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مَهَمَّة
task /maˈham.ma/
nounB1#1665 most common
Also: mission, assignment, errand
Example sentences
المَهَمَّة سَهْلة.
The task is easy.
عِنْدي مَهَمَّة اليَوْم.
I have a task today.
أَنْجَزْتُ المَهَمَّة بِنَجاح.
I completed the task successfully.
كانَتِ المَهَمَّة صَعْبة لكِنَّهُ أَكْمَلَها.
The task was difficult, but he finished it.
تَتَطَلَّبُ هذِهِ المَهَمَّة تَعاوُنَ الفَريقِ بِأَكْمَلِه.
This task requires the cooperation of the entire team.
أُوكِلَت إِلَيْهِ مَهَمَّة حَسّاسة لا تَحْتَمِلُ التَّأْخير.
A sensitive task that allows no delay was assigned to him.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | مَهَمَّةٌ | مَهَمَّاتٌ |
| Genitive | مَهَمَّةٍ | مَهَمَّاتٍ |
| Accusative | مَهَمَّةً | مَهَمَّاتٍ |
| Vocative | يا مَهَمَّةُ | يا مَهَمَّاتُ |
Word family
مُهِمّimportant
أَهَمِّيَّةimportance
اِهْتِمامattention, interest
هَمّconcern, worry
أَهَمَّto be of importance to, to concern
Etymology
The word comes from the triliteral root ه-م-م (h-m-m), which carries the sense of concern, weight, and importance. It follows the مَفْعَلة pattern, which forms nouns of instance or place. So a مَهَمَّة is, at root, a matter that concerns you, a thing you must attend to.
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