إلحاد

Arabic

Root
ل ح د (l ḥ d)
4 terms

Etymology

Verbal noun of أَلْحَدَ (ʔalḥada).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔil.ħaːd/
• Rhymes: -aːd

Noun

إِلْحَاد • (ʔilḥād) m

1. (dated) deviation, perversion
2. (dated) heresy
3. (Modern Standard Arabic) atheism

Declension

Declension of noun إِلْحَاد (ʔilḥād)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	إِلْحَاد ʔilḥād	الْإِلْحَاد al-ʔilḥād	إِلْحَاد ʔilḥād
Nominative	إِلْحَادٌ ʔilḥādun	الْإِلْحَادُ al-ʔilḥādu	إِلْحَادُ ʔilḥādu
Accusative	إِلْحَادًا ʔilḥādan	الْإِلْحَادَ al-ʔilḥāda	إِلْحَادَ ʔilḥāda
Genitive	إِلْحَادٍ ʔilḥādin	الْإِلْحَادِ al-ʔilḥādi	إِلْحَادِ ʔilḥādi

Related terms

• مُلْحِد (mulḥid, “atheist”)

Descendants

• → Ottoman Turkish: الحاد (ilhâd)
  • > Turkish: ilhad (inherited)

See also

• كُفْر (kufr, “disbelief, unbelief, kufr”)
• شِرْك (širk, “idolatry, polytheism, shirk”)