هكم

Root entry · 10 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to intrusive, aggressive, or mocking behavior, often involving verbal abuse, mockery, or overstepping boundaries. It also extends to meanings of arrogance, rushing into things, and even physical actions like collapsing or digging.

Derived headwords

الهكمnoun

1.
Intruder, meddlerclassical
One who intrudes into matters that do not concern him, and who exposes people to his malice.

تهكمverb

1.
To mock, ridiculeboth
To insult us and make fun of us.
2.
To boast, strutclassical
To walk proudly and arrogantly.
3.
To rush intoclassical
To rush into a matter or situation.
4.
To collapse, fall downclassical
Used to describe a well that collapses or falls down.
5.
To singclassical
To sing, especially with a loud voice.

تهكم حرب على جارنا — War mocked our neighbor

تهكمnoun

1.
Mockery, ridiculeboth
The act of mocking or ridiculing someone.
2.
Arrogance, haughtinessclassical
Pride and haughtiness.
3.
Torrential floodclassical
A flood that is difficult to withstand.
4.
Collapse of a wellclassical
The falling in or collapse of a well.
5.
Probing thrustclassical
A thrust or stab that probes or penetrates.
6.
Self-talkclassical
A man's talking to himself.
7.
Falling upon peopleclassical
The act of falling upon or attacking a group of people.

هكمverb

1.
To singclassical
To sing to someone, especially by starting to sing to them with a voice.

هكمهverb

1.
To sing to himclassical
To sing to someone, especially by starting to sing to them with a voice.

تهكيماnoun

1.
Singingclassical
The act of singing to someone, especially by starting to sing to them with a voice.

المستهكمadjective

1.
Arrogantclassical
One who is arrogant and haughty.

المتهكمadjective

1.
Arrogantclassical
One who is arrogant and haughty.
2.
Aggressive out of angerclassical
One who attacks you out of rage and foolishness.

تهدمتverb

1.
It collapsedclassical
Used to describe a well that has collapsed or fallen down.

يعجمهverb

1.
He tests himclassical
He tests or tries him.

Parallel reading

المتقحم على ما لا يعنيه الذي يتعرض للناس بشره

The one who intrudes into what does not concern him, who exposes people to his malice.

تهكم حرب على جارنا، ... وألقى عليه له كلكلا

War mocked our neighbor, ... and cast its burden upon him.

وقد تهكم على الأمر وتهكم بنا: زرى علينا وعبث بنا

And he mocked the matter and mocked us: he belittled us and played with us.

وتهكم له وهكمه: غناه

And he sang to him, and he sang to him: he made him sing.

والمتهكم: المتكبر، وهو أيضا الذي يتهدم عليك من الغيظ والحمق

And the one who mocks is the arrogant one, and he is also the one who attacks you out of rage and foolishness.

تهكم عليه إذا اشتد غضبه

He became enraged towards him when his anger intensified.

والتهكم: التبختر بطرا

And al-tahakkum: is strutting with arrogance.

والتهكم: السيل الذي لا يطاق

And al-tahakkum: is the torrential flood that cannot be endured.

والتهكم: تهور البئر

And al-tahakkum: is the collapse of a well.

وتهكمت البئر: تهدمت

And the well collapsed: it fell down.

والتهكم: الطعن المدارك

And al-tahakkum: is the probing thrust.

وتهكمت: تغنيت

And I sang: I made myself sing.

وهكمت غيري تهكيما: غنيته، وذلك إذا انبريت تغني له بصوت

And I made someone else sing, making him sing: I made him sing, which is when you start singing to him with a voice.

والتهكم: الاستهزاء

And al-tahakkum: is mockery.

فخرجت في أثر رجل منهم جعل يتهكم بي أي يستهزئ ويستخف

So I went out after a man from them who began to mock me, meaning to ridicule and belittle me.

وهو يمشي القهقرى ويقول هلم إلى الجنة، يتهكم بنا

And he was walking backward and saying, 'Come to paradise,' mocking us.

يا أحول لقد أصبحت تتهكم بنا

O cross-eyed one, you have begun to mock us.

التهكم حديث الرجل في نفسه

Al-tahakkum is a man's talking to himself.

دلهم تهكمه، ... والدهر يغتال الفتى ويعجمه

His self-talk has confused them, ... and time deceives and tests the young man.

التهكم الوقوع في القوم

Al-tahakkum is falling upon people.

تهكمتما حولين ثم نزعتما، ... فلا إن علا كعباكما بالتهكم

You both fell upon them for two years, then you withdrew, ... not that your heels were raised by falling upon them.