دهدم

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the act of collapsing, falling, or breaking down, often with a sense of destruction or ruin. It can describe objects falling apart or structures being demolished.

Derived headwords

دَهْدَمَverb

1.
to collapseboth
To cause something to fall down or collapse upon itself, often implying destruction.

تَدَهْدَمَverb

1.
to collapseboth
To fall down or collapse, typically used for structures like walls.

مُدَهْدَمadjective

1.
collapsedclassical
Describing something that has fallen down or been demolished.

Parallel reading

دَهْدَمَ الشيءَ: قلب بعضه على بعض.

To collapse something: to turn some of it upon itself.

تَدَهْدَمَ الحائطُ

The wall collapsed.

تَدَهْدَمَ

to fall down.

ويقال: دَهْدَمْتَ البناءَ إذا كَسَرْتَهُ

And it is said: you demolished the building if you broke it.

والنؤي، بعد عهده، المدهدم

And the cistern, after its time, is the collapsed one.