Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

احدثهُ

Root: حدث

Form: 4

Full Definition

احدثهُIV and He brought it into existence, caused it to be, made it, produced it, effected it, or did it, newly, for the first time, it not having been before; began it, or originated it; invented it; innovated it. [Hence,] احدث أَمْرَا [He brought to pass an event]. And احدث حَدَثًا He originated an innovation [see حَدَثٌ].
2 See also 3.
3 Also احدث, Verbal.Noun إِحْدَاثٌ, from الحَدَثُ, He voided his ordure; or broke wind: it has both these meanings: or he did a thing that annulled his state of legal purity. [See حَدَثٌ.]
4 And He committed adultery, or fornication: and in like manner one says of a woman [احدثت].


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