أهدى

From the root ه د ي‎ (h-d-y).

• IPA^(key): /ʔah.daː/

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أَهْدَى • (ʔahdā) IV, non-past يُهْدِي‎‎ (yuhdī)

1. to offer as a gift, to gift

   Synonym: أَتْحَفَ‎ (ʔatḥafa)

   • 7th century CE, Sunan an-Nasāʾiyy, 14:22:

     ‏قَالَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ ٱللَّهِ—صَلَّى ٱللّٰهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ—: «ٱلْمُهَجِّرُ إِلَى الْجُمُعَةِ كَٱلْمُهْدِي بَدَنَةً ثُمَّ كَٱلْمُهْدِي بَقَرَةً ثُمَّ كَٱلْمُهْدِي شَاةً ثُمَّ كَٱلْمُهْدِي بَطَّةً ثُمَّ كَٱلْمُهْدِي دَجَاجَةً ثُمَّ كَٱلْمُهْدِي بَيْضَةً».‏‎

     qāla faqāla rasūlu l-lahi—ṣallā llāhu ʕalayhi wasallama—: “l-muhajjiru ʔilā l-jumuʕati ka-l-muhdī badanatan ṯumma ka-l-muhdī baqaratan ṯumma ka-l-muhdī šātan ṯumma ka-l-muhdī baṭṭatan ṯumma ka-l-muhdī dajājatan ṯumma ka-l-muhdī bayḍatan”.

     The Messenger of Allah—peace be upon him—said: “The one who comes early to the Friday prayer is like one who sacrifices a camel, then like one who sacrifices a cow, then like one who sacrifices a sheep, then like one who sacrifices a duck, then like one who sacrifices a chicken, then like one who sacrifices an egg.”

أَهْدَى • (ʔahdā)

1. better guided
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 67:22:

     ‏أَفَمَن يَمۡشِي مُكِبًّا عَلَىٰ وَجۡهِهِۦۤ أَهۡدَىٰۤ أَمَّن يَمۡشِي سَوِيًّا عَلَىٰ صِرَ ٰ⁠طࣲ مُّسۡتَقِيمࣲ‎

     ʔa-fa-man yamšī mukibban ʕalā wajhi-hī ʔahdā ʔam man yamšī sawiyyan ʕalā ṣirāṭin mustaqīmin

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2. more guiding
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 28:49:

     ‏قُلۡ فَأۡتُوا۟ بِكِتَـٰبࣲ مِّنۡ عِندِ ٱللَّهِ هُوَ أَهۡدَىٰ مِنۡهُمَاۤ أَتَّبِعۡهُ إِن كُنتُمۡ صَـٰدِقِینَ‎

     qul fa-ʔtū bi-kitābin min ʕindi llāhi huwa ʔahdā minhumā ʔattabiʕhu ʔin kuntum ṣādiqīna

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

أُهْدَى • (ʔuhdā) (form I)

1. first-person singular non-past passive indicative of هَدَى‎ (hadā)
2. first-person singular non-past passive subjunctive of هَدَى‎ (hadā)

Learned borrowing from Arabic أَهْدَى‎ (ʔahdā).

• IPA^(key): /ʔah.da/, [ˈʔah.da]

أهدى • (ʔahda) (form IV, present بهدي‎ (bihdi))

1. Alternative form of هدى‎ (hada, “to gift”)
2. to dedicate
3. to convey