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حَمِد
to praise /ˈħa.mi.da/
verbB1#2724 most common
Also: to thank or express gratitude (especially to God), to commend
Example sentences
حَمِدَ الوَلَدُ اللهَ.
The boy praised God.
حَمِدْتُ رَبِّي بَعْدَ الطَّعامِ.
I thanked my Lord after the meal.
حَمِدَ الطُّلّابُ مُعَلِّمَهُم عَلَى صَبرِهِ.
The students praised their teacher for his patience.
حَمِدَتِ الأُمُّ اللهَ عَلَى شِفاءِ ابْنِها.
The mother thanked God for her son's recovery.
يَحْمَدُ المُؤْمِنونَ اللهَ فِي السَّرّاءِ وَالضَّرّاءِ.
Believers praise God in both ease and hardship.
مَهْما بَلَغَتِ الشَّدائِدُ، فَإِنَّهُ يَحْمَدُ عُقْبَى صَبرِهِ حِينَ يَرى ثَمَرَتَهُ.
However severe the hardships grow, he praises the outcome of his patience once he sees its fruit.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أَحْمَدُ | حَمِدْتُ | سَأَحْمَدُ |
| 2sg | تَحْمَدُ | حَمِدْتَ | سَتَحْمَدُ |
| 3sg | يَحْمَدُ | حَمِدَ | سَيَحْمَدُ |
| 1pl | نَحْمَدُ | حَمِدْنا | سَنَحْمَدُ |
| 2pl | تَحْمَدونَ | حَمِدْتُم | سَتَحْمَدونَ |
| 3pl | يَحْمَدونَ | حَمِدوا | سَيَحْمَدونَ |
Word family
حَمْدpraise
حامِدone who praises
مَحْمُودpraised, commendable
أَحْمَدAhmad (proper name, "more praiseworthy")
مُحَمَّدMuhammad (proper name, "the praised one")
Etymology
حَمِدَ comes from the Semitic root ح-م-د (ḥ-m-d), a core building block of Arabic vocabulary tied to praise and commendation. The same three-letter root gives Arabic the words for praise, gratitude, and the personal names Aḥmad and Muḥammad. This root is not Indo-European, so it has no PIE ancestor; its closest relatives sit within other Semitic languages, where the same consonants sometimes carry a shifted sense.
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