Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

حُكُومَةٌ

Root: حكم

Full Definition

حُكُومَةٌ an Verbal.Noun of حَكَمَ [q. v.]: [and used as a simple subst.; pl. حُكُومَاتٌ:] see حُكْمٌ, in two places.
2 Also [Judicial authority; authority to judge, give judgment, pass sentence, or decide judicially, فِى أَمْرٍ respecting an affair, or a case;] a subst. from اِحْتَكَمَ and تَحَكَّمَ; and so أُحْكُومَةٌ .


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