How to say "quiet, calm" in Arabic

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Meaningquiet, calm

Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic

هَادِئ

hādiʾהאדא

هادئ

Hebrew · Modern Hebrew

שקט

shaketشَاكِت

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Arabic root

ه-د-أ

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Egyptian · Cairo and the Nile Delta

هَادِي
hādiהאדי

The hamza drops: hādi.

In a phrase

بَحْر هَادِئ
baḥr hādiʾבחר האדא

a calm sea

Feminine

هَادِئَة
hādiʾaהאדאה

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