هم

See also: ہم

Arabic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hum/
  • (file)

Pronoun

هُمْ (hum) m pl (enclitic form ـهُم or ـهِم)

  1. they (masculine plural subject pronoun)
See also

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hum/
  • IPA(key): /him/

Pronoun

ـهُمْ or ـهِمْ (-hum or -him) m pl (enclitic form of هُم (hum))

  1. them, their (masculine plural bound object pronoun)

Etymology 3

From the root ه م م (h-m-m).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ham.ma/

Verb

هَمَّ (hamma) I, non-past يَهُمُّ‎ (yahummu)

  1. to disquiet, to make uneasy, to distress
  2. to grieve
  3. to preoccupy, to concern, to affect
  4. to be of interest
  5. to plan, to be about to, to start doing [+ بِ (object)]
    هَمُّوا بِٱلْفِرَارِ
    hammū bi-l-firāri
    They started running away.
Conjugation

Etymology 4

From the root ه م م (h-m-m).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hamm/

Noun

هَمّ (hamm) m, plural هُمُوم (humūm)

  1. verbal noun of هَمَّ (hamma) (form I)
  2. anxiety, concern, worry, care
  3. sorrow, grief, affliction, distress
  4. weight, moment, importance
Declension

Etymology 5

From the root ه م م (h-m-m).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /himm/

Adjective

هِمّ (himm), feminine هِمَّة (himma), masculine plural أَهْمَام (ʔahmām), feminine plural هَمَائِم (hamāʔim) or هِمَّات (himmāt)

  1. decrepit, senile
Declension
References
  • Wehr, Hans (1979), هم”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Noun

هِمّ (himm) m, plural أَهْمَام (ʔahmām), feminine هِمَّة (himma)

  1. old man
Declension

References

  • Freytag, Georg (1837), هم”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 406
  • Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860), هم”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc (in French), volume 2, Paris: Maisonneuve et Cie, page 1442
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), هم”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen, page 1181
  • Wehr, Hans (1979), هم”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
  • Wehr, Hans; Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985), هم”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 1355–1356

Egyptian Arabic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhommæ/

Pronoun

هم (humma) pl

  1. they

See also

Suffix

ـهم (-hum) pl

  1. them, their

Hijazi Arabic

Etymology 1

From Arabic هُمْ (hum).

Pronunciation 1

  • IPA(key): /ˈhumːa/
Pronoun

هم (humma) pl

  1. they

Pronunciation 2

  • IPA(key): /ˈhum/
Suffix

ـهُم (-hum) pl

  1. them, their

Etymology 2

From Arabic هَمّ (hamm).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhamː/

Noun

هم (hamm) m, plural هموم (humūm) or أهمام (ʾahmām)

  1. worry

Iraqi Arabic

Etymology

From Persian هم (ham).

Adverb

هم (ham)

  1. still, all the same
    مهما نسوي هم مقصرين.
    Mahma nsawwi ham muqaṣṣirīn.
    Whatever we do, we still don't do enough.

Persian

Alternative forms

  • ـم (-am) (colloquial)

Etymology

From Middle Persian hm (ham, also, same), from Old Persian 𐏃𐎶 (h-m /ham(a)/, same, together), from Proto-Iranian *hamHáh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *samHás, from Proto-Indo-European *somHós (same). Compare Sanskrit सम (sama), English same.

Pronunciation

    • (Dari): IPA(key): /ham/

    Adverb

    هم (ham)

    1. also, too
      از این کتاب هم خوشم می‌آید.
      az in ketâb ham xošam mi-âyad.
      I like this book, also. (formal)
      از این کتاب هم خوشم می‌آد.
      az in ketâb am xošam mi-âd.
      I like this book, also. (colloquial)
    2. similarly

    Usage notes

    هم (ham) directly follows the word or phrase it modifies.

    از این کتاب هم خوشم می‌آید.
    az in ketâb ham xošam mi-âyad.
    I like this book, also. (In addition to another book that I like, I like this one.)
    من هم از این کتاب خوشم می‌آید.
    man ham az in ketâb xošam mi-âyad.
    I also like this book. (In addition to someone else who likes this book, I do.)

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • Armenian: համ (ham, and, both)
    • Azerbaijani: həm (and)
    • Bashkir: һәм (häm, and)
    • Tatar: һәм (häm, and)
    • Iraqi Arabic: هم (still)

    References

    • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “ham”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 39

    South Levantine Arabic

    Etymology 1

    From Arabic هُمْ (hum).

    Alternative forms

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /hom.me/, [ˈhʊm.me]
    • (file)

    Pronoun

    هم (homme) pl, enclitic form ـهم (-hom)

    1. they (third-person plural subject pronoun)
      Synonym: (Galilee) هن (hinne)

    See also

    South Levantine Arabic personal pronouns
    Singular Plural
    1st person أنا (ʔana) احنا (ʔiḥna)
    2nd person m انت (ʔinta) انتو (ʔintu)
    f انتي (ʔinti)
    3rd person m هو (huwwe) هم (homme)
    f هي (hiyye)

    Etymology 2

    From Arabic ـهُمْ (-hum) or ـهِمْ (-him).

    Suffix

    ـهم (-hom) pl

    1. Enclitic form of هم (homme)
    2. they, them, their
      Synonym: (Galilee) ـهن (-hen)

    See also

    South Levantine Arabic enclitic pronouns
    Singular Plural
    after consonant after vowel
    1st person after verb ـني (-ni) ـنا (-na)
    else ـِي (-i) ـي (-y)
    2nd person m ـَك (-ak) ـك (-k) ـكُم (-kom) / ـكو (-ku)
    f ـِك (-ek) ـكي (-ki)
    3rd person m ـُه (-o) ـه (-h) ـهُم (-hom)
    f ـها (-ha)

    Etymology 3

    Root
    ه م م

    From Arabic هَمَّ (hamma).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /hamm/, [ham]
    • (file)

    Verb

    همّ (hamm), form I, present بهمّ (bihimm)

    1. to concern, to preoccupy
    Conjugation
        Conjugation of همّ (hamm)
    singular plural
    1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
    past m همّيت (hammēt) همّيت (hammēt) همّ (hamm) همّينا (hammēna) همّيتو (hammētu) همّو (hammu)
    f همّيتي (hammēti) همّت (hammat)
    present m بهمّ (bahimm) بتهمّ (bithimm) بهمّ (bihimm) منهمّ (minhimm) بتهمّو (bithimmu) بهمّو (bihimmu)
    f بتهمّي (bithimmi) بتهمّ (bithimm)
    subjunctive m اهمّ (ahimm) تهمّ (thimm) يهمّ (yhimm) نهمّ (nhimm) تهمّو (thimmu) يهمّو (yhimmu)
    f تهمّي (thimmi) تهمّ (thimm)
    imperative m همّ (himm) همّو (himmu)
    f همّي (himmi)

    Tunisian Arabic

    Suffix

    ـهُمْ (-hum) pl

    1. them, their
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