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هم

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

1 هَمَّ ذ He purposed, or intended, a thing. هَمٌّ denotes more than اـِرَادَةٌ, and less than عَزْمٌ. (Kull, p. 382.) ― -b2- لَا مَهَمَّةَ وَلَا مَكَادَةَ: see art. كود. ― -b3- 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.) ― -b4- هَمَّ بِالأَمْرِ He intended the affair. or purposed it; or he desired it. (Mgh.) ― -b5- هَمَّ بِهِ فِى نَفْسِهِ [aor. هَمُ3َ ] He intended it, meant it, desired it. or determined upon it, in his mind. (TA.) See also a verse cited voce رُتَمٌ. ― -b6- هم بِالبَكَاآءِ [ He was about, or ready, to weep; like أَرَادَ البُكَاآءَ, and تَهَيَّأَ لِلبُكَاآءِ q. v.]. (A, art. جهش, &c.) ― -b7- هَمَّ بالسُّقُوط [ It threatened to fall ], said of a wall. (S, in art. وهى, &c.) ― -b8- هَمَّهُ and ↓ أَهَمَّهُ It disquieted him; (Msb;) caused him care, or anxiety. ― -b9- لَا يُهِمُّهُ اـِلَّا بَطْنُهُ [ Nothing causes him care, or anxiety, but his belly ]. (S in art. بطن.)

Derived headwords

هَمَّverb
  1. 1.
لَا مَهَمَّةَ وَلَا مَكَادَةَ
هَمَّ بِالشَّىْءِ
هَمَّ بِالأَمْرِ
هَمَّ بِهِ فِى نَفْسِهِ
أَرَادَ البُكَاآءَ
تَهَيَّأَ لِلبُكَاآءِ
هَمَّ بالسُّقُوط
لَا يُهِمُّهُ اـِلَّا بَطْنُهُ