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هَزِيمَة
defeat /haˈziː.ma/
nounB1#2340 most common
Also: loss, rout
Example sentences
كانت هذه هزيمة.
This was a defeat.
تعرّض الفريق لهزيمة في المباراة.
The team suffered a defeat in the match.
أدت الهزيمة إلى استقالة المدرب.
The defeat led to the coach's resignation.
لم يستطع الجيش تجاوز الهزيمة الثقيلة التي تعرض لها.
The army could not get over the heavy defeat it suffered.
خلّفت الهزيمة العسكرية أثرًا نفسيًا عميقًا في نفوس الجنود.
The military defeat left a deep psychological mark on the soldiers.
على الرغم من فداحة الهزيمة، تمكنت الأمة من النهوض من جديد وإعادة بناء اقتصادها.
Despite the severity of the defeat, the nation managed to rise again and rebuild its economy.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | هَزِيمَةٌ | هَزَائِمُ |
| Genitive | هَزِيمَةٍ | هَزَائِمَ |
| Accusative | هَزِيمَةً | هَزَائِمَ |
| Vocative | يَا هَزِيمَةُ | يَا هَزَائِمُ |
Word family
هَزَمَto defeat, rout
مَهْزُومdefeated
مُنْهَزِمrouted, fleeing in defeat
انْهِزَامrout, self-defeat, retreat
هَازِمone who defeats, victorious
Etymology
Hazīma comes from the Arabic triliteral root h-z-m (هزم), which carries the core sense of breaking or routing an opponent in a fight. The verb hazama means to defeat, and hazīma is its noun form on the faʿīlah pattern, denoting the state or event of being defeated. Arabic is a Semitic language, not Indo-European, so it has no Proto-Indo-European root.
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