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حَلَم
to dream /ˈħa.la.ma/
verbA2#1388 most common
Also: to dream of, to daydream, to aspire to
Example sentences
أَنَا أَحْلُمُ كَثِيرًا.
I dream a lot.
هِيَ تَحْلُمُ بِالسَّفَرِ.
She dreams of traveling.
حَلَمْتُ بِكَ البَارِحَةَ.
I dreamed of you last night.
كُلُّ طِفْلٍ يَحْلُمُ بِمُسْتَقْبَلٍ أَفْضَلَ.
Every child dreams of a better future.
كَانَ يَحْلُمُ بِأَنْ يُصْبِحَ طَبِيبًا مُنْذُ صِغَرِهِ.
He had dreamed of becoming a doctor since he was young.
مَنْ حَلَمَ بِالمَجْدِ دُونَ عَمَلٍ اسْتَيْقَظَ عَلَى خَيْبَةٍ مُرَّةٍ.
Whoever dreams of glory without work wakes to bitter disappointment.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أَحْلُمُ | حَلَمْتُ | سَأَحْلُمُ |
| 2sg | تَحْلُمُ | حَلَمْتَ | سَتَحْلُمُ |
| 3sg | يَحْلُمُ | حَلَمَ | سَيَحْلُمُ |
| 1pl | نَحْلُمُ | حَلَمْنَا | سَنَحْلُمُ |
| 2pl | تَحْلُمُونَ | حَلَمْتُمْ | سَتَحْلُمُونَ |
| 3pl | يَحْلُمُونَ | حَلَمُوا | سَيَحْلُمُونَ |
Word family
حُلْم (ḥulm)dream
أَحْلَام (aḥlām)dreams
حَالِم (ḥālim)dreaming, dreamy
حِلْم (ḥilm)forbearance, clemency
اِحْتَلَمَ (iḥtalama)to reach puberty
Etymology
The verb comes from the Semitic root ḥ-l-m, which carries the sense of dreaming across the family. Hebrew ḥālam and Aramaic ḥelmā mean the same thing. In Arabic the same root also produced ḥilm, meaning forbearance, a separate line of development from the same three consonants.
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