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تَحَتَّم
to become imperative (to be forced upon someone as inevitable) /taˈħattama/
verbB2#3299 most common
Also: to become inevitable, to be incumbent upon (someone), to be compelled
Example sentences
تَحَتَّمَ عَلَيَّ أَنْ أَذْهَبَ.
I had to go.
تَحَتَّمَ عَلَى الطُّلَّابِ حُضُورُ الِاجْتِمَاعِ.
The students were required to attend the meeting.
يَتَحَتَّمُ عَلَيْنَا أَنْ نَحْتَرِمَ الْقَوَانِينَ.
We must respect the laws.
بِسَبَبِ الْأَزْمَةِ الِاقْتِصَادِيَّةِ، تَحَتَّمَ عَلَى الْحُكُومَةِ اتِّخَاذُ إِجْرَاءَاتٍ عَاجِلَةٍ.
Because of the economic crisis, the government was forced to take urgent measures.
سَيَتَحَتَّمُ عَلَى الشَّرِكَةِ إِعَادَةُ هَيْكَلَةِ دُيُونِهَا إِذَا اسْتَمَرَّتِ الْخَسَائِرُ.
The company will be forced to restructure its debts if the losses continue.
فِي ظِلِّ التَّحَوُّلَاتِ الْجُيُوسِيَاسِيَّةِ الرَّاهِنَةِ، تَحَتَّمَ عَلَى الدُّوَلِ الصَّغِيرَةِ إِعَادَةُ النَّظَرِ فِي تَحَالُفَاتِهَا الِاسْتِرَاتِيجِيَّةِ.
Given the current geopolitical shifts, small states were compelled to reconsider their strategic alliances.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أَتَحَتَّمُ | تَحَتَّمْتُ | سَأَتَحَتَّمُ |
| 2sg | تَتَحَتَّمُ | تَحَتَّمْتَ | سَتَتَحَتَّمُ |
| 3sg | يَتَحَتَّمُ | تَحَتَّمَ | سَيَتَحَتَّمُ |
| 1pl | نَتَحَتَّمُ | تَحَتَّمْنَا | سَنَتَحَتَّمُ |
| 2pl | تَتَحَتَّمُونَ | تَحَتَّمْتُمْ | سَتَتَحَتَّمُونَ |
| 3pl | يَتَحَتَّمُونَ | تَحَتَّمُوا | سَيَتَحَتَّمُونَ |
Word family
حَتْمnecessity, certainty
حَتْمًاcertainly, definitely
حَتْمِيّinevitable
حَتْمِيَّةdeterminism, inevitability
مُتَحَتِّمunavoidable, imperative
Etymology
تَحَتَّم comes from the Arabic root ح-ت-م (ḥ-t-m), which carries the sense of certainty, decree, and necessity. The base verb حَتَمَ means to decide or ordain something as final. Form V, تَحَتَّم, adds a reflexive sense, so the action turns back on its subject: a matter does not just get decreed, it becomes decreed, that is, it turns inevitable or obligatory on its own.
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