Edward William Lane, An Arabic-English Lexicon, ه

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1 هَمَّ ذ He purposed, or intended, a thing. هَمٌّ denotes more than إِِرَادَةٌ, and less than عَزْمٌ. (Kull, p. 382.) ― -b2- لَا مَهَمَّةَ وَلَا مَكَادَةَ: see art. كود. ― -b3- هَمَّ بِالشَّىْءِ [He meditated, proposed to himself, purposed, or intended, to do the thing:] he desired to do the thing, (S, Msb,) without doing it; (Msb;) he endeavoured to do the thing. (S.) ― -b4- هَمَّ بِالأَمْرِ He intended the affair. or purposed it; or he desired it. (Mgh.) ― -b5- هَمَّ بِهِ فِى نَفْسِهِ [aor. هَمُ3َ ] He intended it, meant it, desired it. or determined upon it, in his mind. (TA.) See also a verse cited voce رُتَمٌ. ― -b6- هم بِالبَكَآءِ [He was about, or ready, to weep; like أَرَادَ البُكَآءَ, and تَهَيَّأَ لِلبُكَآءِ q. v.]. (A, art. جهش, &c.) ― -b7- هَمَّ بالسُّقُوط [It threatened to fall], said of a wall. (S, in art. وهى, &c.) ― -b8- هَمَّهُ and ↓ أَهَمَّهُ It disquieted him; (Msb;) caused him care, or anxiety. ― -b9- لَا يُهِمُّهُ إِِلَّا بَطْنُهُ [Nothing causes him care, or anxiety, but his belly]. (S in art. بطن.)