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تَحَدُّث
speaking /taˈħadduθ/
nounA1#334 most common
Also: talking, conversing, the act of speech
Example sentences
أُحِبُّ التَّحَدُّثَ.
I like talking.
التَّحَدُّثُ بِالعَرَبِيَّةِ مُمْتِعٌ.
Speaking Arabic is enjoyable.
التَّحَدُّثُ أَمَامَ النَّاسِ يَجْعَلُنِي مُتَوَتِّرًا.
Speaking in front of people makes me nervous.
تَتَطَلَّبُ مَهَارَةُ التَّحَدُّثِ كَثِيرًا مِنَ التَّدْرِيبِ.
The skill of speaking requires a lot of practice.
يُعَانِي بَعْضُ الأَطْفَالِ مِنْ صُعُوبَةٍ فِي التَّحَدُّثِ بِوُضُوحٍ.
Some children have difficulty speaking clearly.
إِنَّ إِتْقَانَ فَنِّ التَّحَدُّثِ أَمَامَ الجُمْهُورِ لَا يَقِلُّ أَهَمِّيَّةً عَنْ سَعَةِ الاطِّلَاعِ.
Mastering the art of public speaking is no less important than breadth of reading.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | تَحَدُّثٌ | None |
| Genitive | تَحَدُّثٍ | None |
| Accusative | تَحَدُّثًا | None |
| Vocative | None | None |
Word family
تَحَدَّثَto talk, to converse (Form V)
حَدَّثَto tell, to relate (Form II)
حَدِيثtalk, speech; hadithمُحَادَثَةconversation, dialogue
مُتَحَدِّثspeaker, spokesperson
Etymology
تَحَدُّث is the verbal noun of the Form V verb تَحَدَّثَ, "to talk, to converse." It is built on the triliteral root ح-د-ث, whose basic sense is "to happen, to be new," which shifts to "to tell, relate, talk" in the derived speech forms. The تَفَعُّل pattern marks the reflexive of Form II حَدَّثَ "to tell," so the noun names the act of conversing.
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