حدا

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See also: جدا and خدا

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ح د و (ḥ-d-w).

Pronunciation

Verb

حَدَا (ḥadā) I, non-past يَحْدُو‎ (yaḥdū)

  1. to spur on, to instigate

Conjugation

Further reading

  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “حدا (حدو)”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic حِذَاءَ (ḥiḏāʔa).

Pronunciation

Preposition

حدا (ḥda or ḥeda)

  1. near, next to
    المدرسة حداك
    The school is near you.

North Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From or related to Arabic أحد (ʾaḥad, one; someone).

Pronoun

حدا (ḥadā)

  1. somebody; anybody
    لأ سوري، لازم تسأل حدا تاني
    Laʾ sōrī, lāzim tisʾal ḥadā tānī.
    No, sorry, you gotta ask someone else.
  2. (with preceding ما) nobody
    رح انتحر لئنو ما حدا بيحبني
    Raḥ intaḥir laʾinnū mā ḥadā bīḥibnī.
    I’m gonna kill myself because nobody loves me.