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هم

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

هِمَّةٌ ذ 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.) ― -b2- 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. ― -b3- هِمَّةٌ [ Mind; purpose; aspiration; desire; ambition; enterprise; emprise. ] ― -b4- هِمَّةٌ عَالِيَةٌ High purpose; ambition.

Derived headwords

هِمَّةٌ
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هِمَّةٌ عَالِيَةٌ