Arabic edit

Root
ه د د (h-d-d)

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

هَدَّدَ (haddada) II, non-past يُهَدِّدُ‎ (yuhaddidu)

  1. (transitive) to threaten
    1. (transitive, of a person) to make or utter a threat against (someone); to intimidate
      Synonym: تَوَعَّدَ (tawaʕʕada)
      • (Can we date this quote?), Ahmad ibn Hanbal, quoting Abu Jahl, “Hadith #3044”, in شعيب الأرنؤوط, editor, Musnad Ahmad, volume 5, Beirut: الرسالة, published 1995, page 167:
        جَاءَ أَبُو جَهْلٍ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ وَهُوَ يُصَلِّي، فَنَهَاهُ، فَتَهَدَّدَهُ النَّبِيُّ؛ فَقَالَ: أَتُهَدِّدُنِي؟"
        jāʔa ʔabū jahlin ʔilā n-nabiyyi wahuwa yuṣallī, fanahāhu, fatahaddadahu n-nabiyyu; faqāla: ʔatuhaddidunī?"
        The Father of Ignorance [once] came to the Prophet while he [the Prophet] was praying, and he scolded him, and so the Prophet threatened him, upon which he said, "Are you threatening me?"
      • 1999 February 15, Al-Ahram:
        صَدَّام يُهَدِّدُ بِمُهَاجَمَةِ ٱلْقَوَاعِدِ ٱلْعَسْكَرِيَّةِ فِي ٱلسُّعُودِيَّةِ وَٱلْكُوَيْتِ
        ṣaddām yuhaddidu bimuhājamati l-qawāʕidi l-ʕaskariyyati fī s-suʕūdiyyati wal-kuwayti
        Saddam threatens to attack the military bases in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait.
    2. (transitive, of a thing) to pose a threat to (something or someone); to put (something or someone) at risk; to endanger; to imperil; to menace

Conjugation edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: հաթաթա (hatʻatʻa)

Egyptian Arabic edit

Root
ه د د
1 term

Etymology edit

From Arabic هَدَّدَ (haddada).

Verb edit

هدد (haddid) II (non-past يهدد (yihaddid))

  1. to threaten

South Levantine Arabic edit

Root
ه د د
2 terms

Etymology edit

From Arabic هَدَّدَ (haddada).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /had.dad/, [ˈhad.dad]
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Verb edit

هدّد (haddad) II (present بهدّد (bihadded))

  1. to threaten

Conjugation edit

    Conjugation of هدّد (haddad)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m هدّدت (haddadt) هدّدت (haddadt) هدّد (haddad) هدّدنا (haddadna) هدّدتو (haddadtu) هدّدو (haddadu)
f هدّدتي (haddadti) هدّدت (haddadat)
present m بهدّد (bahadded) بتهدّد (bithadded) بهدّد (bihadded) منهدّد (minhadded) بتهدّدو (bithadddu) بهدّدو (bihadddu)
f بتهدّدي (bithadddi) بتهدّد (bithadded)
subjunctive m اهدّد (ahadded) تهدّد (thadded) يهدّد (yhadded) نهدّد (nhadded) تهدّدو (thadddu) يهدّدو (yhadddu)
f تهدّدي (thadddi) تهدّد (thadded)
imperative m هدّد (hadded) هدّدو (hadddu)
f هدّدي (hadddi)