حديث

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Arabic

Etymology

From the root ح د ث (ḥ-d-ṯ). Related to Hebrew חָדָשׁ (khadásh, ḥāḏāš) and Amharic አዲስ (ʾäddis), Ugaritic 𐎈𐎄𐎘 (ḥdṯ) and Aramaic חֲדַת (ḥăḏaṯ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ħa.diːθ/
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Adjective

حَدِيث (ḥadīṯ) (feminine حَدِيثَة (ḥadīṯa), common plural حِدَاث (ḥidāṯ), masculine plural حَدِيثُونَ (ḥadīṯūna) or حُدَثَاء (ḥudaṯāʔ), feminine plural حَدِيثَات (ḥadīṯāt), elative أَحْدَث (ʔaḥdaṯ))

  1. new
  2. recent
  3. modern

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Noun

حَدِيث (ḥadīṯm (dual حَدِيثَانِ (ḥadīṯāni), plural أَحَادِيث (ʔaḥādīṯ))

  1. recent event, fresh news
  2. story, tale
  3. (countable and uncountable) talk, speech, discourse, conversation
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 31:6:
      وَمِنَ النّاسِ مَنْ يَشْتَرِي لَهْوَ الْحَدِيثِ لِيُضِلَّ عَنْ سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍ وَيَتَّخِذَهَا هُزُوًا أُولٰئِكَ لَهُمْ عَذَابٌ مُهِينٌ
      wamina n-nāsi man yaštarī lahwa l-ḥadīṯi liyuḍilla ʕan sabīli l-lahi biḡayri ʕilmin wayattaḵiḏahā huzuwan ʾulāʾika lahum ʕaḏābun muhīnun
      And of the people is he who buys the amusement of speech to mislead from the way of Allah without knowledge and who takes it in ridicule. Those will have a humiliating punishment.
  4. (religion, Islam, countable) a hadith
  5. (Islam, uncountable) The entire body of hadiths
    • 2011, ميثم محمد علي, الظواهر اللغوية والنحوية في كتب الغريبين (غريب القرآن وغريب الحديث), Dar Al Kotob Al Ilmiyah دار الكتب العلمية, →ISBN:
      ثمّ سألته – تعالى جدّه – أن يهديني إلى عمل وثيق الصِّلة بالقرآن الكريم والحديث الشَّريف، وقد كان لي ما تمنّيت – فالحمد لله على ما أنعم أوّلًا وآخرًا – إذ هداني إلى دراسة كتب جمعت في أثنائها شرح الألفاظ الغريبة الواردة في القرآن والحديث، فكان عنوان أُطروحتي []
      ṯumma saʔalatuhu – taʕālā jadduhu – ʔan yahadiyanī ʔilā ʕamalin waṯīqi ṣ-ṣilati bi-l-qurʔāni l-karīmi wa-l-ḥadīṯi š-šarīfi, wa-qad kāna liya mā tamannaytu – fa-l-ḥamdu lillāhi ʕalā mā ʔanʕama ʔawwalan wa-ʔāḵiran – ʔiḏ hadānī ʔilā dirāsati kutubin jamaʕtu fī ʔaṯnāʔihā šarḥa l-ʔalfāẓi l-ḡarībati l-wāridati fī l-qurʔāni wa-l-ḥadīṯi, fa-kāna ʕunwānu ʔuṭrūḥatī []
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