نهم
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نهم¹
- /na.hi.ma/
Where it comes from
Inherited from Proto-Semitic. From the root ن ه م (n h m), related to inordinate desire and appetite.
verb نَهِمَ · nahima · يَنْهَمُ · نَهَم · نَهِم
- to be greedy, to be gluttonous
نهم²
- /na.ham/
Where it comes from
Verbal noun of نَهِمَ (nahima).
noun نَهَم · naham · النَّهَم · نَهَمٌ
-
greed, greediness, covetousness, voracity
أَكَلَ بِنَهَمٍ شَدِيدٍ.
Similar: جَشَع
- avidity, eagerness, gluttony نَهَمُهُ لِلْمَالِ لَا يَنْتَهِي.
- lust
نهم³
- /na.him/
Where it comes from
Derived from the active participle of نَهِمَ (nahima).
adjective نَهِم · nahim · نَهِمَة · نَهِمُون · نَهِمَات
-
greedy, voracious, gluttonous
Similar: جَشِع
In English
- avid enthusiastic; passionate
- glutton one who eats voraciously
- insatiable not satiable; incapable of being satisfied or appeased
- greedy prone to overeat
- gluttony the vice of eating to excess
- gluttonous given to excessive eating; prone to overeating
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