mahdūm

razed, demolished

مَهْدُوم

Word

Adjective · pattern مَفْعُول

Root

ه د م

In the library

حكاية أخبرت أن سبب تركهم هذا المسجد غير مهدوم، أن أحد البراهمة خرب سقفه ليصنع منه سقفاً لبيته، فاشتعلت النار في بيته.

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Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 5 entries

هَدَمَ Form I He threw down, or pulled down

He threw down, or pulled down, a building; (Msb;) pulled it to pieces; demolished it; destroyed it: (K:) [the last two explanations are the most correct, as is shown by the phrase] نَقَضَ البِنَآءَ مِنْ عَيْرِ هَدْمِ [He took to pieces the building without demolishing, or destroying]: (S, A, Msb, K, * in art. قوض:) he ruined [a building, &c.]; reduced [it] to ruin. (Ham, p. 31.)
تَهَادَمَتِ الحِيطَانُ Form VI The walls fell to ruin by degrees

[The walls fell to ruin by degrees]. (S, in art. دعو.)
اِنْهَدَمَ Form VII It became thrown down, pulled down, pulled to pieces, demolished, or destroyed: and it fell in ruins, or to pieces

It became thrown down, pulled down, pulled to pieces, demolished, or destroyed: and it fell in ruins, or to pieces; or became a ruin. ― -b2- اِنْهَدَمَ الحَايأِطُ مِنْ مَكَانِهِ مِنْ غَيْرِ هَدْمٌ [The wall fell in ruins, or to pieces, from its place, without being pulled to pieces]. (Lth, in TA, art. قيض.)
الدَّمُ الدَّمُ وَالهَدَْمُ الهَدَْمُ Open entry

: see دَمْ.
هَدَمٌ Earth that is dug from a pit or well

Earth that is dug from a pit or well: see حَفَرٌ.

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