Arabic edit

Etymology edit

From the root ح ذ و (ḥ-ḏ-w).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ħi.ðaːʔ/
  • (file)

Noun edit

حِذَاء (ḥiḏāʔm (plural أَحْذِيَة (ʔaḥḏiya))

  1. verbal noun of حَاذَى (ḥāḏā) (form III)
  2. leather boot or shoe

Declension edit

Noun edit

حَذَّاء (ḥaḏḏāʔm (plural حَذَّاؤُونَ (ḥaḏḏāʔūna), feminine حَذَّاءَة (ḥaḏḏāʔa))

  1. shoemaker

Declension edit

Preposition edit

حِذَاءَ (ḥiḏāʔa)

  1. beside, close to, near, next to
    Synonym: إِزَاءَ (ʔizāʔa)
    جَلَسَ حِذَاءَهُ
    jalasa ḥiḏāʔahu
    he sat next to him.

Inflection edit

    Inflected forms
Base form حِذَاءَ (ḥiḏāʔa)
Personal-pronoun-
including forms
Singular Dual Plural
Masculine Feminine Common Masculine Feminine
First person حِذَائِي (ḥiḏāʔī) حِذَاءَنَا (ḥiḏāʔanā)
Second person حِذَاءَكَ (ḥiḏāʔaka) حِذَاءَكِ (ḥiḏāʔaki) حِذَاءَكُمَا (ḥiḏāʔakumā) حِذَاءَكُمْ (ḥiḏāʔakum) حِذَاءَكُنَّ (ḥiḏāʔakunna)
Third person حِذَاءَهُ (ḥiḏāʔahu) حِذَاءَهَا (ḥiḏāʔahā) حِذَاءَهُمَا (ḥiḏāʔahumā) حِذَاءَهُمْ (ḥiḏāʔahum) حِذَاءَهُنَّ (ḥiḏāʔahunna)

Descendants edit

  • Maltese: ħdejn
  • Moroccan Arabic: حدا (ḥdā)