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هجم

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of sudden, forceful, or unexpected arrival or attack. It extends to entering forcefully, attacking, and also to the idea of something being depleted or emptied.

Derived headwords

هَجَمَverb
  1. 1.
    he attacked the thing suddenlyboth

    he attacked the thing suddenly

  2. 2.
    it is transitive and intransitiveboth

    it is transitive and intransitive

  3. 3.
    it enteredboth

    it entered

هَجْمًاnoun
  1. 1.
    attackboth

    The act of attacking or an assault.

  2. 2.
    sudden entryclassical

    The act of entering suddenly or unexpectedly.

هَجَمَverb
  1. 1.
    he attacked the thing suddenlyboth

    he attacked the thing suddenly

  2. 2.
    it is transitive and intransitiveboth

    it is transitive and intransitive

  3. 3.
    it enteredboth

    it entered

هَجَمَتْ عَيْنُهُverb
  1. 1.
    his eye sankclassical

    Describes the condition where the eye has receded or sunk into its socket.

هَجَمَverb
  1. 1.
    he attacked the thing suddenlyboth

    he attacked the thing suddenly

  2. 2.
    it is transitive and intransitiveboth

    it is transitive and intransitive

  3. 3.
    it enteredboth

    it entered

هَجَمَverb
  1. 1.
    he attacked the thing suddenlyboth

    he attacked the thing suddenly

  2. 2.
    it is transitive and intransitiveboth

    it is transitive and intransitive

  3. 3.
    it enteredboth

    it entered

Parallel reading

هجمت على الشئ بغتة
I attacked the thing suddenly.
هجمت غيري
I attacked someone else.
هجم الشتاء
Winter arrived.
هجمت عينه
His eye sank.
هجمت ما في ضرع الناقة
I milked dry what was in the camel's udder.
هجمت البيت
I entered the house.