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تَحَطَّم
to shatter, to be smashed to pieces /taˈħatˤːama/
verbB2#3363 most common
Also: to break apart, to be wrecked, (figurative) to be crushed, dashed
Example sentences
تَحَطَّمَ الزُّجَاجُ.
The glass shattered.
تَحَطَّمَتِ السَّيَّارَةُ فِي الحَادِثِ.
The car was wrecked in the accident.
تَحَطَّمَتْ آمَالُهُ بَعْدَ الفَشَلِ.
His hopes were dashed after the failure.
تَحَطَّمَتِ الطَّائِرَةُ أَثْنَاءَ الهُبُوطِ الاضْطِرَارِيِّ.
The plane crashed during the emergency landing.
تَحَطَّمَتْ قُلُوبُ الجَمِيعِ عِنْدَمَا سَمِعُوا الخَبَرَ الْمُحْزِنَ.
Everyone's hearts were shattered when they heard the sad news.
عَلَى الرَّغْمِ مِنْ مُحَاوَلَاتِهِ الحَثِيثَةِ لِإِنْقَاذِ الشَّرِكَةِ مِنَ الِانْهِيَارِ، تَحَطَّمَتْ أَحْلَامُهُ فِي النِّهَايَةِ أَمَامَ وَاقِعٍ اقْتِصَادِيٍّ قَاسٍ.
Despite his strenuous efforts to save the company from collapse, his dreams were shattered in the end against a harsh economic reality.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أَتَحَطَّمُ | تَحَطَّمْتُ | سَأَتَحَطَّمُ |
| 2sg | تَتَحَطَّمُ | تَحَطَّمْتَ | سَتَتَحَطَّمُ |
| 3sg | يَتَحَطَّمُ | تَحَطَّمَ | سَيَتَحَطَّمُ |
| 1pl | نَتَحَطَّمُ | تَحَطَّمْنَا | سَنَتَحَطَّمُ |
| 2pl | تَتَحَطَّمُونَ | تَحَطَّمْتُمْ | سَتَتَحَطَّمُونَ |
| 3pl | يَتَحَطَّمُونَ | تَحَطَّمُوا | سَيَتَحَطَّمُونَ |
Word family
حَطَّمَto smash, shatter something
تَحَطُّمshattering, wreck (the event or result)
حُطَامwreckage, debris
مُتَحَطِّمshattered, wrecked
حَطَمَto break, crush (basic Form I)
Etymology
The word comes from the Semitic root ḥ-ṭ-m, which carries the sense of breaking, crushing, or smashing. Classical Arabic already used the simple verb ḥaṭama for breaking something, and the intensive Form II ḥaṭṭama for smashing it violently. Form V taḥaṭṭama adds a reflexive prefix to that intensive stem, turning the meaning inward: instead of smashing something, the subject itself ends up smashed or shattered.
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