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هاجَم

to attack /haːˈd͡ʒam/

verbB1#1684 most common

Also: to assault, to charge at, to criticize sharply

Example sentences

هاجَمَ الكَلْبُ الرَّجُلَ.
The dog attacked the man.
هاجَمَ الجَيْشُ المَدينَةَ.
The army attacked the city.
هاجَمَ اللاعِبُ المَرْمى في الدَّقيقَةِ الأَخيرَةِ.
The player attacked the goal in the last minute.
هاجَمَ الصَّحَفِيُّ الوَزيرَ بِأَسْئِلَةٍ حادَّةٍ.
The journalist attacked the minister with sharp questions.
هاجَمَتِ المُعارَضَةُ سِياسَةَ الحُكومَةِ الاقْتِصادِيَّةَ في البَرْلَمانِ.
The opposition attacked the government's economic policy in parliament.
ما إِنْ أُعْلِنَ القَرارُ حَتّى هاجَمَهُ النُّقّادُ مِنْ كُلِّ جانِبٍ بِحُجَجٍ لا تَخْلو مِنْ مُبالَغَةٍ.
No sooner was the decision announced than the critics attacked it from every side with arguments not free of exaggeration.

Conjugation

Present ActiveSimple Past ActiveSimple Future Active
1sgأُهاجِمُهاجَمْتُسَأُهاجِمُ
2sgتُهاجِمُهاجَمْتَسَتُهاجِمُ
3sgيُهاجِمُهاجَمَسَيُهاجِمُ
1plنُهاجِمُهاجَمْناسَنُهاجِمُ
2plتُهاجِمونَهاجَمْتُمْسَتُهاجِمونَ
3plيُهاجِمونَهاجَمواسَيُهاجِمونَ

Word family

هُجومattack, offensive
مُهاجِمattacker, forward
هَجَمَto rush in, burst upon
هَجْمَةa single assault, raid
هَجَماتٌattacks, raids (plural)

Etymology

هاجَم is the form III verb built on the triliteral root ه-ج-م, which carries the core sense of falling upon or rushing at something. The basic form I verb هَجَمَ means to rush in or burst upon. Form III adds the sense of a mutual or directed action against a target, giving the meaning to attack.

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