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حُدُوث

occurrence /ħuˈduːθ/

nounA2#1301 most common

Also: happening, incidence, coming into being (temporal origination)

Example sentences

أخاف من حُدوث خطأ.
I am afraid an error will happen.
ما سبب حُدوث المشكلة؟
What is the cause of the problem happening?
يجب أن نمنع حُدوث الحوادث في المصنع.
We must prevent accidents from happening in the factory.
تحدّث الطبيب عن احتمال حُدوث مضاعفات بعد العملية.
The doctor spoke about the possibility of complications occurring after the operation.
يعتمد التأمين على تقدير احتمال حُدوث الكوارث الطبيعية.
Insurance relies on estimating the probability of natural disasters occurring.
ناقش الفلاسفة المسلمون مسألة حُدوث العالم وقِدَمه.
Muslim philosophers debated the question of the world's temporal origination and its eternity.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nominativeحُدوثٌ (ḥudūthun)None
Genitiveحُدوثٍ (ḥudūthin)None
Accusativeحُدوثاً (ḥudūthan)None
Vocativeيا حُدوثُ (yā ḥudūthu)None

Word family

حَدَثَto happen, occur
حادِثةincident, accident
حَدَثevent
حَديثhadith; talk; speech
مُحْدَثnewly created, modern

Etymology

حُدوث is the verbal noun of the verb ḥadatha, 'to happen.' The root ḥ-d-th carries the sense of something new coming into being. The same root gives ḥadīth, 'speech' and the sayings of the Prophet, and ḥādith, 'accident.' Cognate roots in Hebrew and Aramaic mean 'new.'

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