تهم

Arabic

Etymology 1

Verb

تهم (form I)

  1. تَهُمُّ (tahummu) /ta.hum.mu/: inflection of هَمَّ (hamma):
    1. second-person masculine singular non-past active indicative
    2. third-person feminine singular non-past active indicative
  2. تُهَمُّ (tuhammu) /tu.ham.mu/: inflection of هَمَّ (hamma):
    1. second-person masculine singular non-past passive indicative
    2. third-person feminine singular non-past passive indicative
  3. تَهُمَّ (tahumma) /ta.hum.ma/: inflection of هَمَّ (hamma):
    1. second-person masculine singular non-past active subjunctive/jussive
    2. third-person feminine singular non-past active subjunctive/jussive
  4. تُهَمَّ (tuhamma) /tu.ham.ma/: inflection of هَمَّ (hamma):
    1. second-person masculine singular non-past passive subjunctive/jussive
    2. third-person feminine singular non-past passive subjunctive/jussive
  5. تَهُمِّ (tahummi) /ta.hum.mi/: inflection of هَمَّ (hamma):
    1. second-person masculine singular non-past active jussive
    2. third-person feminine singular non-past active jussive
  6. تُهَمِّ (tuhammi) /tu.ham.mi/: inflection of هَمَّ (hamma):
    1. second-person masculine singular non-past passive jussive
    2. third-person feminine singular non-past passive jussive

Etymology 2

Verb

تهم (form IV)

  1. تُهِمُّ (tuhimmu) /tu.him.mu/: inflection of أَهَمَّ (ʔahamma):
    1. second-person masculine singular non-past active indicative
    2. third-person feminine singular non-past active indicative
  2. تُهَمُّ (tuhammu) /tu.ham.mu/: inflection of أَهَمَّ (ʔahamma):
    1. second-person masculine singular non-past passive indicative
    2. third-person feminine singular non-past passive indicative
  3. تُهِمَّ (tuhimma) /tu.him.ma/: inflection of أَهَمَّ (ʔahamma):
    1. second-person masculine singular non-past active subjunctive/jussive
    2. third-person feminine singular non-past active subjunctive/jussive
  4. تُهَمَّ (tuhamma) /tu.ham.ma/: inflection of أَهَمَّ (ʔahamma):
    1. second-person masculine singular non-past passive subjunctive/jussive
    2. third-person feminine singular non-past passive subjunctive/jussive
  5. تُهِمِّ (tuhimmi) /tu.him.mi/: inflection of أَهَمَّ (ʔahamma):
    1. second-person masculine singular non-past active jussive
    2. third-person feminine singular non-past active jussive
  6. تُهَمِّ (tuhammi) /tu.ham.mi/: inflection of أَهَمَّ (ʔahamma):
    1. second-person masculine singular non-past passive jussive
    2. third-person feminine singular non-past passive jussive

Persian

Etymology

Probably borrowed from Avestan 𐬙𐬀𐬑𐬨𐬀 (taxma, strong, valiant, mighty) through Middle Persian.

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? taham
Dari reading? taham
Iranian reading? taham
Tajik reading? taham

Adjective

تهم • (taham)

  1. (obsolete) valiant, mighty, heroic
    • 1010, Ferdowsi, شاهنامه [Shahnameh]:
      یکی آفرین کرد سام دلیر
      که تهما هژبرا بزی شاد دیر
      yakē āfarīn kard sām-i dalēr
      ki taham-ā hižabr-ā bizīy šād dēr
      The brave Sām called out a saying of praise:
      "O mighty one, o lion! Live happy and long!"
      (romanization in Classical Persian)

Derived terms

  • تهمتن (tahamtan)