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Root entry · 13 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of breaking, chipping, or damaging teeth, particularly the incisors. It extends to the general idea of something being broken or weakened, and also includes specific botanical terms and place names.

Derived headwords

هَتَمَverb

1.
to break incisorsboth
To break the front teeth, specifically the incisors. It can also refer to breaking one's teeth.
2.
to weakenclassical
To weaken someone through repeated ضرب (striking).

اهْتَتَمَverb

1.
to break teethclassical
To have one's teeth broken, especially the incisors.

هَتْمًاnoun

1.
breaking of incisorsclassical
The act of breaking the front teeth, particularly the incisors.

أَهْتَمُadjective

1.
having broken incisorsboth
Describing someone whose incisors are broken, either from the root or from the tips.

أن أبا عبيدة كان أهتم الثنايا — Abu Ubaidah had broken incisors.

تَهَتَّمَverb

1.
to be brokenclassical
To be broken or chipped, referring to teeth.

الهَيْتَمُnoun

1.
a type of shrubclassical
A type of thorny, gnarled shrub from the family of saltworts (حمض).

رعت بقران الحزن روضا مواصلا ... عميما من الظلام والهيتم الجعد — She grazed in the plains of Al-Huzn a continuous meadow ... abundant from the shade and the gnarled Al-Haytam.

الهِتْمَةُnoun

1.
small saltwort plantclassical
A small plant of the saltwort family, possibly named for its brittle nature.

الهَتَامَةُnoun

1.
fragmentsclassical
The broken or fragmented pieces of something.

الهُتَيْمُname

1.
a tribe nameclassical
The name of a tribe considered ignoble among the Arabs, residing in the outskirts of Egypt.

الهَتْمَاءُadjective

1.
having broken incisorsclassical
A description for a camel whose incisors are broken from the root and possibly uprooted.

الهِيَاتِمُnoun

1.
a village nameclassical
A village in Egypt, in the province of Al-Gharbia, possibly a plural form referring to the area.

تَهْتِيمًاnoun

1.
weakeningclassical
The act of weakening someone through repeated striking.

ما زال يهتمه بالضرب تهتيما — He continued to weaken him by striking.

تَهَاتَمَاverb

1.
to insult each otherclassical
To exchange insults or revile each other.

Parallel reading

إذا كسر أسنانه، وأقصمه: إذا كسر بعض سنه.

If he broke his teeth, and aqsamahu: if he broke part of his tooth.

انكسرت ثناياه، من أصولها خاصة، وقيل: من أطرافها

His incisors broke, from their roots specifically, and it was said: from their tips.

فهو أهتم، بين الهتم

So he is Ahtam (having broken incisors), between Al-Hatm (broken incisors).

أن أبا عبيدة كان أهتم الثنايا

That Abu Ubaidah had broken incisors.

تهتم الشيء: تكسر

A thing is tahtamm: it breaks.

إن الأراقم لن ينال قديمها ... كلب عوى متهتم الأسنان

Indeed, the old ones of Al-Araqim will not be reached... by a howling dog with broken teeth.

الهيتم، كحيدر: شجر من الحمض جعد

Al-Haytam, like Haydar: a gnarled shrub from the saltwort family.

رعت بقران الحزن روضا مواصلا ... عميما من الظلام والهيتم الجعد

She grazed in the plains of Al-Huzn a continuous meadow ... abundant from the shade and the gnarled Al-Haytam.

الهتْمَة، كسفينة: الصغيرة من الحمض

Al-Hetmah, like Safinah: the small one of the saltworts.

وكأنها سميت، لتكسرها

And it was as if it was named for its brittleness.

الهتامة، كثمامة: ما تكسر من الشيء

Al-Hatāmah, like Thumāmah: what breaks off from a thing.

لأن ثنيته هتمت يوم الكلاب

Because his incisor was broken on the day of Al-Kilāb.

وهتمة: ع، بجبل سلمى، أحد جبلي طيء.

And Hutmah: a place, on Mount Salma, one of the two mountains of Tayy.

ما زال يهتمه بالضرب تهتيما، أي يضعفه.

He continued to weaken him by striking, meaning to weaken him.

تهاتما: تهاترا

Tahtama: to revile each other.

الهتماء من الكبوش: التي انكسرت ثناياها من أصلها، وانقلعت.

Al-Hatmā' from camels: she whose incisors broke from their roots, and were uprooted.

الهياتم، كأنه جمع الهيتم: قرية بمصر من أعمال الغربية

Al-Hiyātim, as if it were the plural of Al-Haytam: a village in Egypt from the province of Al-Gharbia.

وبنو هتيم، كزبير: ألأم قبيلة من العرب

And Banu Hutaym, like Zubayr: the most ignoble tribe of the Arabs.