تحدى

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Arabic

Root
ح د و (ḥ d w)
4 terms

Pronunciation

Verb

تَحَدَّى (taḥaddā) V (non-past يَتَحَدَّى (yataḥaddā), verbal noun تَحَدٍّ (taḥaddin))

  1. to rival with, to challenge, to defy
    • 2017 October 25, “وزير الخزانة الأميركي يتوعد: سنتخذ إجراءات رادعة ضد مليشيات حزب اللات”, in The Baghdad Post:
      وكان ترمب تحدى كلا من الحلفاء والخصوم في 13 أكتوبر برفض التصديق على التزام طهران بالاتفاق النووي الدولي.
      Trump has challenged both his allies and his adversaries on the 13th of October by refusing to acknowledge the commitment of Teheran to the international nuclear deal.
  2. to strive for, to intend

Conjugation

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic تَحَدَّى (taḥaddā).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tħad.da/,
  • Audio (al-Lidd):(file)

Verb

تحدّى (tḥadda) V (present بتحدّى (bitḥadda))

  1. to challenge, to provoke

Conjugation

    Conjugation of تحدّى (tḥadda)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m تحدّيت (tḥaddēt) تحدّيت (tḥaddēt) تحدّى (tḥadda) تحدّينا (tḥaddēna) تحدّيتو (tḥaddētu) تحدّو (tḥaddu)
f تحدّيتي (tḥaddēti) تحدّت (tḥaddat)
present m بتحدّى (batḥadda) بتتحدّى (btitḥadda) بتحدّى (bitḥadda) منتحدّى (mnitḥadda) بتتحدّو (btitḥaddu) بتحدّو (bitḥaddu)
f بتتحدّي (btitḥaddi) بتتحدّى (btitḥadda)
subjunctive m اتحدّى (atḥadda) تتحدّى (titḥadda) يتحدّى (yitḥadda) نتحدّى (nitḥadda) تتحدّو (titḥaddu) يتحدّو (yitḥaddu)
f تتحدّي (titḥaddi) تتحدّى (titḥadda)
imperative m تحدّى (tḥadda) تحدّو (tḥaddu)
f تحدّي (tḥaddi)