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تَمّ

to be completed /ˈtam.ma/

verbA1#122 most common

Also: to be finished, to be accomplished, to be done

Example sentences

تَمَّ الْعَمَل.
The work is done.
هَلْ تَمَّ كُلُّ شَيْء؟
Is everything finished?
تَمَّ إِنْجازُ الْمَشْروعِ فِي الْوَقْتِ الْمُحَدَّد.
The project was completed on the set date.
تَمَّتِ الْمُوافَقَةُ عَلَى الْخُطَّةِ بَعْدَ نِقاشٍ طَويل.
The plan was approved after a long discussion.
بَعْدَ سَنَواتٍ مِنَ الْعَمَل، تَمَّ تَوْقيعُ الِاتِّفاقِيَّةِ بَيْنَ الْبَلَدَيْن.
After years of work, the agreement was signed between the two countries.
لا يُعَدُّ الْمَشْروعُ ناجِحًا إِلّا إِذا تَمَّ تَنْفيذُهُ بِالْكامِلِ وَفْقَ الْمَعايير.
The project is not considered successful unless it is carried out in full according to the standards.

Conjugation

Present ActiveSimple Past ActiveSimple Future Active
1sgأَتِمّتَمَمْتُسَأَتِمّ
2sgتَتِمّتَمَمْتَسَتَتِمّ
3sgيَتِمّتَمَّسَيَتِمّ
1plنَتِمّتَمَمْناسَنَتِمّ
2plتَتِمّونَتَمَمْتُمْسَتَتِمّونَ
3plيَتِمّونَتَمّواسَيَتِمّونَ

Word family

تَمام (tamām)completeness, perfection
تَمامًا (tamāman)completely, exactly
أَتَمَّ (ʾatamma)to complete, accomplish
تامّ (tāmm)complete, full
تَتْميم (tatmīm)completion

Etymology

Arabic تَمّ comes from the common Semitic root t-m-m, which carries the sense of completeness and fullness. The same root appears in Hebrew, where tāmam means to be finished and tām means whole or blameless. In Arabic the verb keeps the core idea: a thing tamma when it reaches its full and final state.

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