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تُهْمَة
accusation /ˈtuh.ma/
nounA2#1178 most common
Also: charge, indictment, suspicion
Example sentences
هَذِهِ تُهْمَة.
This is an accusation.
وَجَّهَ لَهُ تُهْمَة.
He made an accusation against him.
أَنْكَرَ المُتَّهَمُ كُلَّ تُهْمَةٍ.
The accused denied every charge.
لَمْ تَجِدِ الشُّرْطَةُ أَيَّ دَلِيلٍ يُثْبِتُ التُّهْمَةَ.
The police found no evidence to prove the charge.
بَرَّأَتْهُ المَحْكَمَةُ مِنْ تُهْمَةِ الِاحْتِيَالِ لِعَدَمِ كِفَايَةِ الأَدِلَّةِ.
The court acquitted him of the charge of fraud for lack of sufficient evidence.
ظَلَّتِ التُّهَمُ المُوَجَّهَةُ إِلَيْهِ مُجَرَّدَ افْتِرَاءَاتٍ لَا تَسْتَنِدُ إِلَى أَسَاسٍ قَانُونِيٍّ سَلِيمٍ.
The charges leveled against him remained mere fabrications with no sound legal basis.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | تُهْمَةٌ | تُهَمٌ |
| Genitive | تُهْمَةٍ | تُهَمٍ |
| Accusative | تُهْمَةً | تُهَماً |
| Vocative | يا تُهْمَةُ | يا تُهَمُ |
Word family
اِتَّهَمَto accuse
اِتِّهَامaccusation, indictment
مُتَّهَمthe accused, defendant
مُتَّهِمaccuser
وَهْمillusion, delusionEtymology
The word comes from the Arabic root w-h-m, which means to imagine or to suspect. The initial w shifted to t, producing tuhma. The sense moved from a suspicion held in the mind to a formal charge brought against a person.
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