هم

العربية

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هم¹

  • /hum/

Where it comes from

Inherited from Proto-Semitic *šum.

pronoun هُمْ · hum · ـهُم · ـهِم

  1. they (masculine plural subject pronoun)

هم²

  • /hum/
  • /him/

pronoun ـهُمْ · ـهِمْ · -hum · -him

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

هم³

  • /ham.ma/

verb هَمَّ · hamma · يَهُمُّ · هَمّ · مَهَمَّة

  1. to disquiet, to make uneasy, to distress
  2. to grieve
  3. to preoccupy, to affect, to affect the interest of
  4. to matter to, to be important to, to concern, to be of importance to, to be of concern to
  5. to be of interest to
  6. to plan, to be about to, to start doing, to become determined هَمُّوا بِٱلْفِرَارِ

هم⁴

  • /hamm/

noun هَمّ · hamm · هُمُوم · الْهَمّ

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

هم⁵

  • /himm/

adjective هِمّ · himm · هِمَّة · أَهْمَام · هَمَائِم · هِمَّات

  1. decrepit, senile

noun هِمّ · himm · أَهْمَام · هِمَّة · الْهِمّ

  1. old man

In English

  • their belonging to them (plural)
  • they third-person plural pronoun
  • them third personal plural pronoun used after a preposition or as the object of a ver
  • concern to make somebody worried
  • matter to be important

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {هم},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D9%87%D9%85},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}

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