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Form 1هَمَّ9 senses · 1 main
muḍāriʿـُيَفْعُلُ

Core sense — he purposed, or intended, something; it disquieted him, it caused him anxietygenerated

1.1he purposed, or intended, a thing—هَمٌّ

It denotes more than إِرَادَةٌ and less than عَزْمٌ.

1.1.1

لَا مَهَمَّةَ وَلَا مَكَادَةَ: see the article on كود.

1.1.2he desired to do the thing, without doing it; he endeavoured to do the thing—هَمَّ بِالشَّىْءِ

[He meditated, proposed to himself, purposed, or intended, to do the thing.]

1.1.3he intended, or purposed, the affair; or he desired it—هَمَّ بِالأَمْرِ
1.1.4he intended it, meant it, desired it, or determined upon it, in his mind—هَمَّ بِهِ فِى نَفْسِهِ

[.]

See also a verse cited under رُتَمٌ.

1.1.5he was about, or ready, to weep—هم بِالبَكَآءِ

Like أَرَادَ البُكَآءَ and تَهَيَّأَ لِلبُكَآءِ.

Mentioned in the article on جهش and elsewhere.

1.1.6it threatened to fall—هَمَّ بالسُّقُوط

Said of a wall.

Mentioned in the article on وهى and elsewhere.

1.1.7it disquieted him; it caused him care, or anxiety—هَمَّهُ

أَهَمَّهُ has the same meaning.

1.1.8nothing causes him care, or anxiety, but his belly—لَا يُهِمُّهُ إِلَّا بَطْنُهُ

Mentioned in the article on بطن.

Qur’ānic occurrences Form 1 5 shown of 7
3:122
إِذْ هَمَّت طَّآئِفَتَانِ مِنكُمْ أَن تَفْشَلَا وَٱللَّهُ وَلِيُّهُمَا ۗ وَعَلَى ٱللَّهِ فَلْيَتَوَكَّلِ ٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَ

Remember two of your parties Meditated cowardice; but Allah was their protector, and in Allah should the faithful (Ever) put their trust.

5:11
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ ٱذْكُرُوا۟ نِعْمَتَ ٱللَّهِ عَلَيْكُمْ إِذْ هَمَّ قَوْمٌ أَن يَبْسُطُوٓا۟ إِلَيْكُمْ أَيْدِيَهُمْ فَكَفَّ أَيْدِيَهُمْ عَنكُمْ ۖ وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ ۚ وَعَلَى ٱللَّهِ فَلْيَتَوَكَّلِ ٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَ

O ye who believe! Call in remembrance the favour of Allah unto you when certain men formed the design to stretch out their hands against you, but (Allah) held back their hands from you: so fear Allah. And on Allah let believers put (all) their trust.

9:13
أَلَا تُقَـٰتِلُونَ قَوْمًا نَّكَثُوٓا۟ أَيْمَـٰنَهُمْ وَهَمُّوا۟ بِإِخْرَاجِ ٱلرَّسُولِ وَهُم بَدَءُوكُمْ أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍ ۚ أَتَخْشَوْنَهُمْ ۚ فَٱللَّهُ أَحَقُّ أَن تَخْشَوْهُ إِن كُنتُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ

Will ye not fight people who violated their oaths, plotted to expel the Messenger, and took the aggressive by being the first (to assault) you? Do ye fear them? Nay, it is Allah Whom ye should more justly fear, if ye believe!

12:24
وَلَقَدْ هَمَّتْ بِهِۦ ۖ وَهَمَّ بِهَا لَوْلَآ أَن رَّءَا بُرْهَـٰنَ رَبِّهِۦ ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ لِنَصْرِفَ عَنْهُ ٱلسُّوٓءَ وَٱلْفَحْشَآءَ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ مِنْ عِبَادِنَا ٱلْمُخْلَصِينَ

And (with passion) did she desire him, and he would have desired her, but that he saw the evidence of his Lord: thus (did We order) that We might turn away from him (all) evil and shameful deeds: for he was one of Our servants, sincere and purified.

40:5
كَذَّبَتْ قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍ وَٱلْأَحْزَابُ مِنۢ بَعْدِهِمْ ۖ وَهَمَّتْ كُلُّ أُمَّةٍۭ بِرَسُولِهِمْ لِيَأْخُذُوهُ ۖ وَجَـٰدَلُوا۟ بِٱلْبَـٰطِلِ لِيُدْحِضُوا۟ بِهِ ٱلْحَقَّ فَأَخَذْتُهُمْ ۖ فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عِقَابِ

But (there were people) before them, who denied (the Signs),- the People of Noah, and the Confederates (of Evil) after them; and every People plotted against their prophet, to seize him, and disputed by means of vanities, therewith to condemn the Truth; but it was I that seized them! and how (terrible) was My Requital!

Occurrences of this form in the Qur’ān, not Lane’s choice of verse. They show the word in use; they do not say which sense above applies. Where more occur than are shown, the shortest āyāt are chosen.

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He purposed, or intended, a thing. هَمٌّ denotes more than إِرَادَةٌ , and less than عَزْمٌ . (Kull, p. 382.) لَا مَهَمَّةَ وَلَا مَكَادَةَ : see art. كود . هَمَّ بِالشَّىْءِ [He meditated, proposed to himself, purposed, or intended, to do the thing:] he desired to do the thing, (S, Msb,) without doing it; (Msb;) he endeavoured to do the thing. (S.) هَمَّ بِالأَمْرِ He intended the affair. or purposed it; or he desired it. (Mgh.) هَمَّ بِهِ فِى نَفْسِهِ [aor. هَمُمَ ] He intended it, meant it, desired it. or determined upon it, in his mind. (TA.) See also a verse cited voce رُتَمٌ . هم بِالبَكَآءِ [He was about, or ready, to weep; like أَرَادَ البُكَآءَ , and تَهَيَّأَ لِلبُكَآءِ q. v.]. (A, art. جهش , &c.) هَمَّ بالسُّقُوط [It threatened to fall], said of a wall. (S, in art. وهى , &c.) هَمَّهُ and أَهَمَّهُ It disquieted him; (Msb;) caused him care, or anxiety. لَا يُهِمُّهُ إِلَّا بَطْنُهُ [Nothing causes him care, or anxiety, but his belly]. (S in art. بطن .)
Form 4أَهَمَّتُ1 sense

Core sense — it made him anxious, it disquieted and grieved himgenerated

4.1

It made him anxious; it disquieted and grieved him.

See عَنَاهُ.

Qur’ānic occurrences Form 4
3:154
ثُمَّ أَنزَلَ عَلَيْكُم مِّنۢ بَعْدِ ٱلْغَمِّ أَمَنَةً نُّعَاسًا يَغْشَىٰ طَآئِفَةً مِّنكُمْ ۖ وَطَآئِفَةٌ قَدْ أَهَمَّتْهُمْ أَنفُسُهُمْ يَظُنُّونَ بِٱللَّهِ غَيْرَ ٱلْحَقِّ ظَنَّ ٱلْجَـٰهِلِيَّةِ ۖ يَقُولُونَ هَل لَّنَا مِنَ ٱلْأَمْرِ مِن شَىْءٍ ۗ قُلْ إِنَّ ٱلْأَمْرَ كُلَّهُۥ لِلَّهِ ۗ يُخْفُونَ فِىٓ أَنفُسِهِم مَّا لَا يُبْدُونَ لَكَ ۖ يَقُولُونَ لَوْ كَانَ لَنَا مِنَ ٱلْأَمْرِ شَىْءٌ مَّا قُتِلْنَا هَـٰهُنَا ۗ قُل لَّوْ كُنتُمْ فِى بُيُوتِكُمْ لَبَرَزَ ٱلَّذِينَ كُتِبَ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلْقَتْلُ إِلَىٰ مَضَاجِعِهِمْ ۖ وَلِيَبْتَلِىَ ٱللَّهُ مَا فِى صُدُورِكُمْ وَلِيُمَحِّصَ مَا فِى قُلُوبِكُمْ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ عَلِيمٌۢ بِذَاتِ ٱلصُّدُورِ

After (the excitement) of the distress, He sent down calm on a band of you overcome with slumber, while another band was stirred to anxiety by their own feelings, Moved by wrong suspicions of Allah-suspicions due to ignorance. They said: "What affair is this of ours?" Say thou: "Indeed, this affair is wholly Allah's." They hide in their minds what they dare not reveal to thee. They say (to themselves): "If we had had anything to do with this affair, We should not have been in the slaughter here." Say: "Even if you had remained in your homes, those for whom death was decreed would certainly have gone forth to the place of their death"; but (all this was) that Allah might test what is in your breasts and purge what is in your hearts. For Allah knoweth well the secrets of your hearts.

Occurrences of this form in the Qur’ān, not Lane’s choice of verse. They show the word in use; they do not say which sense above applies. Where more occur than are shown, the shortest āyāt are chosen.

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It rendered him anxious; (MA;) disquieted him, and grieved him. (Mgh.) See عَنَاهُ .
Form 7اِنهمَّ1 sense

Core sense — it melted, or dissolvedgenerated

7.1

See a verse cited in the article on ب, page 144.

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: see a verse cited in art. ب , p. 144.
Form 8اِهْتَمَّ بِالأَمْرِ4 senses · 1 main

Core sense — he was grieved and disquieted by the affair; he attended to itgenerated

8.1he was grieved for him by his affair, or case—اِهْتَمَّ لَهُ بِأَمْرِهِ

He was grieved and disquieted by the affair, or case.

[He was, or became, anxious, disquieted, or grieved, by it.]

8.1.1

He minded, or attended to, the affair; he undertook, superintended, or managed it.

See عُنِىَ in the article on عنى.

8.1.2he cared for, minded, or regarded, him, or it—اِهْتَمَّ لَهُ
8.1.3

اِهْتَمَّ بَلَدَ كَذَا means the same as اِعْتَسَّهُ. Mentioned in the article on عس.

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He was grieved, and disquieted, by the affair, or case: (TA:) you say اِهْتَمَّ لَهُ بِأَمْرِهِ he was grieved for him by his affair, or case. (S.) [He was, or became, anxious, disquieted, or grieved, by it.] He minded, or attended to, the affair: (MA:) undertook, or superintended, or managed, the affair. (Msb.) See عُنِىَ , in art. عنى . اِهْتَمَّ لَهُ He cared for, minded, or regarded, him, or it. (Har, p. 94.) اِهْتَمَّ بَلَدَ كَذَا i. q. اِعْتَسَّهُ . (TA in art. عس .)

Derived nouns 10

Nounهَمَ1 sense

Core sense — a word used before an oathgenerated

1

Used for هَمَا, which is itself for أَمَا, before an oath: see the preceding entry.

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for هَمَا for أَمَا before an oath: see the last.
Nounهَمٌّ6 senses · 1 main

Core sense — purpose, intention; anxiety, grief; an object of caregenerated

1purpose, or intention—هِمَّةٌ

Synonymous with أَوَّلُ العَزْمِ and أَوَّلُ العَزِيمَةِ.

See Har, page 345, and a verse cited under طَلَّاع.

1.1

Also strong determination, or resolution.

1.2an object; a thing intended, meant, desired, or determined upon, in the mind—هَمٌّ

See an example under حَمٌّ and سَمٌّ.

his object is such a thing—هَمُّهُ كَذَا
1.3anxiety; disquietude, or trouble, of mind; care; or grief, sorrow—هَمٌّ

Distress, or disquietude, affecting the heart or mind because of some harm or annoyance that is expected to happen, unlike غَمٌّ, which is distress, or disquietude, affecting the heart or mind because of what has already happened.

Some say both mean the same, namely distress, or disquietude, of mind; the difference is asserted by 'Iyáḍ and others. Mentioned in the article on غم.

1.4his object of care, or of anxiety, is his belly—هَمُّهُ بَطْنُهُ

Mentioned in the article on بطن.

he has no object of care, or of anxiety, but his belly—لَا هَمَّ لَهُ إِلَّا بَطْنُهُ
1.5

هَمَّكَ مَا هَمَّكَ means هَمَّكَ مَا عَنَاكَ.

هَمَّكَ also signifies اذابك.

See also Freytag's Arab. Prov. 2, 880.

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and هِمَّةٌ Purpose, or intention; syn. أَوَّلُ العَزْمِ and أَوَّلُ العَزِيمَةِ . (Msb.) See Har, p. 345, and a verse cited voce طَلَّاع . Also the ↓ latter, Strong determination or resolution. (Msb.) هَمٌّ An object, or a thing intended or meant or desired or determined upon, in the mind. (K, * TA.) See an ex. voce حَمٌّ and سَمٌّ : you say, هَمُّهُ كَذَا His object is such a thing. هَمٌّ [Anxiety; or disquietude, or trouble, of mind; solicitude; care: or grief, or sorrow:] distress, or disquietude, affecting the heart or mind, by reason of some harm, or annoyance, that is expected to happen; differing from غَمٌّ , which signifies “ distress, or disquietude, affecting the heart or mind, by reason of what has happened: ” or both, as some say, signify the same [namely distress, or disquietude, of mind]: the difference is asserted by 'Iyád and others. (TA in art. غم .) هَمُّهُ بَطْنُهُ [His object of care, or of anxiety, is his belly]. (K in art. بطن .) And لَا هَمَّ لَهُ إِلَّا بَطْنُهُ [He has no object of care, or of anxiety, but his belly]. (TA in that art.) هَمَّكَ مَا هَمَّكَ means هَمَّكَ مَا عَنَاكَ : and هَمَّكَ also signifies اذابك . (JK.) See also Freytag's Arab. Prov. ii. 880.
Nounهِمٌّ1 sense

Core sense — a decrepit, old and weak mangenerated

1

A decrepit, old and weak, or extremely aged, man.

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A decrepit, old, and weak, or extremely aged. man. (S, Msb, K.)
Nounهَمَّةٌ1 sense

Core sense — a purpose, an intentiongenerated

1

See هِمَّةٌ.

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: see هِمَّةٌ .
Nounهِمَّةٌ4 senses · 1 main

Core sense — a purpose, an intention; high ambition, aspirationgenerated

1

A thing that one purposes or intends to do, or desires or endeavours to do; a purpose; an intention; an object of desire or of endeavour.

هَمَّةٌ has the same meaning.

1.1ambition, particularly of a high kind—هِمَّةٌ

Ibn-Kemál: a faculty firmly rooted in the soul, seeking high things and fleeing from base things.

See بَعِيدُ and هَمٌّ.

1.2mind; purpose; aspiration; desire; ambition; enterprise—هِمَّةٌ
1.3high purpose; ambition—هِمَّةٌ عَالِيَةٌ
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A thing that one meditates, purposes, or intends to do; or that one desires to do; or endeavours to do; a purpose; an intention; or an object of desire, or of endeavour; as also هَمَّةٌ . (JK, K.) هِمَّةٌ [Ambition; particularly of a high kind;] a faculty firmly rooted in the soul, seeking high things, and fleeing from base things. (Ibn-Kemál, in TA.) See بَعِيدُ , and هَمٌّ . هِمَّةٌ [Mind; purpose; aspiration; desire; ambition; enterprise; emprise.] هِمَّةٌ عَالِيَةٌ High purpose; ambition.
Nounهُمَامٌ1 sense

Core sense — an aspiring king; a courageous and liberal chiefgenerated

1

An aspiring king; a magnanimous chief, that is, a courageous and liberal one.

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An aspiring king: (S, K:) a magnanimous, i. e. courageous and liberal, chief. (K.)
Nounهَمْهَامٌ1 sense

Core sense — a wild bird of the crow kindgenerated

1

A wild bird of the crow kind. See صُرَدٌ.

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A wild bird of the crow kind: see صُرَدٌ .
Nounهَامَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — any venomous creeping thing, such as a scorpion or a serpentgenerated

1figurative · مجاز

Plural هَوَامُّ.

Any venomous creeping thing, reptile, or the like, that may be killed, such as the scorpion or the serpent; and a louse.

What has deadly venom, such as the scorpion; and sometimes, what is noxious.

AHát: any reptile or the like, from the louse to the serpent; but its application to the louse is figurative.

Any venomous or noxious reptile or the like, such as the scorpion and the serpent; the like of serpents and scorpions, because they creep.

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, pl. هَوَامُّ , Any venomous creeping thing or reptile or the like, that may be killed; such as the scorpion, and the serpent: and a louse; (Mgh:) what has deadly venom; as the scorpion: (Az, Msb:) and sometimes, what is noxious: (Msb:) any reptile or the like, from the louse to the serpent; (AHát, Msb:) but its application to the louse is tropical: (Msb:) any venomous or noxious reptile or the like; such as the scorpion, and the serpent: the like of serpents and scorpions; because they creep ( تَهِمُّ , i. e. تَدِبّ ). (JK.)
Nounمُهِمٌّ1 sense

Core sense — a difficult, distressing affair; an important mattergenerated

1

A difficult, hard, distressing, or painful affair, or business; synonymous with أَمْرٌ شَدِيدٌ.

مُهِمَّاتٌ means أُمُورُ شِدَادٌ: affairs of difficulty; and also affairs of importance.

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A difficult, an arduous, a distressing, or an afflictive affair, or business: syn. أَمْرٌ شَدِيدٌ : (S:) and مُهِمَّاتٌ signifies أُمُورُ شِدَادٌ , (JK,) affairs of difficulty: and, of importance.
Nounبَرَدٌ مُنْهَمٌّ1 sense

Core sense — dissolving hail-stonesgenerated

1

Apparently, dissolving hail-stones.

Given in the Mughnee and the K in explaining كَ.

See a verse in the explanation of بِ used redundantly, page 144.

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[app. Dissolving hail-stones]. (Mughnee and K, in explanations of كَ .) See a verse in explanation of بِ used redundantly, p. 144.