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هذم

Root entry · 10 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the concept of cutting, consuming, or eating quickly. It extends to descriptions of swiftness, bravery, and sharp objects like swords. It also appears in proper names and tribal affiliations.

Derived headwords

هَذَمَverb
  1. 1.
    to cutboth

    To sever or cut something into pieces.

  2. 2.
    to eat quicklyboth

    To consume food rapidly and voraciously.

هَذْمnoun
  1. 1.
    cuttingclassical

    The act of cutting or severing.

  2. 2.
    eating quicklyclassical

    The act of consuming food rapidly.

الهَيْذَامnoun
  1. 1.
    voracious eaterboth

    A person who eats food quickly and in large quantities.

  2. 2.
    brave oneboth

    A courageous and valiant individual.

الهِذَامnoun
  1. 1.
    voracious eaterclassical

    One who eats food rapidly.

  2. 2.
    brave oneclassical

    A brave person.

الهِذَامnoun
  1. 1.
    sharp swordclassical

    A sword that is exceptionally sharp and effective at cutting.

الهِذَامnoun
  1. 1.
    swift oneclassical

    A person or thing that is very fast.

هَذْمَةname
  1. 1.
    son of Latimclassical

    A name referring to a descendant of Latim, associated with the Muzaynah tribe.

هَذْمَةname
  1. 1.
    son of 'Atabclassical

    A name referring to a descendant of 'Atab, associated with the Tayyi' tribe.

سَعْد بْنُ هُذَيْمname
  1. 1.
    Sa'd ibn Hudhaymclassical

    The progenitor of a tribal lineage, whose name was adopted from his foster father, an enslaved man named Hudhaym.

هُذَيْمname
  1. 1.
    foster father's nameclassical

    The name of an enslaved person who became the foster father, leading to the adoption of his name by the lineage.

Parallel reading

هذم يهذم: قطع، وأكل بسرعة.
Hadham, yahdhumu: to cut, and to eat quickly.
والهيذام: الأكول، والشجاع، كالهذام، كغراب، واسم وكمنبر وغراب: السيف القاطع.
And al-haydham: the voracious eater, and the brave one, like al-hadham (like ghurab), and a name, and like manbar and ghurab: the sharp sword.
وكحيدر: السريع.
And like Haydar: the swift one.
وهذمة، بالضم: ابن لاطم في مزينة، وبالتحريك: ابن عتاب في طيئ.
And Hadmah (with dammah): son of Latim in Muzaynah, and (with harakah): son of 'Atab in Tayyi'.
وسعد بن هذيم، كزبير: أبو قبيلة، وهو ابن زيد، لكن حضنه عبد أسود اسمه هذيم، فغلبه عليه.
And Sa'd ibn Hudhaym (like Zubayr): father of a tribe, and he is the son of Zayd, but he was fostered by a black slave named Hudhaym, so his lineage prevailed upon him.