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هَزَم
to defeat /haˈzama/
verbB1#2498 most common
Also: to vanquish, to rout, to beat (in a contest)
Example sentences
الفريقُ هَزَمَ الفريقَ الآخر.
The team defeated the other team.
هَزَمْنا الخصمَ في المباراة.
We defeated the opponent in the match.
هَزَمَ الجيشُ العدوَّ في المعركة.
The army defeated the enemy in the battle.
لن نُهزَم مهما كانت الصعوبات.
We will not be defeated, no matter the difficulties.
استطاع اللاعبُ أن يَهزِمَ بطلَ العالم.
The player managed to defeat the world champion.
هُزِمَ الطاغيةُ أخيرًا بعد سنواتٍ من الظلم.
The tyrant was finally defeated after years of oppression.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أهْزِمُ | هَزَمْتُ | سَأهْزِمُ |
| 2sg | تَهْزِمُ | هَزَمْتَ | سَتَهْزِمُ |
| 3sg | يَهْزِمُ | هَزَمَ | سَيَهْزِمُ |
| 1pl | نَهْزِمُ | هَزَمْنا | سَنَهْزِمُ |
| 2pl | تَهْزِمونَ | هَزَمْتُم | سَتَهْزِمونَ |
| 3pl | يَهْزِمونَ | هَزَموا | سَيَهْزِمونَ |
Word family
هَزيمةdefeat, rout
انْهَزَمَto be defeated, to flee in defeat
مَهْزومdefeated
هازِمone who defeats, victor
Etymology
هَزَم comes from the Semitic triliteral root ه-ز-م, which carries the core sense of breaking or routing an opponent. The root appears across Arabic in words tied to defeat and retreat, both in war and in contest. Arabic is a Semitic language, not Indo-European, so it has no Proto-Indo-European root.
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