Arabic for demolish, tear down

haddama

ﻫَﺪَّﻡَ

demolish, tear down – past tense he

yuhaddimu

ﻳُﻬَﺪِّﻡُ

demolish, tear down – present tense he

The Arabic verb for demolish, tear down is written ﻫَﺪَّﻡَ and pronunced haddama in its basic form (past tense masculinum singular). In present tense, the verb is written ﻳُﻬَﺪِّﻡُ and pronounced yuhaddimu. See more conjugations

Part of speech: verb. Pattern: verb

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Important letters: ﻩ ﺩ ﻡ

The root of the word demolish, tear down consists of three Arabic letters: ha that is written ﻩ and pronounced h, dal that is written ﺩ and pronounced d and mim that is written ﻡ and pronounced m. Words with the same root letters are often related.

Words related to demolish, tear down

to be demolished, be torn down

tahaddama

ﺗَﻬَﺪَّﻡَ

to demolish, tear down

The word demolish, tear down letter by letter

ﻫَﺪَّﻡَ

ﻫـ

ـﺪ

ﻡ

ﻫـ

ـﺪ

ﻡ

ﻩ

ﻫـ

ـﻬـ

ـﻪ

ﺩ

ـﺪ

ﻡ

ﻣـ

ـﻤـ

ـﻢ

dal

mim

The Arabic word for demolish, tear down consists of: The letter ha that is written ﻩ ( here ﻫـ ) and pronounced h and is a part of the root of the word. The short vowel a that is written as the sign َ above the letter. The letter dal that is written ﺩ ( here ـﺪ ) and pronounced d and is a part of the root of the word. The short vowel a that is written as the sign َ above the letter. The letter mim that is written ﻡ and pronounced m and is a part of the root of the word. The short vowel a that is written as the sign َ above the letter. Therefore, the word is writen ﻫَﺪَّﻡَ and pronounced haddama.

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The pattern for demolish, tear down

fa33ala becomes haddama

We have seen that the Arabic word for demolish, tear down is written ﻫَﺪَّﻡَ and pronounced haddama. It follows the pattern verb form 2. All Arabic words with this pattern has the structure fa33ala where f, 3 and l is replaced with the root letters of the word.
Since the pattern is fa33ala and the root letters are h, d and m, the word becomes haddama.
All Arabic words with the same pattern follow the same structure. If you know the pattern and root of a word, you can often guess its meaning. Learn more about Arabic word patterns