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همط

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily denotes acts of injustice, oppression, and taking things without proper measure or right. It extends to verbal abuse and denigration.

Derived headwords

هَمَطَverb
  1. 1.
    to oppressboth

    To act unjustly towards people, depriving them of their rights.

  2. 2.
    to seize without measureclassical

    To take something without proper estimation or justification.

هَمْطnoun
  1. 1.
    injusticeboth

    The act of oppression or wrongdoing.

  2. 2.
    seizure without measureclassical

    The act of taking something without proper estimation or right.

يَهْمُطُverb
  1. 1.
    he oppressesboth

    He is acting unjustly towards people, depriving them of their rights.

اهْتَمَطَverb
  1. 1.
    to insultboth

    To verbally abuse someone, to disparage and belittle them.

Parallel reading

الظلم والخبط.
Injustice and confusion/disorder.
همط الناس فلان يهمطهم، إذا ظلمهم حقهم.
So-and-so oppressed the people, if he wronged them of their rights.
والهمط أيضا: الأخذ بغير تقدير.
And al-hamt also: taking without estimation.
واهتمط عرض فلان، أي شتمه وتنقصه.
And he insulted so-and-so's honor, meaning he cursed him and belittled him.