مهم
Arabic
editEtymology
editDerived from the active participle of أَهَمَّ (ʔahamma, “to be important”), from the root ه م م (h m m); compare هَامّ (hāmm, “important”).
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editمُهِمّ • (muhimm) (feminine مُهِمَّة (muhimma), masculine plural مُهِمُّونَ (muhimmūna), feminine plural مُهِمَّات (muhimmāt))
Declension
editsingular | masculine | feminine | ||
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basic singular triptote | singular triptote in ـَة (-a) | |||
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
informal | مُهِمّ muhimm |
الْمُهِمّ al-muhimm |
مُهِمَّة muhimma |
الْمُهِمَّة al-muhimma |
nominative | مُهِمٌّ muhimmun |
الْمُهِمُّ al-muhimmu |
مُهِمَّةٌ muhimmatun |
الْمُهِمَّةُ al-muhimmatu |
accusative | مُهِمًّا muhimman |
الْمُهِمَّ al-muhimma |
مُهِمَّةً muhimmatan |
الْمُهِمَّةَ al-muhimmata |
genitive | مُهِمٍّ muhimmin |
الْمُهِمِّ al-muhimmi |
مُهِمَّةٍ muhimmatin |
الْمُهِمَّةِ al-muhimmati |
dual | masculine | feminine | ||
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
informal | مُهِمَّيْن muhimmayn |
الْمُهِمَّيْن al-muhimmayn |
مُهِمَّتَيْن muhimmatayn |
الْمُهِمَّتَيْن al-muhimmatayn |
nominative | مُهِمَّانِ muhimmāni |
الْمُهِمَّانِ al-muhimmāni |
مُهِمَّتَانِ muhimmatāni |
الْمُهِمَّتَانِ al-muhimmatāni |
accusative | مُهِمَّيْنِ muhimmayni |
الْمُهِمَّيْنِ al-muhimmayni |
مُهِمَّتَيْنِ muhimmatayni |
الْمُهِمَّتَيْنِ al-muhimmatayni |
genitive | مُهِمَّيْنِ muhimmayni |
الْمُهِمَّيْنِ al-muhimmayni |
مُهِمَّتَيْنِ muhimmatayni |
الْمُهِمَّتَيْنِ al-muhimmatayni |
plural | masculine | feminine | ||
sound masculine plural | sound feminine plural | |||
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
informal | مُهِمِّين muhimmīn |
الْمُهِمِّين al-muhimmīn |
مُهِمَّات muhimmāt |
الْمُهِمَّات al-muhimmāt |
nominative | مُهِمُّونَ muhimmūna |
الْمُهِمُّونَ al-muhimmūna |
مُهِمَّاتٌ muhimmātun |
الْمُهِمَّاتُ al-muhimmātu |
accusative | مُهِمِّينَ muhimmīna |
الْمُهِمِّينَ al-muhimmīna |
مُهِمَّاتٍ muhimmātin |
الْمُهِمَّاتِ al-muhimmāti |
genitive | مُهِمِّينَ muhimmīna |
الْمُهِمِّينَ al-muhimmīna |
مُهِمَّاتٍ muhimmātin |
الْمُهِمَّاتِ al-muhimmāti |
Descendants
editEgyptian Arabic
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editAdjective
editمهم • (mohimm)
Ottoman Turkish
editEtymology
editAdjective
editمهم • (mühim)
- important
- urgent
Descendants
edit- Turkish: mühim
Further reading
edit- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “mühim”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
Persian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Arabic مُهِمّ (muhimm).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /mu.ˈhimm/
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [mo.ɦem(ː)]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [mu.ɦim(ː)]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | muhimm |
Dari reading? | mohimm |
Iranian reading? | mohemm |
Tajik reading? | muhimm |
Noun
editDari | مهم |
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Iranian Persian | |
Tajik | муҳим |
مُهِمّ • (mohemm)
- important task, important affair
- 12th century, Ibn al-Balkhi, the Fārsnāma:
- و این مهم که من پیش میگیرم لشکرها را با خویشتن نخواهم بردن جز اندکی.
- wa īn muhimm ki man pēš mē-gīram laškar-hā rā bā xwēštan naxwāham burdan juz andakē.
- And [in] this important affair that I am engaging in, I will not take armies with me, save a few [men].
Adjective
editDari | مهم |
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Iranian Persian | |
Tajik | муҳим |
مهم • (mohemm) (comparative مهمتَر, superlative مهمتَرین)
Related terms
edit- اهمیت (ahammiyyat, “importance”)
Descendants
editSouth Levantine Arabic
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editAdjective
editمهمّ • (muhemm) (feminine مهمّة (muhimme), common plural مهمّين (muhimmīn), elative أهمّ (ʔahamm))
Derived terms
edit- المهمّ (il-muhemm, “anyway”)
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