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تحدّث

Root: حدث

Form: 5

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تحدّثV [He talked; conversed in words; told, or related, stories, or narratives]. And تحدّث بِهِ [He talked of it; told it; related it]; namely, a حَدِيث, or what is termed أُحْدُوثَة. And يَتَحَدَّثُ إِلَى النِّسَآءِ [He talks to women]. [See also 2.]
2 It is said in a trad., يَبْعَثُ ٱللّٰهُ السَّحَابَ فَيَضْحَكُ أَحْسَنَ الضَّحِكِ وَيَتَحَدَّثُ أَحْسَنَ الحَدِيثِ [God shall send the clouds, and they shall laugh with the best laughing, and talk with the best talking]: the talking here mentioned, says IAth, is said to mean thundering; and the laughing, lightning; thundering being likened to talking because it announces rain, and its near coming: or by laughing may be meant the smiling of the earth, and the appearing of the flowers or blossome; and by talking, the talking of men in describing and mentioning the plants or herbage: this figure of speech is termed مَجَازٌ تَعْلِيقِىٌّ, and is one of the most approved kinds of مجاز.
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