a pointer to a present object.
والأصل ذا ضم إليها ها، وقد تقدم.
And the origin is 'dha' with 'ha' attached to it, as has preceded.