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English: Arabic (vocalized/unvocalized):
to be incumbent upon so., to be someone's duty

تحتم، يتحتم، تحتما (على)‏

تَحَتَّمَ، يَتَحَتَّمُ، تَحَتُّماً (عَلى)‏

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Categories:
Speech register: lofty
Knowledge: active
Frequency: 2
Part of speech: verb
Morphological category: verb
Morph. pattern: تَفَعَّلَ
Form: V
Root: حتم
Subject: Education, History, Society, Military, Politics, Law

Sample sentences:

تَحَتَّمَ عَلَيهِ أَنْ يُسافِرَ فَوراً إلى قَرْيَتِهِ لِأنَّ والِدَهُ تُوفِّيَ.

يَتَحَتَّمُ على الحُكومَةِ أَنْ تُعالِجَ مُشْكِلَةَ البَطالَةِ قَبْلَ أَنْ تَتَفاقَمَ وتَتَحوِّلَ إلى ثَورَةٍ شَعْبيَّةٍ.