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accident in Arabic

حَادِث
Pronunciation
ḥāḍith
Arabizi
7adith
Type
noun · masculine
Plural
حَادِثَاتٌ ḥāḍithāt
Root
ح د ث

How to use it

"Accident" is حَادِثٌ, a masculine noun for an unexpected mishap. Use حَادِثَةٌ for a female victim. The plural is حَادِثَاتٌ.

Example sentences

  • تَصادَفَ حَادِثٌ سَيِّئٌ فِي الطَّرِيقِ.

    taṣādafa ḥāḍithun sayyiʾun fī al-ṭarīqi.

    A bad accident happened on the road.

  • قَدْ أُصِيبَتْ بِحَادِثٍ فِي المَستَشْفَى.

    qad uṣībata biḥāḍithin fī al-mustashfā.

    She was injured in an accident at the hospital.

  • تَجَنَّبْتُ الحَادِثَ بِقُرْبِ السُّرْعَةِ.

    tajannabtu al-ḥāḍitha bi-qurbi al-surʿati.

    I avoided the accident by slowing down.

Examples from real texts

Sentences taken from published bilingual texts (subtitles, documents). They show the word in context and are not reviewed one by one.

So a car accident.

انه حادث سيارة

That is no accident.

وهذا ليس من قبيل المصادفة.

Sami had an accident.

تعرّض سامي لحادث.

An accident has happened.

وقع حادث.

There's been an accident.

حصل حادث.

But this was no accident.

ولكن ما حدث في ذلك العام لم يكن من قبيل المصادفة.

An accident just happened.

حصل حادث للتو.

Sami survived the accident.

نجى سامي من الحادث.

I learned this by accident.

لقد أدركت هذه الحقيقة بالمصادفة.

Sami had a little accident.

تعرّض سامي لحادث صغير.

When did the accident happen?

متى حصل الحادث؟

Sami didn't drown by accident.

لم يكن موت سامي غرقا حادثا.

Questions and answers

Is there a word for a minor accident?

You can say حَادِثٌ صَغِيرٌ or حَادِثٌ طَفِيفٌ.

How to say "car accident"?

Say حَادِثُ سَيَّارَةٍ.

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