Arabic

Root

ح ك م ‎(ḥ-k-m)

1. related to judging, wisdom, or ruling

Derived terms

Verbs and verb derivatives

• Form I: حَكَمَ ‎(ḥakama, “to judge, sentence, adjudge, govern, command, decide”)
  • Verbal noun: حُكْم ‎(ḥukm)
  • Active participle: حَاكِم ‎(ḥākim)
  • Passive participle: مَحْكُوم ‎(maḥkūm)
• Form II: حَكَّمَ ‎(ḥakkama, “to appoint as ruler”)
  • Verbal noun: تَحْكِيم ‎(taḥkīm)
  • Active participle: مُحَكِّم ‎(muḥakkim)
  • Passive participle: مُحَكَّم ‎(muḥakkam)
• Form III: حَاكَمَ ‎(ḥākama, “to prosecute, interrogate, put on trial”)
  • Verbal noun: مُحَاكَمَة ‎(muḥākama), حِكَام ‎(ḥikām)
  • Active participle: مُحَاكِم ‎(muḥākim)
  • Passive participle: مُحَاكَم ‎(muḥākam)
• Form IV: أَحْكَمَ ‎(ʾaḥkama, “to make strong, strengthen, consolidate, do well”)
  • Verbal noun: إِحْكَام ‎(ʾiḥkām)
  • Active participle: مُحْكِم ‎(muḥkim)
  • Passive participle: مُحْكَم ‎(muḥkam)
• Form V: تَحَكَّمَ ‎(taḥakkama, “to have one's own way, pass judgement, dominate”)
  • Verbal noun: تَحَكُّم ‎(taḥakkum)
  • Active participle: مُتَحَكِّم ‎(mutaḥakkim)
  • Passive participle: مُتَحَكَّم ‎(mutaḥakkam)
• Form VI: تَحَاكَمَ ‎(taḥākama, “to bring one another before a judge”)
  • Verbal noun: تَحَاكُم ‎(taḥākum)
  • Active participle: مُتَحَاكِم ‎(mutaḥākim)
  • Passive participle: مُتَحَاكَم ‎(mutaḥākam)
• Form VIII: اِحْتَكَمَ ‎(iḥtakama)
  • Verbal noun: اِحْتِكَام ‎(iḥtikām)
  • Active participle: مُحْتَكِم ‎(muḥtakim)
  • Passive participle: مُحْتَكَم ‎(muḥtakam)
• Form X: اِسْتَحْكَمَ ‎(istaḥkama, “to be strong, become stronger, become ingrained”)
  • Verbal noun: اِسْتِحْكَام ‎(istiḥkām)
  • Active participle: مُسْتَحْكِم ‎(mustaḥkim)
  • Passive participle: مُسْتَحْكَم ‎(mustaḥkam)

Nouns and other parts of speech

• حُكْمِيّ ‎(ḥukmiyy, “legal”)
• حَكَم ‎(ḥakam, “arbiter”)
• حِكْمَة ‎(ḥikma, “wisdom, aphorism”)
  • حِكْمِيّ ‎(ḥikmiyy, “aphoristic”)
• حَكِيم ‎(ḥakīm, “wise”)
  • أَحْكَم ‎(ʾaḥkam, “wiser”)
• حُكُوم ‎(ḥukūm, “government”)
  • حُكُومِيّ ‎(ḥukūmiyy, “governmental”)
• مَحْكَمَة ‎(maḥkama, “court”)
• حَاكِمِيَّة ‎(ḥākimiyya, “sovereignty, jurisdiction”)

References

Wehr, Hans (1979), “حكم”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, ISBN 0-87950-003-4