حدوة

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ح د د (ḥ-d-d) related to حَدِيد (ḥadīd, “iron”); an implement of iron. Compare Latin ferrum equorum (“horseshoe”, literally “iron of horses”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ħid.wa/
• IPA^(key): /ħad.wa/

Noun

حِدْوَة or حَدْوَة • (ḥidwa or ḥadwa) f

1. horseshoe

Declension

Declension of noun حِدْوَة (ḥidwa)‎; حَدْوَة (ḥadwa)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حِدْوَة‎; حَدْوَة ḥidwa‎; ḥadwa	الْحِدْوَة‎; الْحَدْوَة al-ḥidwa‎; al-ḥadwa	حِدْوَة‎; حَدْوَة ḥidwat‎; ḥadwat
Nominative	حِدْوَةٌ‎; حَدْوَةٌ ḥidwatun‎; ḥadwatun	الْحِدْوَةُ‎; الْحَدْوَةُ al-ḥidwatu‎; al-ḥadwatu	حِدْوَةُ‎; حَدْوَةُ ḥidwatu‎; ḥadwatu
Accusative	حِدْوَةً‎; حَدْوَةً ḥidwatan‎; ḥadwatan	الْحِدْوَةَ‎; الْحَدْوَةَ al-ḥidwata‎; al-ḥadwata	حِدْوَةَ‎; حَدْوَةَ ḥidwata‎; ḥadwata
Genitive	حِدْوَةٍ‎; حَدْوَةٍ ḥidwatin‎; ḥadwatin	الْحِدْوَةِ‎; الْحَدْوَةِ al-ḥidwati‎; al-ḥadwati	حِدْوَةِ‎; حَدْوَةِ ḥidwati‎; ḥadwati

References

• Wehr, Hans (1979) “حدوة”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
• Lane, Edward William (1863) “حد”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[1], London: Williams & Norgate, pages 524-526