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حُلْم
dream /ˈħulm/
nounA1#584 most common
Also: aspiration, vision seen in sleep
Example sentences
هٰذَا حُلْمٌ جَمِيلٌ.
This is a beautiful dream.
رَأَيْتُ حُلْمًا غَرِيبًا الْبَارِحَةَ.
I had a strange dream last night.
حُلْمِي أَنْ أَزُورَ مِصْرَ يَوْمًا مَا.
My dream is to visit Egypt someday.
أَخِيرًا تَحَقَّقَ حُلْمُهُ فِي أَنْ يُصْبِحَ طَيَّارًا.
His dream of becoming a pilot finally came true.
لَا تَدَعْ أَحْلَامَكَ تَمُوتُ مَهْمَا كَانَتِ الظُّرُوفُ.
Do not let your dreams die, whatever the circumstances.
بَيْنَ الْحُلْمِ وَالْوَاقِعِ مَسَافَةٌ لَا يَقْطَعُهَا إِلَّا الْعَمَلُ.
Between the dream and reality lies a distance that only work can cross.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | حُلْمٌ | أَحْلَامٌ |
| Genitive | حُلْمٍ | أَحْلَامٍ |
| Accusative | حُلْمًا | أَحْلَامًا |
| Vocative | يَا حُلْمُ | يَا أَحْلَامُ |
Word family
حَلَمَto dream (of)
حَالِمdreamy; daydreaming
أَحْلَامdreams
اِحْتَلَمَto have a wet dream; reach puberty
Etymology
The word comes from the Semitic triliteral root ḥ-l-m, tied to the verb ḥalama, 'to dream.' The same root yields ihtilām, the onset of puberty, and, under a different vocalization, ḥilm, 'forbearance.' Arabic is not an Indo-European language, so it has no Proto-Indo-European root.
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