← Back to Al-Sihah

هوم

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root pertains to the sensation of drowsiness and the physical manifestations of being sleepy. It describes the state of nodding off, the feeling of light sleep, and the act of dozing.

Derived headwords

هَامَverb
  1. 1.
    O man, he wanderedboth

    O man, he wandered

  2. 2.
    plural of hāmah (heads)both

    plural of hāmah (heads)

  3. 3.
    a bird of the night, which is the echoboth

    a bird of the night, which is the echo

  4. 4.
    he went away from love or other thingsboth

    he went away from love or other things

هَيَامnoun
  1. 1.
    drowsinessclassical

    The state of being drowsy or sleepy.

تَهْوِيمnoun
  1. 1.
    dozingboth

    The act or state of dozing or light sleep.

هَوَّمَverb
  1. 1.
    when he nodded his head from drowsinessboth

    when he nodded his head from drowsiness

Parallel reading

هَامَ الرجل، إذا هز رأسه من النعاس.
A man nods, if he shakes his head from sleepiness.
ما تطعم العين نوما غير تهويم
The eye does not taste sleep except for dozing.
وقد هومنا.
And we have dozed.