هام

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Arabic

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Etymology 1

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Root
ه م م (h m m)
11 terms

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

Adjective

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

  1. important, significant
  2. serious
  3. interesting
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Etymology 2

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Root
ه ي م (h y m)
4 terms

Verb

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هَامَ (hāma) I (non-past يَهِيمُ (yahīmu), verbal noun هَيْم (haym) or هَيَمَان (hayamān))

  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 [with بِ (bi) ‘for something’]
Conjugation
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Verb

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هَامَ (hāma) I (non-past يَهِيمُ (yahīmu), verbal noun هِيَام (hiyām) or هُيَام (huyām))

  1. to thirst, to need quenching [with بِ (bi) ‘by’]
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Etymology 3

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Noun

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هَام (hāmpl

  1. plural of هَامَة (hāma)

Khalaj

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Noun

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

  1. Arabic spelling of hâam (vulva)

Declension

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