ه ط م

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the concept of breaking or crushing, with a specific derived meaning related to rapid digestion. It also appears in place names.

Derived headwords

الهَطْمnoun

1.
rapid digestionclassical
The process of food being digested quickly.

حَطَمَverb

1.
to breakboth
To cause something to break or shatter into pieces.

حُطِمَverb

1.
to be brokenboth
To be shattered or broken into pieces.

الأَهْطَمَانname

1.
two mountainsclassical
A dual noun referring to two specific mountains.

Parallel reading

سرعة الهضم

rapid digestion

أورده ابن الأثير في النهاية

Ibn al-Athir mentioned it in al-Nihayah

وأصله: الحطم

And its origin is: al-Hatm

وهو الكسر

which is breaking

فقلبت الحاء هاء

so the 'Ha' was changed to 'Ha'

والأهطمان: جبلان

And al-Hutman: two mountains

أورده القاضي زكريا على البيضاوي

Al-Qadi Zakariya mentioned it in his commentary on al-Baydawi

وكذا بحاشية المنلا عبد الحكيم

And likewise in the marginalia of Mulla Abd al-Hakim