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هتم

Root entry · 13 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the breaking or chipping of teeth, particularly the incisors. It extends to concepts of weakening, breaking, and also refers to specific types of plants and a place name.

Derived headwords

هَتَمَverb
  1. 1.
    to chip teethboth

    To chip or break off the front edges of the incisor teeth.

  2. 2.
    to weakenclassical

    To weaken something, often through repeated action.

يَهْتِمُهُverb
  1. 1.
    to chip teethboth

    The verb form indicating the action of chipping the incisor teeth.

أَهْتَمَverb
  1. 1.
    to chip teethboth

    To have one's incisor teeth chipped or broken.

أَهْتَمُadjective
  1. 1.
    chipped-toothedboth

    Describing someone whose incisor teeth are chipped or broken from their roots.

تَهَتَّمَverb
  1. 1.
    to breakclassical

    To become broken or shattered.

الهَيْتَمnoun
  1. 1.
    a type of shrubclassical

    A type of thorny shrub belonging to the 'hamdh' family of plants.

الهَتِيمَةnoun
  1. 1.
    small shrubclassical

    The small variety of the 'hamdh' shrub.

الهُتَيْمَةname
  1. 1.
    two namesclassical

    Refers to two distinct proper names.

الهُتَامَةnoun
  1. 1.
    broken piecesclassical

    What breaks off or shatters from an object.

الأَهْتَمname
  1. 1.
    a titleclassical

    A title given to Sinan bin Khalid because his incisor tooth was chipped on the day of the battle of al-Kilab.

هَتْمَةname
  1. 1.
    place nameclassical

    A place name located on Mount Salma.

تَهْتِيمnoun
  1. 1.
    weakeningclassical

    The act of weakening something, often through repeated blows.

تَهَاتَمَاverb
  1. 1.
    to resemble each otherclassical

    To resemble or be similar to one another.

Parallel reading

هَتَمَ فَاهُ يَهْتِمُهُ: أَلْقَى مُقَدِّمَ أَسْنَانِهِ
He chipped his mouth, it chips his mouth: he cast off the front of his teeth.
كَأَهْتَمَّهُ
As if his teeth were chipped.
وَكَفَرِحَ: انْكَسَرَتْ ثَنَايَاهُ مِنْ أُصُولِهَا، فَهُوَ أَهْتَمُّ
And like 'faraha': his incisors broke from their roots, so he is 'ahtammu' (chipped-toothed).
وَتَهَتَّمَ: تَكَسَّرَ
And 'tahattama': it broke.
وَالهَيْتَمُ، كَحَيْدَرٍ: شَجَرٌ مِنَ الحَمْضِ، لُغَةٌ فِي المُثَلَّثَةِ
And 'al-haytam', like 'haydar': a shrub of the 'hamdh' (saltwort) type, a variant pronunciation of the one with a 'th'.
وَالهَتِيمَةُ، كَسَفِينَةٍ: الصَّغِيرَةُ مِنَ الحَمْضِ
And 'al-hatimah', like 'safinah': the small one of the 'hamdh' (saltwort) type.
وَكَصَاحِبٍ وَزُبَيْرٍ: اسْمَانِ
And like 'sahib' and 'zubayr': two names.
وَكَثُمَامَةٍ: مَا تَكَسَّرَ مِنَ الشَّيْءِ
And like 'thumamah': what breaks off from a thing.
وَالأَهْتَمُّ: لَقَبُ سِنَانِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ، لِأَنَّ ثَنِيَّتَهُ هُتِمَتْ يَوْمَ الكِلَابِ
And 'al-ahtammu': the title of Sinan bin Khalid, because his incisor tooth was chipped on the day of al-Kilab.
وَهَتْمَةٌ: ع بِجَبَلِ سَلْمَى
And 'Hatmah': a place on Mount Salma.
وَمَا زَالَ يَهْتِمُهُ بِالضَّرْبِ تَهْتِيمًا: يُضْعِفُهُ
And he kept weakening him with blows, a 'tahteem': making him weak.
وَتَهَاتَمَا: تَهَاتَرَا
And 'tahātama': they resembled each other.