هام

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Arabic[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Root
ه م م (h-m-m)

Derived from the active participle of هَمَّ (hamma, to be important).

Adjective[edit]

هَامّ (hāmm) (feminine هَامَّة (hāmma), masculine plural هَامُّونَ (hāmmūna), feminine plural هَامَّات (hāmmāt), elative أَهَمّ (ʔahamm))

  1. important, significant
  2. serious
  3. interesting
Declension[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Root
ه ي م (h-y-m)

Verb[edit]

هَامَ (hāma) I, non-past يَهِيمُ‎ (yahīmu)

  1. to roam, to wander, to orbit
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 26:225:
      أَلَمْ تَرَ أَنَّهُمْ فِي كُلِّ وَادٍ يَهِيمُونَ
      ʔalam tara ʔannahum fī kulli wādin yahīmūna
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. to enthuse over, to have a penchant for [+ بِ (object)]
Conjugation[edit]

Verb[edit]

هَامَ (hāma) I, non-past يَهِيمُ‎ (yahīmu)

  1. to thirst, to need quenching [+ بِ (object) = by]
Conjugation[edit]

Etymology 3[edit]

Noun[edit]

هَام (hāmpl

  1. plural of هَامَة (hāma)

Khalaj[edit]

Noun[edit]

هام (hâam) (definite accusative هامؽ, plural هاملار)

  1. Arabic spelling of hâam (vulva)

Declension[edit]