Learn Arabic › B1 › هَذَى
هَذَى
to rave, to talk deliriously /haˈðaː/
verbB1#1914 most common
Also: to babble nonsense, to be delirious, to speak irrationally
Example sentences
كَانَ المَرِيضُ يَهْذِي.
The patient was raving.
هَذَى الرَّجُلُ طَوَالَ اللَّيْلِ.
The man raved all night.
عِنْدَمَا اِرْتَفَعَتْ حَرَارَتُهُ، بَدَأَ يَهْذِي.
When his fever rose, he began to rave.
لَا تُصَدِّقْ كَلَامَهُ، فَهُوَ يَهْذِي مِنْ شِدَّةِ التَّعَبِ.
Do not believe what he says; he is raving from exhaustion.
ظَلَّ المُصَابُ يَهْذِي بِأَسْمَاءٍ لَا نَعْرِفُهَا.
The injured man kept raving names we did not know.
بَيْنَمَا كَانَ يَهْذِي فِي حُمَّاهُ، خُيِّلَ لِلْحَاضِرِينَ أَنَّهُ يُخَاطِبُ أَشْبَاحًا.
As he raved in his fever, those present imagined he was addressing ghosts.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أَهْذِي | هَذَيْتُ | سَأَهْذِي |
| 2sg | تَهْذِي | هَذَيْتَ | سَتَهْذِي |
| 3sg | يَهْذِي | هَذَى | سَيَهْذِي |
| 1pl | نَهْذِي | هَذَيْنَا | سَنَهْذِي |
| 2pl | تَهْذُونَ | هَذَيْتُمْ | سَتَهْذُونَ |
| 3pl | يَهْذُونَ | هَذَوْا | سَيَهْذُونَ |
Word family
هَذَيَانdelirium, raving
هَاذٍone who raves, delirious person
هَذَّاءone who babbles a great deal
مَهْذِيّspoken in delirium
Etymology
The verb comes from the Semitic root ه-ذ-ي, tied to disordered or empty speech. It is a defective (final-weak) Form I verb. Classical dictionaries link it to speech produced without sense, as in illness or sleep.
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