hadith

hadith

See also: Hadith

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Etymology

Arabic حَدِيث‎ (ḥadīṯ, “Prophetic tradition”), from حَدَّثَ‎ (ḥaddaṯa, “to tell, relate, report”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [haˈdiːθ]

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Noun

hadith (countable and uncountable, plural hadith or hadiths or ahadith)

1. (countable, religion, Islam) An eyewitness account of a saying or action of Muhammad or sometimes one of his companions not otherwise found in the Quran.

   In addition to the Quran, many Muslims also look to the hadiths for moral and spiritual guidance in their daily lives.

   There are four main Shia books of hadith and six main Sunni books of hadith.

2. (countable, in the plural, religion, Islam) A particular accepted collection of such accounts, as from a single source or within a particular branch of Islam or Islamic jurisprudence.

Synonyms

• (uncountable): the Hadith, the Sunna
• (countable): tradition, saying, deed, etc.

Derived terms

• hadithic

Related terms

• (adj.): hadith, hadithic, Hadithic
• Sunna

Translations

collected sayings and actions of Muhammad

Albanian: hadith m Amharic: ሀዲስ (hädis) Arabic: حَدِيث‎ m (ḥadīṯ) Armenian: հադիս (hadis) Avar: хӏадис (ḥʳadis) Azerbaijani: hədis Bashkir: хәҙис (xäðis) Belarusian: хадзі́с m (xadzís), хады́с m (xadýs) Bengali: হাদীছ (hadīchô), হাদিস (hadis) Bulgarian: хади́с m (hadís), хади́т m (hadít) Chechen: хьадис (ḥʳadis) Chinese: Mandarin: 聖訓／圣训 (zh) (shèngxùn) Czech: hadíth m, hadís m Dargwa: хӏядис (ḥədis) Dutch: Hadith (nl) m Finnish: hadith French: hadith (fr) m Georgian: ჰადისი (hadisi) German: Hadith (de) m Greek: χαντίθ (el) n (chantíth) Hebrew: חדית׳‎ m Hindi: हदीस (hi) f (hadīs) Indonesian: hadis (id) Japanese: ハディース (hadīsu) Kazakh: хадис (xadis) Korean: 하디스 (hadiseu) Kumyk: гьадис (hadis) Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: hedîs (ku) f Kyrgyz: хадис (hadis) Lak: хӏадис (ħadis) Lezgi: гьадис (hadis) Macedonian: хадис m (hadis) Malay: hadis (ms) Pashto: حديث‎ (ps) m (hadís) Persian: حدیث‎ (fa) (hadis) Polish: hadis m Portuguese: hádice m, hadiz m, hadith m Punjabi: ਹਦੀਸ (hadīs) Russian: хади́с (ru) m (xadís) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: ха̀дӣс m Roman: hàdīs (sh) m Spanish: hadiz (es) m, jadiz (es) m Tajik: ҳадис (hadis) Tatar: хәдис (xädis) Thai: หะดีษ Turkish: hadis (tr) Turkmen: hadys Ukrainian: хади́с m (xadýs) Urdu: حدیث‎ f (hadīs) Uyghur: ھەدىس‎ (hedis) Uzbek: hadis (uz)

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Etymology

From Arabic حَدِيث‎ (ḥadīṯ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɑdiːt/, [ˈhɑdiːt̪]

Noun

hadith

1. hadith (collection of Muhammed's sayings)

Declension

Inflection of hadith (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)
nominative		hadith	—
genitive		hadithin	—
partitive		hadithia	—
illative		hadithiin	—
		singular	plural
nominative		hadith	—
accusative	nom.	hadith	—
	gen.	hadithin
genitive		hadithin	—
partitive		hadithia	—
inessive		hadithissa	—
elative		hadithista	—
illative		hadithiin	—
adessive		hadithilla	—
ablative		hadithilta	—
allative		hadithille	—
essive		hadithina	—
translative		hadithiksi	—
instructive		—	—
abessive		hadithitta	—
comitative		—	—

Possessive forms of hadith (type paperi)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	hadithini	hadithimme
2nd person	hadithisi	hadithinne
3rd person	hadithinsa

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Noun

hadith m (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of hádice