حدا

See also: جدا‎ and خدا‎

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ح د و‎ (ḥ-d-w).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ħa.daː/

Verb

حَدَا • (ḥadā) I, non-past يَحْدُو‎‎ (yaḥdū)

  1. to spur on, to instigate

Conjugation

Further reading

  • Wehr, Hans (1979), “حدا (حدو)‎”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic حِذَاءَ‎ (ḥiḏāʔa). Compare Maltese ħdejn.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ħdaː/
  • (file)

Preposition

حدا • (ḥdā)

  1. near, next to
    ‏المدرسة حداك‎ ― el-madrasa ḥdāk ― the school is near you.
    Synonym: حداين‎ (ḥdāyin)

Inflection

Inflected forms of حدا
Base form حدا‎ (ḥdā)
Personal-pronoun-
including forms
singular plural
m f
1st person حداي‎ (ḥdāy, ḥdāya) حدانا‎ (ḥdāna)
2nd person حداك‎ (ḥdāk) حداك‎ (ḥdāki) حداكم‎ (ḥdākum)
3rd person حداه‎ (ḥdāh) حداها‎ (ḥdāha) حداهم‎ (ḥdāhum)

North Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From or related to Arabic أحد‎ (ʔaḥad, “one; someone”).

Pronoun

حدا • (ḥadā)

  1. somebody; anybody
    ‏لأ سوري، لازم تسأل حدا تاني‎
    Laʾ sōrī, lāzim tisʾal ḥadā tānī.
    No, sorry, you gotta ask someone else.
  2. (with preceding ما‎) nobody
    ‏رح انتحر لئنو ما حدا بيحبني‎
    Raḥ intaḥir laʾinnū mā ḥadā bīḥibnī.
    I’m gonna kill myself because nobody loves me.

South Levantine Arabic

Root
و ح د‎

Alternative forms

Etymology

From or related to Arabic أحد‎ (ʔaḥad, “one; someone”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ħa.da/, [ˈħa.da]
  • (file)

Pronoun

حدا • (ḥada)

  1. someone, anyone
    Synonym: واحد‎ (wāḥad, “someone”)
  2. (in a negative sentence) no-one, nobody
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