حَدَثَ
Root: حدث
Form: 1
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حَدَثَI
, Present.T
ـُ Verbal.Noun حُدُوثٌ and حَدَاثَةٌ, It was new, or recent; contr. of
قَدُمَ: it came into existence; began to be; had a beginning; began, or originated; existed newly, for the first time, not having been before: but when mentioned with قَدُمَ, it is written حَدُثَ, with damm to the د, as in the saying, أَخَذَنِى مَا قَدُمَ وَمَاحَدُثَ, or أَخَذَهُ
الخ, meaning Old and new anxieties and thoughts [came into my mind, or his mind, or overcame me, or him]; or old and new griefs or sorrows; the former saying occurring in a trad.: the verb is not thus in any other case [in this sense]. You say, حَدَثَ بِهِ عَيْبٌ
A vice, or fault, or the like, originated in him, or it, not having been before. And حَدَثَ أَمْرٌ
An affair, or event, originated: or happened, or came to pass. حُدُوثٌ is of two kinds: حُدُوثٌ زَمَانِىٌّ, which is A thing's being preceded by non-existence: and حُدُوثٌ ذَاتِىٌّ, which is a thing's being dependent upon another for its existence.
2 حَدَاثَةٌ and حُدُوثَةٌ, [as inf. ns. of which the verb, if they have one, is, accord. to analogy, حَدُثَ,] relating to a man, signify The being young; or [as simple substs.] youthfulness.
2 حَدَاثَةٌ and حُدُوثَةٌ, [as inf. ns. of which the verb, if they have one, is, accord. to analogy, حَدُثَ,] relating to a man, signify The being young; or [as simple substs.] youthfulness.
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