inhimāk

dedication, absorption, preoccupation

اِنْهِماك

Word

Noun · pattern اِفْعِمال

Root

ن ه ك

In the library

ومن مفاسد الحضارة أيضاً الانهماك في الشهوات والاسترسال فيها لكثرة الترف، فيقع التفنن في شهوات البطن من المآكل والملاذ والمشارب وطيبها.

The Muqaddimah, page 222 →

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Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 3 entries

نَهِكَ الشَّراَبَ Form I He consumed the beverage

He consumed the beverage. (K.) ― -b2- نَهَِكَهُ الدِّباَغُ [The tan wore it, or eroded it], namely, a hide. (M and K, voce مُفَلْفَلٌ.) See مَفَلْفَلٌ.
اِنْتَهَكَ مَحَارِمَ ٱللّٰهِ Form VIII He violated the sacred ordinances of God

[He violated the sacred ordinances of God;] he did that which God had forbidden him to do. (Har, p. 18; where see more.) ― -b2- اِنْتَهَكَ حُرْمَتَهُ He violated [his honour, &c.]. (MA.)
مَنْهُوكٌ Affected with a constant, or chronic, pervading disease

Affected with a constant, or chronic, pervading disease; or emaciated by disease, so as to be at the point of death. (S, K.) ― -b2- See مَثْلُوثٌ.

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