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ح-ك-م
The Arabic root ح-ك-م (h-k-m)
Core idea: judging, ruling; wisdom
32 words in the dictionary are built from ح-ك-م, including verbs in Forms I, II, IV, V, VIII. Each verb is listed with the nouns that come from it: its verbal noun (masdar), its participles, and words derived from it.
Most common
Verbs and the nouns that come from them
to exercise authority, command, bid, over; to rule, to reign, to decree; to hit upon, to obtain
حَكَمَ
· present يَحْكُمُ
Form I · The plain action
to bridle; to put the bit to a bridle; to restrain, to withhold, to rein; to keep, to preserve, to protect
حَكْم
حَاكِم
مَحْكُوم
حَكُمَ
· present يَحْكُمُ
Form I · The plain action
to be wise; to establish solidly
حَكَّمَ
· present يُحَكِّمُ
Form II · Causative or intensive
to appoint as a judge or governor; to bid to give full judgment; to give full powers
أَحْكَمَ
· present يُحْكِمُ
Form IV · Causative
to tighten, to clench, (in a bysense, and so translatable) to consolidate, to increase in strength; to get hold of, to seize, to bring or maintain under control, to grab tightly; to master, to know well or to be proficient in, to be able in
to have one's own way; to domineer; to control, to be in command (في of); to reign, to govern
اِحْتَكَمَ
· present يَحْتَكِمُ
Form VIII · Reflexive, often idiomatic
to get settled; to arbitrate in; to accept an arbitration in
اِحْتِكَام
مُحْتَكِم
مُحْتَكَم
Other nouns and adjectives
trial
حَكَمَة
bridle
حَكَم
judge
أَحْكَم
elative degree of حَكِيم
حُكْمِيّ
legal
حُكْم مُؤَبَّد
synonym of سَجْن مُؤَبَّد
اِسْتِحْكَام
intensification
حَاكِمِيَّة
authority
مَحْكُومِيَّة
condamnation
مُسْتَحْكَم
fortified
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