Arabic for happen

Hadatha

ﺣَﺪَﺙَ

happen – past tense he

yaHduthu

ﻳَﺤﺪُﺙُ

happen – present tense he

The Arabic verb for happen is written ﺣَﺪَﺙَ and pronunced Hadatha in its basic form (past tense masculinum singular). In present tense, the verb is written ﻳَﺤﺪُﺙُ and pronounced yaHduthu. See more conjugations

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Part of speech: verb. Pattern: verb

Using the word happen

it only happened once¹

Hadatha dhalika marratan waaHidatan

ﺣَﺪَﺙَ ﺫَﻟِﻚَ ﻣَﺮَّﺓً ﻭَﺍﺣِﺪَﺓً

How can that happen?

kayf yumkinu 'an yaHdutha dhalika?

ﻛَﻴﻒ ﻳُﻤﻜِﻦُ ﺃَﻥ ﻳَﺤﺪُﺙَ ﺫَﻟِﻚَ؟

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Important letters: ﺡ ﺩ ﺙ

The root of the word happen consists of three Arabic letters: Ha that is written ﺡ and pronounced H, dal that is written ﺩ and pronounced d and tha that is written ﺙ and pronounced th. Words with the same root letters are often related.

Words related to happen

The word happen letter by letter

ﺣَﺪَﺙَ

ﺣـ

ـﺪ

ﺙ

ﺣـ

ـﺪ

ﺙ

ﺡ

ﺣـ

ـﺤـ

ـﺢ

ﺩ

ـﺪ

ﺙ

ﺛـ

ـﺜـ

ـﺚ

dal

tha

The Arabic word for happen consists of: The letter Ha that is written ﺡ ( here ﺣـ ) and pronounced H and is a part of the root of the word. The short vowel a that is written as the sign َ above the letter. The letter dal that is written ﺩ ( here ـﺪ ) and pronounced d and is a part of the root of the word. The short vowel a that is written as the sign َ above the letter. The letter tha that is written ﺙ and pronounced th and is a part of the root of the word. The short vowel a that is written as the sign َ above the letter. Therefore, the word is writen ﺣَﺪَﺙَ and pronounced Hadatha.

Arabic is written from right to left. Short vowels are placed above or under the letters, the are usually omitted.
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The pattern for happen

fa3ala becomes Hadatha

We have seen that the Arabic word for happen is written ﺣَﺪَﺙَ and pronounced Hadatha. It follows the pattern verb form 1. All Arabic words with this pattern has the structure fa3ala where f, 3 and l is replaced with the root letters of the word.
Since the pattern is fa3ala and the root letters are H, d and th, the word becomes Hadatha.
All Arabic words with the same pattern follow the same structure. If you know the pattern and root of a word, you can often guess its meaning. Learn more about Arabic word patterns