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حَدِيث
talk, conversation /ħaˈdiːθ/
nounA1#469 most common
Also: speech, discourse, news, account, report, hadith (reported saying of the Prophet)
Example sentences
هٰذا حَدِيثٌ مُهِمٌّ.
This is an important conversation.
أُحِبُّ الحَدِيثَ مَعَ جَدِّي.
I like talking with my grandfather.
كانَ حَدِيثُنا أَمْسِ عَنِ المُسْتَقْبَل.
Our conversation yesterday was about the future.
قَطَعَ رَنِينُ الهاتِفِ حَدِيثَنا فَجْأَةً.
The ringing of the phone suddenly cut off our conversation.
رَوى الإِمامُ البُخارِيُّ هٰذا الحَدِيثَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ مُحَمَّد.
Imam al-Bukhari narrated this hadith from the Prophet Muhammad.
تُعَدُّ الأَحادِيثُ النَّبَوِيَّةُ مَصْدَرًا رَئيسِيًّا لِلتَّشْرِيعِ الإِسلامِيِّ بَعْدَ القُرْآن.
Prophetic hadiths are considered a primary source of Islamic legislation after the Quran.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | حَدِيثٌ | أَحادِيثُ |
| Genitive | حَدِيثٍ | أَحادِيثَ |
| Accusative | حَدِيثًا | أَحادِيثَ |
| Vocative | يا حَدِيثُ | يا أَحادِيثُ |
Word family
حَدَّثَto tell, narrate, speak
مُحادَثةconversation, dialogue
حَديثnew, modern, recent
حَدَثevent, incidentأَحادِيثhadiths; talks (plural)
Etymology
The word comes from the Semitic root ḥ-d-th, which ties together the ideas of newness, happening, and telling. As a noun it first meant a piece of speech or news, something newly told. In Islam it became the technical term for a report of the words and deeds of the Prophet Muhammad. The same root gives the verb ḥadatha, to happen, and the adjective ḥadīth, new or modern.
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