حَدِيثٍhadith in Arabic

Example sentences

• فَقَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ أَيُّ حَدِيثٍ فَأَخْبَرَتْهَا

  So Aisha said, "Which report?" So she told her.

  حَدِيثٍ — hadith. This noun is indefinite and, governed by 'which', takes the genitive ending as the thing being asked about. It completes the 'which report?' question, naming the category in question.

  From: Aisha Cleared of Slander →

• قُلْتُ حُمَّى أَخَذَتْهَا مِنْ أَجْلِ حَدِيثٍ تُحَدِّثُ بِهِ،

  I said a fever had seized her because of a story she was telling about it.

  حَدِيثٍ — a story. An indefinite noun, lacking al-, so 'a story', placed in the 'of/to' (genitive) ending because the causal phrase 'because of' governs whatever follows it. It is the actual cause of the fever, and the verb after it tells what she was doing with this story.

  From: Aisha Cleared of Slander →