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حَكَمَ

to exercise authority

VerbForm IRoot ح-ك-م

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Present tense
يَحْكُمُ
Verbal nouns
حُكْم، حُكُومَة
Active participle
Passive participle
مَحْكُوم

Most common words from the same root

Noun
wisdom
Noun
government
Noun
commanding
Adjective
tight
Noun
arbitrator

حَكَمَ in English

Verb · Form I

  1. to exercise authority, command, bid, over
  2. to rule, to reign, to decree
  3. to hit upon, to obtain
  4. to happen, to arrive, to befall
  5. to deliver a sentence, to judge between

Words from the root ح-ك-م

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حَكَمَ · present يَحْكُمُ

to exercise authority, command, bid, over; to rule, to reign, to decree; to hit upon, to obtain

Verbal noun
government
حُكْم
Verbal noun
sentence
Active participle · Adjective
ruling
حَاكِم
Active participle
judge
مَحْكُوم
Passive participle · Adjective
passive participle of حَكَمَ
Derived noun
court
حَكَمَ · present يَحْكُمُ

to bridle; to put the bit to a bridle; to restrain, to withhold, to rein; to keep, to preserve, to protect

حَكْم
Verbal noun
حَاكِم
Active participle
مَحْكُوم
Passive participle
حَكُمَ · present يَحْكُمُ

to be wise; to establish solidly

Verbal noun
wisdom
حُكْم
Verbal noun
حَكِيم
Active participle · Adjective
wise
حَكِيم
Active participle
sage
مَحْكُوم
Passive participle
حَكَّمَ · present يُحَكِّمُ

to appoint as a judge or governor; to bid to give full judgment; to give full powers

تَحْكِيم
Verbal noun
arbitration
مُحَكِّم
Active participle
Passive participle
arbitrator
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

إِحْكَام
Verbal noun
مُحْكِم
Active participle
Passive participle · Adjective
tight
تَحَكَّمَ · present يَتَحَكَّمُ

to have one's own way; to domineer; to control, to be in command (في of); to reign, to govern

Verbal noun
commanding
مُتَحَكِّم
Active participle · Adjective
controlling
مُتَحَكَّم
Passive participle
اِحْتَكَمَ · present يَحْتَكِمُ

to get settled; to arbitrate in; to accept an arbitration in

اِحْتِكَام
Verbal noun
مُحْتَكِم
Active participle
مُحْتَكَم
Passive participle
Noun · f.
trial
حَكَمَة
Noun · f.
bridle
حَكَم
Noun · m.
judge
أَحْكَم
Adjective
elative degree of حَكِيم
حُكْمِيّ
Adjective
legal
حُكْم مُؤَبَّد
Noun · m.
synonym of سَجْن مُؤَبَّد
اِسْتِحْكَام
Noun · m.
intensification
حَاكِمِيَّة
Noun · f.
authority
مَحْكُومِيَّة
Noun · f.
condamnation
مُسْتَحْكَم
Adjective
fortified

حَكَمَ conjugation

Active voice. Present, subjunctive and jussive are the three moods of the non-past.

PronounPastPresentSubjunctiveJussiveImperative
أَنَا Iحَكَمْتُأَحْكُمُأَحْكُمَأَحْكُمْ—
أَنْتَ you (m.)حَكَمْتَتَحْكُمُتَحْكُمَتَحْكُمْاُحْكُمْ
أَنْتِ you (f.)حَكَمْتِتَحْكُمِينَتَحْكُمِيتَحْكُمِياُحْكُمِي
هُوَ heحَكَمَيَحْكُمُيَحْكُمَيَحْكُمْ—
هِيَ sheحَكَمَتْتَحْكُمُتَحْكُمَتَحْكُمْ—
أَنْتُمَا you twoحَكَمْتُمَاتَحْكُمَانِتَحْكُمَاتَحْكُمَااُحْكُمَا
هُمَا they two (m.)حَكَمَايَحْكُمَانِيَحْكُمَايَحْكُمَا—
هُمَا they two (f.)حَكَمَتَاتَحْكُمَانِتَحْكُمَاتَحْكُمَا—
نَحْنُ weحَكَمْنَانَحْكُمُنَحْكُمَنَحْكُمْ—
أَنْتُمْ you all (m.)حَكَمْتُمْتَحْكُمُونَتَحْكُمُواتَحْكُمُوااُحْكُمُوا
أَنْتُنَّ you all (f.)حَكَمْتُنَّتَحْكُمْنَتَحْكُمْنَتَحْكُمْنَاُحْكُمْنَ
هُمْ they (m.)حَكَمُوايَحْكُمُونَيَحْكُمُوايَحْكُمُوا—
هُنَّ they (f.)حَكَمْنَيَحْكُمْنَيَحْكُمْنَيَحْكُمْنَ—
Verbal nounحُكْم، حُكُومَة
Active participleحَاكِم
Passive participleمَحْكُوم

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