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هذى

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to speaking incoherently, rambling, or talking nonsense, often due to fever or delirium. It can also extend to speaking excessively or idly.

Derived headwords

هَذَىverb
  1. 1.
    He spoke deliriouslyboth

    He spoke deliriously

  2. 2.
    this handmaiden of Godboth

    this handmaiden of God

يَهْذِيverb
  1. 1.
    He speaks deliriously (hathyan)both

    He speaks deliriously (hathyan)

يَهْذُوverb
  1. 1.
    He also speaks deliriously (hadhw)both

    He also speaks deliriously (hadhw)

هَذْواًnoun
  1. 1.
    Delirium (hadhw and hadhā')both

    Delirium (hadhw and hadhā')

هَذَياناًnoun
  1. 1.
    Delirium (hathyan and hathayan)both

    Delirium (hathyan and hathayan)

هَذْوَتْverb
  1. 1.
    she talked nonsenseboth

    Past tense form of the verb 'to talk nonsense'.

هَذَذْتُverb
  1. 1.
    to strike repeatedlyclassical

    To strike something with a weapon, like a sword, in a repeated or forceful manner.

Parallel reading

هذى في منطقة يهذي ويهذو هذوا وهذيانا.
He talked nonsense in his delirium, rambling and speaking incoherently.
وهذوت بالسيف مثل هذذت.
And she struck with the sword as if striking repeatedly.