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أَهَمِّيَّة
importance /ʔa.ham.ˈmij.ja/
nounA2#1303 most common
Also: significance, relevance
Example sentences
لِلْماءِ أَهَمِّيَّةٌ كَبيرَةٌ.
Water has great importance.
يَعْرِفُ الطُّلّابُ أَهَمِّيَّةَ القِراءَةِ.
The students know the importance of reading.
تَزْدادُ أَهَمِّيَّةُ اللُّغَةِ الإِنْجِليزِيَّةِ في سوقِ العَمَلِ.
The importance of English is growing in the job market.
لا يُدْرِكُ كَثيرٌ مِنَ النّاسِ أَهَمِّيَّةَ النَّوْمِ الكافي لِلصِّحَّةِ.
Many people do not realize the importance of enough sleep for health.
أَكَّدَ الوَزيرُ عَلى أَهَمِّيَّةِ التَّعاوُنِ الدَّوْلِيِّ في مُواجَهَةِ تَغَيُّرِ المَناخِ.
The minister stressed the importance of international cooperation in confronting climate change.
تَكْمُنُ أَهَمِّيَّةُ هَذِهِ الدِّراسَةِ في قُدْرَتِها عَلى كَشْفِ العَلاقَةِ المُعَقَّدَةِ بَيْنَ الفَقْرِ وَالتَّعْليمِ.
The importance of this study lies in its ability to reveal the complex relationship between poverty and education.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | أَهَمِّيَّةٌ | أَهَمِّيّاتٌ |
| Genitive | أَهَمِّيَّةٍ | أَهَمِّيّاتٍ |
| Accusative | أَهَمِّيَّةً | أَهَمِّيّاتٍ |
| Vocative | يا أَهَمِّيَّةُ | يا أَهَمِّيّاتُ |
Word family
أَهَمّmore / most importantمُهِمّimportant
اِهْتِمامinterest, attention
هَمّconcern, worry
اِهْتَمَّto care about, to take an interest in
Etymology
The word is built on the Arabic root ه م م (h-m-m), which carries the sense of concern, intent, and what weighs on the mind. Form IV of this root, أَهَمَّ, means to matter to someone or to concern them, and the elative أَهَمّ means more or most important. Adding the abstract suffix ـِيَّة turns that into a noun for the quality itself: importance.
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