muḍāriʿـُيَفْعُلُ·ـَيَفْعَلُ·ـِيَفْعِلُmaṣdarهَدٌّ هَدِيدٌ
Core sense — he demolished it, he pulled it down; he became weak; it made a loud noisegenerated
1.1
He demolished a building, throwing it down to the ground; he demolished it violently, or all at once with a loud noise.
maṣdar هَدٌّ and هُدُودٌ.
1.2figurative · مجاز — inferredsuch a thing did not break him, or it—مَا هَذُهُ كَذَا
[Hence one says this.]
1.2.1figurative · مجازthe thing distressed me, and broke or crushed me—هَدَّنِى الأَمْرُ
the thing distressed me, and broke or crushed me—هَدَّ رُكْنى
[The death of any one has not distressed me, nor broken or crushed me]—مَا هَدَّنِى مَوْتُ أَحَدٍ
the calamity weakened him—هَدَّتْهُ المُصِيبَةُ
1.2.2he (a man) became weak in body; he became very old and decrepit—هَدَّ
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1.2.4it made a noise, or a violent noise—هَدَّ
Said of a wall or the like, or of a part of a mountain, as it falls.
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1.2.5it (the sky) sent forth a noise caused by falling rain—هَدَّتْ
1.2.6it made a murmuring sound—هَدَّ
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Said of the sound called هَادّ, coming from the sea.
1.2.7he (a camel) brayed—هَدَّ
See also R. Q. 1.
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1.3I passed by a man who is enough for you as a man—مَرَرْتُ بِرَجُلٍ هَدَّكَ مِنْ رَجُلٍ
One says هَدِّكَ in the same sense.
It is an expression of praise; or it means: one whose good qualities would be burdensome for you to describe.
Two dialect forms are used here. Some treat هدّ as a maṣdar [used as an adjective, saying, in such a phrase as the one above, هَدِّكَ], in which case it has no feminine, dual, or plural form; the singular, dual, and plural are alike.
Others make it a verb and give it a feminine, a dual, and a plural, saying مررت برجل هَدَّكَ من رجل as above, and بٱمْرَأَةٍ هَدَّنْكَ منِ ٱمْرَأَةٍ, just as one says كَفّاكَ and كَفَيْكَ and بِرَجُلَيْنِ هَدَّاكَ and بِرِجَالٍ هَدُّوكَ and بِٱمْرَأَتَيْنِ هَدَّتَاكَ and بِنِسْوَةِ هَدَدْتَكَ.
1.3.1[And I have a companion in the race;] of how great worth, how clever, and how knowing he is [as a companion]
shāhidوَلِى صَاحِبٌ فِى الغَارِ هَدَّكَ صَاحِبًا
IAar cites this example [by El-Kattál El-Kilábee]; the poet is describing a wolf.
Whoever reads هَدَّكَ makes هَدَّ a verb, and as such it has a dual, a plural, and a feminine; but some read هَدُّكَ, making it a maṣdar used as an adjective, and as such it has no dual, plural, or feminine.
1.3.2excellent is the man—هَدَّ الرَّجُلُ
truly, excellent is the man in hardiness and strength—إِنّهُ لَهَدَّ الرَّجُلُ
how hardy is the man!—لَهَدَّ الرَّجُلُ
1.3.3How greatly has your companion enchanted you!—لَهَدَّ مَا سَخَرَكُمْ صَاحِبُكُمْ
Aboo Lahab is related in a tradition to have said this.
لَهَدَّ is an expression of wonder.
1.3.4such a one is praiseworthy for hardiness and strength—فُلَانٌ يُهَدُّ
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, aor. هَدُدَ , (S, L, Msb,) inf. n. هَدٌّ (S, L, Msb, K) and هُدُودٌ , (L, K,) He demolished a a building; (As, S, A, L, K: *) threw it down; (TA;) pulled it down to the ground: (As, S, A, L:) demolished it with violence: (L, K: *) demolished it at once, with a vehement noise. (Msb.) [Hence you say,] مَا هَذُهُ كَذَا Such a thing did not break him, or it. (S, L.) هَدَّنِى الأَمْرُ , and هَدَّ رُكْنى , The thing distressed, and broke, or crashed, me. And [in like manner] مَا هَدَّنِى مَوْتُ أَحَدٍ [The death of any one has not distressed, nor broken, or crushed, me]. (L.) And هَدَّتْهُ المُصِيبَةُ The calamity debilitated, or enervated, him. (S, A, L.) هَدَّ , aor. هَدَدَ , and هَدِدَ , inf. n. هَدٌّ , He (a man) was, or became, weak, (L, K,) in body; (L:) became extremely aged, or decrepit. (TK.) See 7. هَدَّ , aor. هَدِدَ , inf. n. هَدِيدٌ , It (a wall or the like, S, L, or a part of a mountain, L, by its falling, S, L) made a noise; (S;) or, a violent noise. (L.) هَدَّتْ It (the sky) sent forth a noise, or sound, occasioned by the falling of rain. (L.) هَدَّ , aor. هَدَدَ , (L,) inf. n. هَدِيدٌ , (S, L,) It (the sound called هَادّ , from the sea,) made a murmuring. (S, * L.) هَدَّ , aor. هَدِدَ , inf. n. هَدٌّ , He (a camel) brayed. (TK.) See also R. Q. 1. مَرَرْتُ بِرَجُلٍ هَدَّكَ مِنْ رَجُلٍ I passed by a man who is sufficient for they as a man; (L, K:) as also هَدِّكَ : (K.) an expression of praise (L:) or it means, the description of whose good qualities would be burdensome to thee: there are two dial. forms used in this case: some use هدّ as an inf. n., [in the sense of an epithet, (marginal note in a copy of the S,) saying, in such a phrase as the above, هَدِّكَ ,] in which case, it has no fem. nor dual. nor pl. form; (S, L:) the sing and dual and pl. are the same: (K:) and some make it a verb, and give it [a fem. and] a dual and a pl, and say, مررت برجل هَدَّكَ من رجل , as above, (S, L,) and بٱمْرَأَةٍ هَدَّنْكَ منِ ٱمْرَأَةٍ , (S, L, K,) like as you say كَفّاكَ and كَفَيْكَ , (L.,) and بِرَجُلَيْنِ هَدَّاكَ , and بِرِجَالٍ هَدُّوكَ , and بِٱمْرَأَتَيْنِ هَدَّتَاكَ , and بِنِسْوَةِ هَدَدْتَكَ . (S, L, K.) IAar also cites the following ex. [by El-Kattál El-Kilábee, (marginal note in a copy of the S)] 1 as meaning. [And I have a companion in the race;] of how great estimation, and how ingenious, and how knowing, is he [as a companion] describing a wolf: (L:) in which he who reads هَدَّكَ makes هَدَّ a verb; and as such it has a dual and pl. and fem. but some read هَدُّكَ . making it an inf. n. used as an epithet; and as such it has no dual nor pl. nor fem. (Marginal note in a copy of the S.) وَلِى صَاحِبٌ فِى الغَارِ هَدَّكَ صَاحِبًا هَدَّ الرَّجُلُ also signifies Excellent is the man; (ISd, L:) and إِنّهُ لَهَدَّ الرَّجُلُ Verily, excellent is the man (L, K) in hardiness and strength: (L:) and لَهَدَّ الرَّجُلُ How hardy is the man! (L.) In a trad., Aboo Lahab is related to have said, لَهَدَّ مَا سَخَرَكُمْ صَاحِبُكُمْ , [meaning How greatly hath your companion enchanted you!): لَهَدَّ is an expression of wonder. (L.) فُلَانٌ يُهَدُّ Such a one is praiseworthy for hardiness (S, L, K) and strength. (S, L.)