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وهم

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

1 وَهِمَ فِى الحِسَابِ ذ , (S, Mgh, Msb, K,) aor. يَوْهِمُ, inf. n. وَهْمٌ, (S, Msb,) He committed an error, or a mistake, in the reckoning, or calculation; (S, Mgh, Msb, K;) as also فِيهِ ↓ أَوْهَمَ: (Mgh, Msb:) and committed an inadvertence therein. (S.) [And in like manner, فِى قَوْلِهِ in his saying. ] It is said in a trad. of 'Alee, اـِنَّمَا السَّادِقُ هٰذَا ↓ قَالَ الشَّاهِدَانِ أَوْهَمْنَا or وَهِمْنَا accord. to different readings [ The two witnesses said, We have committed a mistake, or misconception: the thief is only this ]. (Mgh.) ― -b2- وَهَمْتُ الشَّىْءَ, (Mgh, Msb, *) aor. أَهِمُ, inf. n. وَهْمٌ, (Mgh,) [ I thought of the thing; ] the thing occurred in my mind. (Mgh, Msb, *) And وَهَمْتُ فِى الشَّىْءِ, (S, K,) or اـِلَى الشَّىْءِ, (Msb,) aor. as above, (S, Msb, K,) and so the inf. n., (S, Msb,) I thought of the thing, (S, Msb, K,) while desiring to think of another thing. (S, Msb.)

Derived headwords

وَهِمَ فِى الحِسَابِverb
  1. 1.
فِى قَوْلِهِ
اـِنَّمَا السَّادِقُ هٰذَا
وَهَمْتُ الشَّىْءَ
فِى الشَّىْءِ
اـِلَى الشَّىْءِ