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هُدُوء
calm /huˈduːʔ/
nounA2#1061 most common
Also: quiet, tranquility, stillness
Example sentences
أُحِبُّ الهُدوءَ.
I love calm.
تَكَلَّمَ بِهُدوءٍ.
He spoke calmly.
أَشعُرُ بِالهُدوءِ عِندَ البَحْر.
I feel calm by the sea.
ساعَدَني هُدوءُ الغُرفةِ على النَّوم.
The quiet of the room helped me sleep.
عَمَّ الهُدوءُ المدينةَ بَعدَ مُنتَصَفِ اللَّيل.
Calm spread over the city after midnight.
لم يَكُنْ هُدوؤُهُ الظّاهِريُّ سِوى قِناعٍ يُخفي قَلَقاً عَميقاً.
His apparent calm was only a mask hiding deep anxiety.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | هُدوءٌ | None |
| Genitive | هُدوءٍ | None |
| Accusative | هُدوءًا | None |
| Vocative | يا هُدوءُ | None |
Word family
هادِئcalm, quiet
هَدَأَto calm down, subside
بِهُدوءcalmly, quietly
مُهَدِّئsedative, tranquilizer
تَهْدِئَةcalming, de-escalation
Etymology
هُدوء is the verbal noun of the verb هَدَأَ, meaning to calm down or subside. It is built on the Arabic root h-d-ʾ, which carries the sense of quieting and settling. The fuʿūl template turns that action into an abstract state: the condition of being calm. The root is Semitic and has no Indo-European source.
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