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وَهْمِيّ
imaginary, illusory (not real, existing only in the mind) /wahˈmiː/
adjectiveB2#3816 most common
Also: fictitious, fake, bogus, hypothetical
Example sentences
عندي صديق وهمي.
I have an imaginary friend.
هذا الوحش وهمي، غير موجود في الحقيقة.
This monster is imaginary; it doesn't exist in reality.
الأرقام الوهمية جزء مهم من الرياضيات.
Imaginary numbers are an important part of mathematics.
أنشأ حسابا وهميا لينشر الشائعات على الإنترنت.
He created a fake account to spread rumors online.
تعيش بعض الشركات على أرباح وهمية لا أساس لها في الواقع.
Some companies survive on illusory profits with no basis in reality.
تكمن خطورة الشائعات في قدرتها على خلق واقع وهمي يوازي الواقع الفعلي تأثيرا في الرأي العام.
The danger of rumors lies in their power to create an illusory reality that rivals actual reality in its effect on public opinion.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | وَهْمِيٌّ | وَهْمِيُّونَ |
| Genitive | وَهْمِيٍّ | وَهْمِيِّينَ |
| Accusative | وَهْمِيًّا | وَهْمِيِّينَ |
| Vocative | يا وَهْمِيُّ | يا وَهْمِيُّونَ |
Word family
وَهْمillusion, delusion, phantasm
تَوَهَّمَto imagine, to fancy, to delude oneself
وَاهِمmistaken, laboring under a delusion
مُتَوَهَّمimagined, supposed, presumed
وَهْمِيّةillusory nature, fictitiousness
Etymology
The word comes from the Arabic root و-ه-م (w-h-m), which carries the sense of fancy, delusion, or mistaken belief. The base noun وَهْم (wahm) means illusion or delusion. Adding the nisba suffix ـِيّ, which turns nouns into relational adjectives (roughly 'relating to'), gives وَهْمِيّ, meaning 'illusory' or 'imaginary'.
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