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هام

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Arabic

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Etymology 1

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Root
ه م م (h m m)
12 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’]
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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)

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