حدا

See also: جدا and خدا

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ح د و (ḥ-d-w).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ħa.daː/

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

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.
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