ilhām
inspiration
إِلْهام
Word
Noun · pattern إِفْعالRoot
ل ه مIn the library
ونحن ألهمنا الله إلى ذلك الهاماً وأعثرنا على علم جعلنا سن بكره وجهينة خبره.
The Muqaddimah, page 4 →From the same root
- لَهِمَconsume, destroy, devour
- أَلْهَمَinspire, make swallow
- تَلَهَّمَconsume, destroy, devour
- لَهُومgreedy
- مُلْهِمinspiration
- مُلْهَمinspired
- اِلْتَهَمَconsume, destroy, devour
- اِسْتَلْهَمَseek inspiration, be inspired
- اِلْتِهامdevouring, swallowing up
- اِسْتِلْهامsearch for inspiration, inspiration
Lane's Lexicon
Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 3 entries-
أَلْهَمَهُ ٱللّٰهُ لِلْخَيْرِ Form IV God directed him by inspiration to that which was good, or to prosperity
[God directed him by inspiration to that which was good, or to prosperity] (TA, art. وفق) ― -b2- أَلْهَمَهُ إِيَّاهُ He suggested it to him; (in the order of the words, he suggested to him it;) he put it into his mind. -
اِلْتَهَمَ Form VIII He gulped
He gulped. -
لَاهُمَّ Open entry
and اللّٰهُمَّ: see اللّٰهُ.
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