ح س م

Root entry · 14 derived lemmas

The root ح س م primarily relates to cutting, severing, and decisively ending something. This extends to stopping bleeding, curing illness, preventing access, and also to sharp swords and continuous periods of time, often with negative connotations.

Derived headwords

حَسَمَهُ يَحْسِمُهُ حَسْمًاverb

1.
to cut off, severboth
To cut something off decisively, causing it to be severed or ended.
2.
to cauterizeboth
To cut a wound and then cauterize it to stop bleeding.
3.
to cure, eradicateboth
To cut out or eradicate an illness with medicine.
4.
to prevent, denyboth
To prevent someone from having something or to deny them access to it.

فَانْحَسَمَverb

1.
to be cut off, severedboth
To be cut off or severed, to become ended.

حَسْمًاnoun

1.
cutting off, severingboth
The act of cutting off, severing, or decisively ending something.

مِحْسَمَةnoun

1.
that which cuts offclassical
Something that cuts off or eradicates, particularly an illness or desire.

الحُسَامnoun

1.
sharp swordboth
A sharp sword, or the cutting edge of a sword.
2.
continuous (night)classical
Referring to nights that are continuously bad or evil.

حُسَامname

1.
nameboth
A given name.

المَحْسُومadjective

1.
weanedboth
A child who has been weaned from breastfeeding.
2.
poorly nourishedboth
A child who is poorly nourished or has been deprived of sustenance.

الحُسُومnoun

1.
misfortune, ill luckclassical
Misfortune, bad luck, or inauspiciousness.
2.
continuous, successiveclassical
Referring to things that follow one another continuously without interruption.
3.
persistent in evilclassical
Describing days or nights that are persistently evil or harmful.

الحَيَسْمَانnoun

1.
large, robust personclassical
A large, robust, and well-built man.

حَسْمَىname

1.
place nameclassical
A specific location in the desert known for its high, smooth mountains and persistent dust.
2.
tribe nameclassical
A name for the tribe of Judham.

الحُسْمِيّadjective

1.
hairyclassical
Describing someone who is very hairy.

الأَحْسَمadjective

1.
decisive, capableclassical
A mature male animal that has passed its prime, or a person who is decisive and capable of handling affairs.

ذِي حَسْمname

1.
place nameclassical
A location in the desert.

الحُسْمnoun

1.
physiciansclassical
A term for physicians.

Parallel reading

أي: اقطعوه ثم اكووها لينقطع الدم.

Meaning: Cut off his hand then cauterize it so the blood stops.

عليكم بالصوم فإنه محسمة للعرق ومذهبة للأشر

You should fast, for it is a cutter-off of sexual desire and an eliminator of lust.

سمي به؛ لأنه يحسم الدم أي: يسبقه فكأنه يكويه

It is so named because it cuts off blood, meaning it precedes it as if cauterizing it.

يقال: سيف حسام، أي: قاطع

It is said: a sword is 'hussam', meaning sharp/cutting.

الحسام من الليالي: الدائمة في الشر خاصة

Al-Hussam of the nights: those that are continuously bad, especially.

وقد حسمته أمه الرضاع حسما، أي: قطعته

And his mother weaned him from breastfeeding, meaning she cut him off.

ولغ جري كان محسوما

And a greedy person's gain was predetermined/denied.

سبع ليال و (ثمنية أيام حسوما

Seven nights and eight days, continuous/successive.

أي: متتابعة كما في الصحاح، وهو قول ابن عرفة

Meaning: consecutive, as in Al-Sihah, and this is the view of Ibn 'Arafah.

كما يتابع الكي على المقطوع ليحسم دمه، أي: يقطعه

As cauterization is continued on a wound to stop its bleeding, meaning to cut it off.

أي: تحسمهم حسوما، أي: تذهبهم وتفنيهم

Meaning: it cuts them off, meaning it makes them disappear and annihilates them.

فقطع دابر القوم الذين ظلموا

And the root of the people who did wrong was cut off.

فأصبح عاقلا بجبال حسمى ... دقاق الترب محتزم القتام

And he became trapped in the mountains of Hasma... with fine dust surrounding him like a belt.

فله مثل قور حسمى

Then he has like the plains of Hasma.