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هَمَّ

Root: هم

Form: 1

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هَمَّI He purposed, or intended, a thing. هَمٌّ denotes more than إِرَادَةٌ, and less than عَزْمٌ.
2 لَا مَهَمَّةَ وَلَا مَكَادَةَ: see art. كود.
3 هَمَّ بِالشَّىْءِ [He meditated, proposed to himself, purposed, or intended, to do the thing:] he desired to do the thing, without doing it; he endeavoured to do the thing.
4 هَمَّ بِالأَمْرِ He intended the affair. or purposed it; or he desired it.
5 هَمَّ بِهِ فِى نَفْسِهِ [Present.T هَمُمَ ] He intended it, meant it, desired it. or determined upon it, in his mind. See also a verse cited voce رُتَمٌ.
6 هم بِالبَكَآءِ [He was about, or ready, to weep; like أَرَادَ البُكَآءَ, and تَهَيَّأَ لِلبُكَآءِ q. v.]. (A, art. جهش, &c.)
7 هَمَّ بالسُّقُوط [It threatened to fall], said of a wall. (S, in art. وهى, &c.)
8 هَمَّهُ and It disquieted him; caused him care, or anxiety.
9 لَا يُهِمُّهُ إِلَّا بَطْنُهُ [Nothing causes him care, or anxiety, but his belly]. (S in art. بطن.)
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