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حتم

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

1 حَتَمَهُ حتم حتمه حتمة , aor. حَتِمَ , (K,) inf. n. حَتْمٌ, (S, TA,) He made it, or rendered it, firm; or established it, or settled it, firmly; namely, a thing, or an affair. (S, K, TA.) ― -b2- He decreed it; ordained it; pronounced it; or decided it judicially: (TA:) and so حَتَمَ بِهِ. (TK.) [See حَاتِمٌ.] ― -b3- He necessitated it; or made it, or rendered it, necessary, requisite, or unavoidable; syn. أَوْجَبَهُ: (S, K, * TA:) and so حَتَمَ بِهِ. (Msb.) See حَاتِمٌ. You say, حَتَمْتُ عَلَيْهِ الشَّىْءَ I made it, or rendered it, necessary, &c., for him to do, or to suffer, the thing. (S. [Golius, reading أَوْحَيْتُ for أَوْجَبْتُ, the explanation in the S, has rendered حَتَمَ as signifying “ inspiravit: ” and the next explanation given by him, i. e. “ indicavit, ” is a misprint for “ judicavit. ”]) Or حَتَمَ عَلَيْهِ الأَمْرَ, aor. and inf. n. as above, signifies He made the thing, or affair, or event, to be absolutely, or decisively, or irreversibly, necessary, requisite, or unavoidable, for him to do, or to suffer. (Msb.) حُتُومٌ, which is pl. of حَتْمٌ, may also be an inf. n. of حَتَمَ, and is likewise pl. of حَاتِمٌ. (TA.)

Derived headwords

حَتَمَهُverb
  1. 1.
حَتَمَ بِهِ
عَلَيْهِ الشَّىْءَ
حَتَمَ عَلَيْهِ الأَمْرَ