هلم
Arabic edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
هَلُمَّ • (halumma)
- come!
- Synonym: تَعَالَ (taʕāla)
- هَلُمَّ إِلَيْنَا! ― halumma ʔilaynā! ― Come to us!
- 1930s, “حُمَاةَ ٱلْحِمَى [ḥumāta l-ḥimā]”, أَبُو الْقَاسِم ٱلشَّابِيّ [ʔabū l-qāsim š-šābiyy], مُصْطَفَى صَادِق الرَّافِعِي [muṣṭafā ṣādiq ar-rāfiʕī] (lyrics), مُحَمَّد عَبْد الْوَهَّاب [muḥammad ʕabd al-wahhāb] (music):
- حُمَاةَ الْحِمَى يَا حُمَاةَ الْحِمَى
هَلُمُّوا هَلُمُّوا لِمَجْدِ الزَّمَنْ- ḥumāta l-ḥimā yā ḥumāta l-ḥimā
halummū halummū limajdi z-zaman - O defenders of the Homeland
rally around to the glory of our time!
- ḥumāta l-ḥimā yā ḥumāta l-ḥimā
- bring! give!
- هَلُمَّ/هَلُمُّوا شُهَدَاءَكُمْ
- halumma/halummū šuhadāʔakum
- Bring your witnesses.
Usage notes edit
- The inflections are optional.
Conjugation edit
| Inflected forms | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Base form | — | ||||
| Personal-pronoun- including forms |
Singular | Dual | Plural | ||
| Masculine | Feminine | Common | Masculine | Feminine | |
| First person | — | — | |||
| Second person | هَلُمَّ (halumma) | هَلُمِّي (halummī) | هَلُمَّا (halummā) | هَلُمُّوا (halummū) | هَلْمُمْنَ (halmumna) |
| Third person | — | — | — | — | — |
Derived terms edit
- وَهَلُمَّ جَرًّا (wahalumma jarran)