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هم

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

هَمٌّ ذ and ↓ هِمَّةٌ Purpose, or intention; syn. أَوَّلُ العَزْمِ and أَوَّلُ العَزِيمَةِ. (Msb.) See Har, p. 345, and a verse cited voce طَلَّاع. ― -b2- Also the ↓ latter, Strong determination or resolution. (Msb.) ― -b3- 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. ― -b4- 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.) ― -b5- هَمُّهُ بَطْنُهُ [ His object of care, or of anxiety, is his belly ]. (K in art. بطن.) And لَا هَمَّ لَهُ اـِلَّا بَطْنُهُ [ He has no object of care, or of anxiety, but his belly ]. (TA in that art.) ― -b6- هَمَّكَ مَا هَمَّكَ means هَمَّكَ مَا عَنَاكَ: and هَمَّكَ also signifies اذابك. (JK.) See also Freytag's Arab. Prov. ii. 880.

Derived headwords

هَمٌّ
  1. 1.
أَوَّلُ العَزْمِ
أَوَّلُ العَزِيمَةِ
هَمُّهُ كَذَا
هَمُّهُ بَطْنُهُ
لَا هَمَّ لَهُ اـِلَّا بَطْنُهُ
هَمَّكَ مَا هَمَّكَ
هَمَّكَ مَا عَنَاكَ