حدث

Root entry · 25 derived lemmas

The root 'حدث' primarily concerns the concept of newness, occurrence, and recentness. It encompasses the creation of something that did not exist before, the happening of events, and the state of being young or recently made. It also extends to the act of speaking and conveying news.

Derived headwords

الحديثnoun

1.
the news, whether little.both
the news, whether little.

حدثverb

1.
its verb pattern is like 'dakhala'both
its verb pattern is like 'dakhala'
2.
a man ḥadath (with two fathas) means youngboth
a man ḥadath (with two fathas) means young

وأحدثه الله فحدث — And God created it, so it came into being.

وحدث أمر، أي وقع — And an event occurred, meaning it happened.

الحدوثnoun

1.
with a damma: the existence of something after it did not existboth
with a damma: the existence of something after it did not exist

والحدوث: كون شئ لم يكن — And occurrence: the being of something that was not.

الحدثnoun

1.
with two fathasboth
with two fathas

والحدث والحدثى والحادثة والحدثان، كلها بمعنى — And 'al-hadath', 'al-hadathā', 'al-ḥādithah', and 'al-ḥadathān' all have the same meaning.

الحدثىnoun

1.
on the pattern of 'kubrā'both
on the pattern of 'kubrā'

الحادثةnoun

1.
all of them have the same meaningboth
all of them have the same meaning

الحدثانnoun

1.
with two fathas, all of them have the same meaningboth
with two fathas, all of them have the same meaning

أحدثverb

1.
to innovateboth
To introduce something new or create something that did not exist before.
2.
to discoverboth
To find or come across new news or information.

واستحدثت خبرا، أي وجدت خبرا جديدا — And I discovered news, meaning I found new news.

أستحدث الركب عن أشياعهم خبرا — Does the caravan inquire about news from their companions?

رجل حدثadjective

1.
young manclassical
A man who is young or adolescent.

ورجل حدث، أي شاب — And a young man, meaning a youth.

حديث السنadjective

1.
if you mention age, you say 'ḥadīth as-sinn' (young in age)both
if you mention age, you say 'ḥadīth as-sinn' (young in age)

فإن ذكرت السن قلت: حديث السن — If you mention age, you say: young in age.

غلمان حدثانadjective

1.
young boysclassical
Boys who are young or adolescent; a plural form indicating youth.

وهؤلاء غلمان حدثان، أي أحداث — And these are young boys, meaning adolescents.

المحادثةnoun

1.
well-knownboth
well-known

التحدثnoun

1.
well-knownboth
well-known

التحادثnoun

1.
well-knownboth
well-known

التحديثnoun

1.
well-knownboth
well-known

محادثة السيفnoun

1.
polishing a swordclassical
The act of cleaning or polishing a sword.

ومحادثة السيف: جلاؤه — And polishing a sword: its cleaning.

رجل حدثadjective

1.
eloquentclassical
A man who speaks well and is pleasant in conversation.

ورجل حدث وحدث بضم الدال وكسرها، أي حسن الحديث — And a man 'hadath' (with dammah) and 'hadath' (with kasrah), meaning pleasant in speech.

رجل حديثadjective

1.
talkativeboth
A person who talks a lot.

ورجل حديث مثال فسيق، أي كثير الحديث — And a talkative man, like 'fasīq', meaning much in speech.

حديثىadjective

1.
my newsclassical
Possessive form referring to one's own news or speech, used in a specific construction.

وتقول: سمعت حديثى حسنة، مثل خطيبى — And you say: I heard my good news, like my orator.

الاحدوثةnoun

1.
on the pattern of 'uʿjūba': that which is spoken aboutboth
on the pattern of 'uʿjūba': that which is spoken about

والا حدوثة: ما يتحدث به — And 'al-uḥdūthah': what is talked about.

رجل حدث ملوكadjective

1.
companion of kings' talkclassical
Someone who is privy to the conversations and discussions of kings.

ورجل حدث ملوك، بكسر الحاء، إذا كان صاحب حديثهم وسمرهم — And a man 'hadath' of kings, with kasrah on the 'ha', if he is a companion of their talk and evening conversation.

حدث نساءnoun

1.
object of women's talkclassical
Someone or something that women talk about.

وحدث نساء، يتحدث إليهن — And women's talk, about whom they converse.

حدثانهnoun

1.
its beginningclassical
The early stage or freshness of something.

افعل ذلك الامر بحدثانه وبحداثته أي في أوله وطراءته — Do that matter in its beginning and its freshness, meaning in its start and its newness.

حداثتهnoun

1.
its freshnessclassical
The state of being new, fresh, or in its early phase.

محدثadjective

1.
accurate in conjectureclassical
A person whose guesses or predictions are consistently correct.

ويقال للرجل الصادق الظن محدث، بفتح الدال مشددة — And the man of accurate conjecture is called 'muḥaddath', with a shaddah on the 'dal'.

Parallel reading

الحديث: نقيض القديم.

The new: the opposite of the old.

يقال: أخذني ما قدم وما حدث لا يضم حدث في شئ من الكلام إلا في هذا الموضع، وذلك لمكان قدم، على الازدواج.

It is said: what is old and what is new has taken me. 'Hadath' is not used in any speech except in this context, due to its proximity to 'qidam', for parallelism.

والحديث: الخبر، يأتي على القليل والكثير، ويجمع على أحاديث على غير قياس.

And 'al-ḥadīth': the news, it comes in small or large amounts, and its plural is 'aḥādīth', which is irregular.

والحدوث: كون شئ لم يكن.

And 'al-ḥudūth': the being of something that was not.

وأحدثه الله فحدث.

And God created it, so it came into being.

وحدث أمر، أي وقع.

And an event occurred, meaning it happened.

والحدث والحدثى والحادثة والحدثان، كلها بمعنى.

And 'al-hadath', 'al-hadathā', 'al-ḥādithah', and 'al-ḥadathān', all have the same meaning.

وأحدث الرجل، من الحدث.

And the man innovated, from the concept of newness.

واستحدثت خبرا، أي وجدت خبرا جديدا.

And I discovered news, meaning I found new news.

ورجل حدث، أي شاب.

And a young man, meaning a youth.

فإن ذكرت السن قلت: حديث السن.

If you mention age, you say: young in age.

وهؤلاء غلمان حدثان، أي أحداث.

And these are young boys, meaning adolescents.

والمحادثة، والتحدث، والتحادث، والتحديث معروفات.

And 'al-muḥādathah', 'al-taḥadduth', 'al-taḥāduth', and 'al-taḥdīth' are known.

ومحادثة السيف: جلاؤه.

And polishing a sword: its cleaning.

ورجل حدث وحدث بضم الدال وكسرها، أي حسن الحديث.

And a man 'hadath' (with dammah) and 'hadath' (with kasrah), meaning pleasant in speech.

ورجل حديث مثال فسيق، أي كثير الحديث.

And a talkative man, like 'fasīq', meaning much in speech.

وتقول: سمعت حديثى حسنة، مثل خطيبى.

And you say: I heard my good news, like my orator.

والا حدوثة: ما يتحدث به.

And 'al-uḥdūthah': what is talked about.

ورجل حدث ملوك، بكسر الحاء، إذا كان صاحب حديثهم وسمرهم.

And a man 'hadath' of kings, with kasrah on the 'ha', if he is a companion of their talk and evening conversation.

وحدث نساء، يتحدث إليهن.

And women's talk, about whom they converse.

وتقول: افعل ذلك الامر بحدثانه وبحداثته أي في أوله وطراءته.

And you say: Do that matter in its beginning and its freshness, meaning in its start and its newness.

ويقال للرجل الصادق الظن محدث، بفتح الدال مشددة.

And the man of accurate conjecture is called 'muḥaddath', with a shaddah on the 'dal'.