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هتم

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the breaking or chipping of teeth, particularly the incisors, from their base. It extends to describe the state of having broken teeth and the resulting fragments.

Derived headwords

هَتَمَverb
  1. 1.
    to break teethboth

    To break the incisors from their base.

هَتَمَverb
  1. 1.
    to break someone's teethboth

    To strike someone and break their incisors from the root.

أَهْتَمُadjective
  1. 1.
    he cared for his matterboth

    he cared for his matter

الهُتَمُnoun
  1. 1.
    broken incisorsboth

    The condition of having broken incisors.

الاهْتَمُname
  1. 1.
    Al-Hutamclassical

    A title given to Sinan bin Sumay bin Sinan bin Khalid bin Manqar, because his tooth was broken on the day of the battle of al-Kilab.

تَهَتَّمَتْverb
  1. 1.
    to be brokenboth

    Said of teeth when they become broken or chipped.

الهَتَامَةُnoun
  1. 1.
    fragmentsboth

    What has been broken or chipped off from something.

Parallel reading

الهتم: كسر الثنايا من أصلها.
Al-Hatm: Breaking the incisors from their base.
يقال: ضربه فهتم فاه، إذا ألقى مقدم أسنانه.
It is said: He struck him and broke his mouth, meaning he knocked out the front of his teeth.
ورجل أهتم بين الهتم.
And a man is Ah-tam, characterized by Al-Hatm (broken incisors).
والاهتم: لقب سنان بن سمى بن سنان ابن خالد بن منقر، لانه هتمت سنه يوم الكلاب.
And Al-Hutam: is the title of Sinan bin Sumay bin Sinan bin Khalid bin Manqar, because his tooth was broken on the day of the battle of al-Kilab.
وتهتمت أسنانه، أي تكسرت.
And his teeth became broken, meaning they were shattered.
والهتامة ما تهتم من الشئ، أي تكسر منه.
And Al-Hatama is what is broken from a thing, meaning what is shattered from it.