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هذم

Root entry · 15 derived lemmas

The root هذم primarily relates to the concepts of consuming, cutting, and diminishing, often with an implication of speed or thoroughness. It extends to meanings of disappearance, taking a toll, and can describe sharp objects or voracious eaters.

Derived headwords

هَذَمَverb
  1. 1.
    to consumeboth

    To consume something entirely, to devour it.

  2. 2.
    to disappearclassical

    To cause something to disappear, often referring to the waning or disappearance of the moon.

  3. 3.
    to diminishclassical

    To diminish or reduce something, like the moon's light.

  4. 4.
    to cutboth

    To cut something, often with speed and effectiveness.

هَذْمًاnoun
  1. 1.
    consumptionboth

    The act of consuming or devouring quickly.

  2. 2.
    cuttingboth

    The act of cutting, often with speed.

  3. 3.
    diminutionclassical

    The act of diminishing or reducing, particularly referring to the moon's waning.

يَهْذِمُهُverb
  1. 1.
    it consumes itclassical

    It consumes it entirely; it causes it to disappear.

  2. 2.
    it diminishes itclassical

    It diminishes it, referring to the waning of the moon.

  3. 3.
    it eats itclassical

    It eats it, implying consumption.

يُسْتَلْحِمُهُverb
  1. 1.
    it takes its courseclassical

    It takes its course or path, often used in relation to celestial bodies or time.

الهَذْمُnoun
  1. 1.
    cuttingboth

    The act of cutting.

  2. 2.
    consumptionboth

    The act of eating quickly.

الهَيْذَامnoun
  1. 1.
    voracious eaterboth

    A person who eats a lot, a glutton.

  2. 2.
    eater from the sidesclassical

    One who eats from the sides of a dish rather than the center.

مَهْذُومadjective
  1. 1.
    sharp-cuttingclassical

    Describing a sword that cuts effectively, even through iron.

مِخْذَمadjective
  1. 1.
    sharp-cuttingclassical

    Describing a sword that cuts effectively, even through iron.

هَذَّامadjective
  1. 1.
    sharp-cuttingboth

    Describing a sword or knife that cuts sharply and effectively, even through iron.

هَذَمَةadjective
  1. 1.
    sharp-cuttingclassical

    Describing a blade that cuts sharply.

هَذَامَةadjective
  1. 1.
    sharp-cuttingclassical

    Describing a blade that cuts sharply.

هَذُومadjective
  1. 1.
    fast-cuttingboth

    Describing a knife that quickly cuts meat.

الهَيْذَامadjective
  1. 1.
    voraciousboth

    A voracious eater.

  2. 2.
    braveclassical

    A brave or courageous man.

هَيْذَامname
  1. 1.
    male given nameclassical

    A proper name for a male.

سَعْدٌ هَذِيمٌname
  1. 1.
    ancestor of a tribeclassical

    The name of an ancestor of a tribe.

Parallel reading

هَذَمَ الشيءَ يَهْذِمُهُ هَذْمًا: غَيَّبَهُ أَجْمَعَ
To consume a thing, he consumes it, a consumption: to make it disappear entirely.
واللَّهَبُ لهبُ الخافقينِ يَهْذِمُهُ يعني تغيبَ القَمَرِ ونُقْصَانَهُ
And the flame, the flame of the two horizons, consumes it, meaning the disappearance and waning of the moon.
كلاهما يعني الليلَ والنهارَ، في فَلَكٍ يَسْتَلْحِمُهُ أي يأخذُ قَصْدَهُ ويَرْكَبُهُ
Both of them mean the night and the day, in an orbit it takes its course, meaning it takes its intended path and rides it.
يهذمه: يغيبه أجمع
It makes it disappear entirely.
يهذمه فيأكله ويوعيه
It consumes it, eating it and making it scarce.
أراد بقوله يهذمه نقصان القمر
He intended by his saying 'it consumes it' the waning of the moon.
والهَذْمُ: القَطْعُ
And al-hadhm: cutting.
والهَذْمُ: الأكلُ، كل ذلك في سرعة
And al-hadhm: eating, all of that is with speed.
وهَذَمَ يَهْذِمُ هَذْمًا: وهي سرعةُ الأكلِ والقطعِ
And he consumed/cut with speed, a consumption/cutting: which is the speed of eating and cutting.
وإياكَ والهَذْمَ
And beware of rapid eating.
الهَيْذَامُ: الأكُولُ
Al-haydham: the voracious eater.
يريد به الأكل من جوانب القصعة دون وسطها، وهو من الهدم ما تهدم من نواحي البئر
He means by it eating from the sides of the dish without its center, and it is from the crumbling what crumbles from the sides of the well.
وسيفٌ مَهْذُومٌ مِخْذَمٌ وهَذَّامٌ: قاطعُ حديدٍ
And a sword, consumed, sharp-cutting, and cutting: cutting iron.
وسنانٌ هَذَّامٌ: حديدٌ
And a spearhead, cutting: iron.
ومديةٌ هَذَّامٌ: كما قالوا سيفٌ جَرَّازٌ، ومديةٌ جَرَّازٌ
And a knife, cutting: as they said a sword that slashes, and a knife that slashes.
وحكى غيرُه شفرةً هَذِمَةً وهَذَامَةً
And others narrated a blade, cutting, and a blade, cutting.
وأنشد: ويلٌ لبعرانِ بني نُعامةَ ... منك، ومن شفرتك الهَذَامَةِ
And he recited: Woe to the camels of Banu Nu'amah ... from you, and from your cutting blade.
وسكينٌ هَذُومٌ: تَهْذِمُ اللحمَ أي تسرعُ قطعه فتأكله
And a knife, fast-cutting: it cuts the meat, meaning it quickly cuts it and devours it.
وسكينٌ هَذَّامٌ وموسى هَذَّامٌ
And a knife, cutting, and a razor, cutting.
والهَيْذَامُ من الرجال: الأكُولُ، وهو أيضًا الشجاعُ
And al-haydham among men: the voracious eater, and he is also the brave one.
وهَيْذَامٌ: اسمُ رجلٍ
And Haydham: a man's name.
وسعدٌ هَذِيمٌ: أبو قبيلةٍ
And Sa'd Hadhim: the father of a tribe.