حلم

See also: ح ل م

Arabic

Etymology 1

From the root ح ل م (ḥ-l-m). Compare Hebrew חֲלוֹם (khalóm).

Verb

حَلَمَ (ḥalama) I, non-past يَحْلُمُ‎ (yaḥlumu)

  1. to dream
  2. to muse, to reflect, to meditate
  3. to attain puberty
Conjugation

Etymology 2

Verb

حَلُمَ (ḥaluma) I, non-past يَحْلُمُ‎ (yaḥlumu)

  1. to be gentle, to be mild-mannered
Conjugation

Etymology 3

Noun

حُلْم or حُلُم (ḥulm or ḥulum) m (plural أَحْلَام (ʾaḥlām))

  1. verbal noun of حَلَمَ (ḥalama) (form I)
  2. dream
  3. (in the plural) utopia, irreality
Declension
See also

Etymology 4

Noun

حُلُم (ḥulum) m

  1. verbal noun of حَلَمَ (ḥalama) (form I)
  2. puberty, sexual maturity
Declension

Etymology 5

Noun

حِلْم (ḥilm) m (plural حُلُوم (ḥulūm) or أَحْلَام (ʾaḥlām))

  1. verbal noun of حَلُمَ (ḥaluma) (form I)
  2. discretion, prudence
  3. clemency, forbearance, leniency, long-suffering, longanimity, tolerance, toleration
    • Al-Shafi'i
      يُخَاطِبُنِي السَّفِيهُ بِكُلِّ قُبْحٍ / فَأَكْرَهُ أَنْ أَكُونَ لَهُ مُجِيبًا
      يَزِيدُ سَفَاهَةً فَأَزِيدُ حِلْمًا / كَعُودٍ زَادَهُ الْإِحْرَاقُ طِيبًا
      yuḵāṭibuni s-safīhu bikulli qubḥin / faʾakrahu ʾan ʾakūna lahū mujīban
      yazīdu safāhatan faʾazīdu ḥilman / kaʿūdin zādahu l-ʾiḥrāqu ṭīban
      (please add an English translation of this quote)
Declension

Etymology 6

Noun

حَلَم (ḥalam) m (collective, singulative حَلَمَة (ḥalama))

  1. tick(s), mite(s)
  2. nipple(s), teat(s)
Declension

References

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