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تَحَطُّم
shattering, crash /taˈħatˤtˤum/
nounB1#2739 most common
Also: breaking apart, disintegration, wreck
Example sentences
صوتُ التحطُّمِ كان عالياً.
The sound of the shattering was loud.
تحطُّمُ الطائرةِ كان مفاجئاً.
The plane's crash was sudden.
تسبَّبَ تحطُّمُ السفينةِ في مقتل العشرات.
The ship's wreck caused the deaths of dozens.
أدّى تحطُّمُ الزجاجِ إلى إصابةِ الطفلِ.
The shattering glass injured the child.
لم يستطع نسيانَ تحطُّمِ أحلامِه أمامَ عينيه.
He could not forget his dreams shattering before his eyes.
يُعزى تحطُّمُ الطائرةِ إلى خللٍ فنيٍّ نادرِ الحدوثِ.
The plane crash is attributed to a rare technical malfunction.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | تَحَطُّمٌ | |
| Genitive | تَحَطُّمٍ | |
| Accusative | تَحَطُّمًا | |
| Vocative | يا تَحَطُّمُ |
Word family
حَطَّمَto smash, shatter something (transitive)
تَحَطَّمَto be smashed, to shatter, to crash (intransitive)
حُطامwreckage, debrisمُحَطِّمone who smashes; destroyer
الحطيمthe Hijr, a section of the Kaaba wall (same root, historically 'the broken/demolished part')
Etymology
The word comes from the Semitic root ح-ط-م (ḥ-ṭ-m), meaning to break, smash, or crush. تَحَطُّم is the verbal noun of Form V تَحَطَّمَ, a pattern that turns the plain sense of breaking into a reflexive or resultative one: something breaking apart on its own, or ending up shattered. This is why it is the standard word for crashes and wreckage rather than for the act of breaking something else.
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