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أَهَمّ
to concern, to be of importance to (someone) /ʔaˈham.ma/
verbA1#456 most common
Also: to matter to (someone), to preoccupy, to worry, to be of interest to
Example sentences
هَذا الأَمْرُ يُهِمُّني.
This matter is important to me.
صِحَّةُ أَطْفالي تُهِمُّني كَثيراً.
My children's health matters to me a lot.
لا يُهِمُّني ما يَقولُهُ الآخَرونَ عَنّي.
What others say about me does not matter to me.
أَهَمَّني تَأَخُّرُهُ عَنِ المَوْعِدِ كَثيراً.
His lateness for the appointment worried me a lot.
لَمْ يَكُنْ يُهِمُّهُ شَيءٌ سِوى نَجاحِ المَشْروعِ.
Nothing mattered to him except the success of the project.
يُهِمُّ المُؤَرِّخَ فَهْمُ الدَّوافِعِ الخَفِيَّةِ وَراءَ الأَحْداثِ أَكثَرَ مِن تَسجيلِها.
Understanding the hidden motives behind events matters to the historian more than recording them.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أُهِمُّ | أَهْمَمْتُ | سَأُهِمُّ |
| 2sg | تُهِمُّ | أَهْمَمْتَ | سَتُهِمُّ |
| 3sg | يُهِمُّ | أَهَمَّ | سَيُهِمُّ |
| 1pl | نُهِمُّ | أَهْمَمْنَا | سَنُهِمُّ |
| 2pl | تُهِمُّونَ | أَهْمَمْتُمْ | سَتُهِمُّونَ |
| 3pl | يُهِمُّونَ | أَهَمُّوا | سَيُهِمُّونَ |
Word family
مُهِمّimportantأَهَمّmore/most important (elative)
اهْتَمَّto take interest in, to care about
اهْتِمامinterest, attention, concern
هَمّworry, concern
Etymology
أَهَمَّ is the Form IV verb of the triliteral root هـ م م, whose core sense is concern, worry, and intent. The base verb هَمَّ means to worry someone or to set out to do a thing. The Form IV pattern adds a causative shade, 'to make a matter a concern for someone', hence 'to be of importance to'. The same root gives هَمّ (worry), هِمّة (resolve), and مُهِمّ (important). The root is Semitic, not Indo-European.
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