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وهم

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

وَهْمٌ ذ A thought, or an idea, occurring in the mind: (Mgh, Msb, * K: *) pl. أَوْهَامٌ: (Msb:) or of the two extremes [or different opinions or ideas ] between which one wavers, that which is outweighed [ in probability ]. (K.) An [ indecisive ] opinion or idea outweighed in probability [ or formed from evidence outweighed in probability; a presumption; a surmise; a fancy; a supposition ]: opposed to ظَنٌّ, q. v. (Kull, p. 376.) ― -b2- Also Doubt, or suspicion: but for this I have found no authority; though it is well known, and plainly indicated in the Msb, in art. خيل; voce خَيَّلَ, q. v. in this Lex. ― -b3- Also The object of a thought, or of an idea, occurring in the mind. (Mgh.) And The mind itself, or intellect; syn. عَقْلٌ. (MF, TA.) In modern Arabic it signifies An imagination, a fancy, a chimera, and a conjecture.

Derived headwords

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