CommunicationRoot 7 of 11 in this field

ح-د-ث

happening; talking

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تَفَعَّلَ
Form V verb
تَفَعَّلَ = do form II to yourself
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- تَحَدَّثَ
  to talk, speak (with, about)
  Still to comeA1
  No audio yet
  Present
  يَتَحَدَّثُ
  Command
  تَحَدَّثْ
  أَتَحَدَّثُ الْعَرَبِيَّةَ قَلِيلًا I speak a little Arabic
مُفَاعَلَة
Masdar of form III
مُفَاعَلَة = the -ing of a form III verb
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- مُحَادَثَةٌ
  a conversation
  Still to comeA1
  No audio yet
  Plural
  مُحَادَثَاتٌ
فَعِيل
Adjective فَعِيل
فَعِيل = a lasting quality (or the person who has it)
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- حَدِيثٌ
  conversation, talk; a hadith; (adjective) modern
  Still to comeA1
  No audio yet
  Plural
  أَحَادِيثُ
فَاعِل
Doer (active participle of form I)
فَاعِل = the one who does it
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- حَادِثٌ
  accident; incident
  Still to comeA1
  No audio yet
  Plural
  حَوَادِثُ
  حَادِثُ سَيَّارَةٍ a car accident
فَعَلَ
Form I verb (a)
فَعَلَ = the plain action, 'he did it'
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- حَدَثَ
  to happen, occur
  Still to comeA2
  No audio yet
  Present
  يَحْدُثُ
  مَاذَا حَدَثَ؟ what happened?
فَعَل
Two-syllable noun فَعَل
فَعَل = a plain two-syllable noun
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- حَدَثٌ
  an event
  Still to comeA2
  No audio yet
  Plural
  أَحْدَاثٌ
مُتَفَعِّل
Doer of form V
مُتَفَعِّل = the one who does form V
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- مُتَحَدِّثٌ
  speaker; spokesperson
  Still to comeA2
  No audio yet
  Feminine
  مُتَحَدِّثَةٌ
فَعَّلَ
Form II verb
فَعَّلَ = make someone do it / do it a lot
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- حَدَّثَ
  to tell, relate; to update (software)
  Still to comeA2
  No audio yet
  Present
  يُحَدِّثُ
تَفْعِيل
Masdar of form II
تَفْعِيل = the -ing of a form II verb
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- تَحْدِيثٌ
  an update (software); modernization
  Still to comeA2
  No audio yet
  Plural
  تَحْدِيثَاتٌ

How the patterns shape this root

The root means something new coming to pass. حَدَثَ is to happen — مَاذَا حَدَثَ؟ what happened? — a حَدَث is an event and a حَادِث (فَاعِل) an accident. To talk is to bring up new things: form V تَحَدَّثَ is to speak (أَتَحَدَّثُ الْعَرَبِيَّةَ قَلِيلًا), مُحَادَثَة is a conversation, مُتَحَدِّث a speaker or spokesperson, and حَدِيث is talk — also the sayings of the Prophet, and as an adjective 'modern' — while form II حَدَّثَ is to tell, and today to update: تَحْدِيث is the software update on your phone.

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