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حدي

Root entry · 16 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concepts of adhering to, staying with, and confronting or challenging someone. It extends to meanings of intentionality, rivalry, and enduring time. It also includes specific place names and a term for a type of bird.

Derived headwords

حَدِيَ بالمكانِ، كَرَضِيَverb
  1. 1.
    to stay withclassical

    To adhere to a place and not leave it.

حَدِيٌّname
  1. 1.
    a man's nameclassical

    A proper name of a man from the tribe of Kinana, among the ancestors of Abu al-Tufayl. It is also said with a 'jim' (ج).

أَحْدَىverb
  1. 1.
    to intendclassical

    When one deliberately intends something.

تَحَدَّاهُverb
  1. 1.
    to challengeboth

    To confront or challenge someone, implying intent and rivalry.

  2. 2.
    to intendclassical

    To deliberately aim for something.

الحَدِيَا (بالضم وفتح الدال)noun
  1. 1.
    rivalryclassical

    Contention and competition, striving to overcome one another.

تَحَدَّىverb
  1. 1.
    to competeboth

    To engage in rivalry or contest for dominance.

  2. 2.
    to challengeboth

    To dare or provoke someone, as in a contest.

الحَدِيُّ (من الناس)noun
  1. 1.
    one who confrontsclassical

    An individual who confronts or challenges others.

حَدِيَّاكَphrase
  1. 1.
    confront meclassical

    An expression meaning 'confront me and stand alone with me' or 'face me'.

حَدَا الدَّهْرِadverb
  1. 1.
    foreverclassical

    An expression meaning 'always' or 'eternally', metaphorically derived from the idea of night following day.

حَدِيًّاadjective
  1. 1.
    aloneclassical

    Used to describe someone who is confronting or challenging others, implying they stand alone.

الحَدِيُّnoun
  1. 1.
    shapeclassical

    The likeness or form of something.

حُدَيَّةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    kite (bird)classical

    A type of bird of prey, also known as a kite. This is a variant form.

حُدَيَّةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    kite (bird)classical

    A type of bird of prey, also known as a kite. This is a variant form.

حُدَيَّةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    kite (bird)classical

    A type of bird of prey, also known as a kite. This is a variant form.

حُدَيَّةٌname
  1. 1.
    place nameclassical

    A location in Yemen, situated in the mountains, inhabited by the tribes of Banu al-Ja'd and Banu Waqid.

ابنُ إحْدَاهَاphrase
  1. 1.
    noble lineageclassical

    An expression referring to someone of noble parentage, from both esteemed fathers and mothers.

Parallel reading

لزمه فلم يبرح
He adhered to it and did not leave.
وحدي، كسمي: اسم رجل من كنانة
And 'Udayy, like 'Sumayy': the name of a man from Kinana.
إذا تعمد شيئا
When he deliberately intends something.
الحادي المتعمد للشيء
The one who deliberately intends a thing.
حداه وتحداه وتحراه بمعنى واحد
He intended it, challenged it, and sought it, all with one meaning.
كنت أتحدى القراء فأقرأ
I used to challenge the readers and then read.
المنازعة والمباراة
Contention and competition.
إذا باراه ونازعه الغلبة
When he competed with him and vied for dominance.
تحدى رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم العرب بالقرآن
The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) challenged the Arabs with the Quran.
تحدى صاحبه القراءة والصراع لينظر أيهما أقرأ وأصرع
He challenged his companion in reading and wrestling to see who was more proficient in reading and more skilled in wrestling.
يتحدى كل منهما صاحبه
Each of them challenges his companion.
أنا حدياك بهذا الأمر، أي ابرز لي وحدك وجارني
I am your challenger in this matter, meaning, confront me alone and face me.
حديا الناس كلهم جميعا لنغلب في الخطوب الأولينا
Confront all the people together, so we may overcome in the first calamities.
ولا أفعله حدا الدهر
And I will not do it, for the duration of time (forever).
هو حدياهم أي يتحداهم ويتعمدهم
He is their challenger, meaning he confronts them and intends them.
حديث المرأة على ولدها: عطفت
A woman's affection for her child: she was compassionate.
وحدي عليه: إذا غضب
And 'Udayy upon him: if he became angry.
الحديا لغة أهل الحجاز في الحدأة
Al-Hadya is the dialect of the people of Hijaz for Al-Had'ah (kite).
هذا حديا هذا: أي شكله
This is the likeness of that: meaning its shape.
لا يقوم بهذا الأمر إلا ابن إحداها
No one can undertake this matter except one of noble lineage.