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مهم

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Arabic

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Root
ه م م (h m m)
12 terms

Etymology

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Derived from the active participle of أَهَمَّ (ʔahamma, to be important), from the root ه م م (h m m); compare هَامّ (hāmm, important).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /mu.himm/
  • Audio:(file)

Adjective

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مُهِمّ (muhimm) (feminine مُهِمَّة (muhimma), masculine plural مُهِمُّونَ (muhimmūna), feminine plural مُهِمَّات (muhimmāt))

  1. important

Declension

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Declension of adjective مُهِمّ (muhimm)
singular masculine feminine
basic singular triptote singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
indefinite definite indefinite definite
informal مُهِمّ
muhimm
الْمُهِمّ
al-muhimm
مُهِمَّة
muhimma
الْمُهِمَّة
al-muhimma
nominative مُهِمٌّ
muhimmun
الْمُهِمُّ
al-muhimmu
مُهِمَّةٌ
muhimmatun
الْمُهِمَّةُ
al-muhimmatu
accusative مُهِمًّا
muhimman
الْمُهِمَّ
al-muhimma
مُهِمَّةً
muhimmatan
الْمُهِمَّةَ
al-muhimmata
genitive مُهِمٍّ
muhimmin
الْمُهِمِّ
al-muhimmi
مُهِمَّةٍ
muhimmatin
الْمُهِمَّةِ
al-muhimmati
dual masculine feminine
indefinite definite indefinite definite
informal مُهِمَّيْن
muhimmayn
الْمُهِمَّيْن
al-muhimmayn
مُهِمَّتَيْن
muhimmatayn
الْمُهِمَّتَيْن
al-muhimmatayn
nominative مُهِمَّانِ
muhimmāni
الْمُهِمَّانِ
al-muhimmāni
مُهِمَّتَانِ
muhimmatāni
الْمُهِمَّتَانِ
al-muhimmatāni
accusative مُهِمَّيْنِ
muhimmayni
الْمُهِمَّيْنِ
al-muhimmayni
مُهِمَّتَيْنِ
muhimmatayni
الْمُهِمَّتَيْنِ
al-muhimmatayni
genitive مُهِمَّيْنِ
muhimmayni
الْمُهِمَّيْنِ
al-muhimmayni
مُهِمَّتَيْنِ
muhimmatayni
الْمُهِمَّتَيْنِ
al-muhimmatayni
plural masculine feminine
sound masculine plural sound feminine plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
informal مُهِمِّين
muhimmīn
الْمُهِمِّين
al-muhimmīn
مُهِمَّات
muhimmāt
الْمُهِمَّات
al-muhimmāt
nominative مُهِمُّونَ
muhimmūna
الْمُهِمُّونَ
al-muhimmūna
مُهِمَّاتٌ
muhimmātun
الْمُهِمَّاتُ
al-muhimmātu
accusative مُهِمِّينَ
muhimmīna
الْمُهِمِّينَ
al-muhimmīna
مُهِمَّاتٍ
muhimmātin
الْمُهِمَّاتِ
al-muhimmāti
genitive مُهِمِّينَ
muhimmīna
الْمُهِمِّينَ
al-muhimmīna
مُهِمَّاتٍ
muhimmātin
الْمُهِمَّاتِ
al-muhimmāti

Descendants

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Egyptian Arabic

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Etymology

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From Arabic مُهِمّ (muhimm).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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مهم (mohimm)

  1. interesting
  2. important

Ottoman Turkish

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Etymology

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From Arabic مُهِمّ (muhimm).

Adjective

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مهم (mühim)

  1. important
  2. urgent

Descendants

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Further reading

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  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “mühim”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN

Persian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic مُهِمّ (muhimm).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? muhimm
Dari reading? mohimm
Iranian reading? mohemm
Tajik reading? muhimm

Noun

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Dari مهم
Iranian Persian
Tajik муҳим

مُهِمّ (mohemm)

  1. important task, important affair
    • 12th century, Ibn al-Balkhi, the Fārsnāma:
      و این مهم که من پیش می‌گیرم لشکرها را با خویشتن نخواهم بردن جز اندکی.
      wa īn muhimm ki man pēš mē-gīram laškar-hā rā bā xwēštan naxwāham burdan juz andakē.
      And [in] this important affair that I am engaging in, I will not take armies with me, save a few [men].

Adjective

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Dari مهم
Iranian Persian
Tajik муҳим

مهم (mohemm) (comparative مهم‌تَر, superlative مهم‌تَرین)

  1. important
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Descendants

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South Levantine Arabic

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Etymology

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From Arabic مُهِمّ (muhimm).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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مهمّ (muhemm) (feminine مهمّة (muhimme), common plural مهمّين (muhimmīn), elative أهمّ (ʔahamm))

  1. important

Derived terms

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