حدوتة

Arabic

Etymology

Borrowed into Standard Arabic from the dialects. Ultimately from the root ح د ث (ḥ-d-ṯ), with ṯ replaced by t, which is a typical feature of Levantine and Egyptian Arabic, as well as some Peninsular and Maghrebi dialects.

Noun

حَدُّوتَة • (ḥaddūta) f (plural حَوَادِيت (ḥawādīt)) (colloquial, regional)

1. fairy tale, a story told to children

Declension

Declension of noun حَدُّوتَة (ḥaddūta)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حَدُّوتَة ḥaddūta	الْحَدُّوتَة al-ḥaddūta	حَدُّوتَة ḥaddūtat
Nominative	حَدُّوتَةٌ ḥaddūtatun	الْحَدُّوتَةُ al-ḥaddūtatu	حَدُّوتَةُ ḥaddūtatu
Accusative	حَدُّوتَةً ḥaddūtatan	الْحَدُّوتَةَ al-ḥaddūtata	حَدُّوتَةَ ḥaddūtata
Genitive	حَدُّوتَةٍ ḥaddūtatin	الْحَدُّوتَةِ al-ḥaddūtati	حَدُّوتَةِ ḥaddūtati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حَدُّوتَتَيْن ḥaddūtatayn	الْحَدُّوتَتَيْن al-ḥaddūtatayn	حَدُّوتَتَيْ ḥaddūtatay
Nominative	حَدُّوتَتَانِ ḥaddūtatāni	الْحَدُّوتَتَانِ al-ḥaddūtatāni	حَدُّوتَتَا ḥaddūtatā
Accusative	حَدُّوتَتَيْنِ ḥaddūtatayni	الْحَدُّوتَتَيْنِ al-ḥaddūtatayni	حَدُّوتَتَيْ ḥaddūtatay
Genitive	حَدُّوتَتَيْنِ ḥaddūtatayni	الْحَدُّوتَتَيْنِ al-ḥaddūtatayni	حَدُّوتَتَيْ ḥaddūtatay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حَوَادِيت ḥawādīt	الْحَوَادِيت al-ḥawādīt	حَوَادِيت ḥawādīt
Nominative	حَوَادِيتُ ḥawādītu	الْحَوَادِيتُ al-ḥawādītu	حَوَادِيتُ ḥawādītu
Accusative	حَوَادِيتَ ḥawādīta	الْحَوَادِيتَ al-ḥawādīta	حَوَادِيتَ ḥawādīta
Genitive	حَوَادِيتَ ḥawādīta	الْحَوَادِيتِ al-ḥawādīti	حَوَادِيتِ ḥawādīti