ḥam

father-in-law

حَم

Word

Noun

Root

ح م م

Forms

Plural
أَحْماء

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سُورَةُ الْمُؤْمِنِ قَالَ الْبُخَارِيُّ وَيُقَالُ حم مَجَازُهَا مَجَازُ أَوَائِلِ السُّوَرِ وَيُقَالُ بَلْ هُوَ اسْمٌ لِقَوْلِ شُرَيْحِ بْنِ أَبِي أَوْفَى الْعَبْسِيِّ يُذَكِّرُنِي حاميم وَالرُّمْحُ شَاجِرٌ

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Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 12 entries
  • حَمَّ Form I It (water) became hot
    , (S, K,) see. pers. حَمِمْتَ, aor. , inf. n. حَمٌّ, (TA,) [or perhaps this should be حَمَمٌ,] It (water) became hot. (S, K, TA.) ― -b2- حَمِمْتُ, aor. , (K,) inf. n. حَمَمٌ, (S, K,) I was, or became, أَحَمّ, signifying black; (S, K; [accord. to the latter of which, and accord. to El-Hejeree, this epithet also signifies white; but it appears from the TA that the former only is here meant; and the verb seems primarily to signify I became rendered black by heat;]) as also ↓ اِحْمَوْمَيْتُ [originally اِحْمَوْمَمْتُ, or from حَمَى, q. v.], and ↓ تحمّمت, (K, [omitted in the TA,]) and ↓ تَحَمْحَمْتُ. (K, TA: the last, in the CK, written تَحْمَمْتُ.) ― -b3- حَمَّ الجَمْرُ, see. pers. حَمِمْتَ, aor. , inf. n. حَمَمٌ, The live coals became black, after their flaming had ceased, or after they had become extinguished: (Msb:) or حَمَّتِ الجَمْرَةُ, (S, K,) sec. pers. as above, (TA,) aor. , the live coal became a piece of charcoal, (S, K,) or of ashes. (S.) -A2- , حَمَّهُ (S, K,) aor. , (S,) inf. n. حَمٌّ, (TA,) He heated it, namely, water, (S, K, TA,) with fire; (TA;) as also ↓ احمّهُ, (S, K,) and ↓ حمّمهُ. (K.) You say, لَنَا المَآءَ ↓ أَحِمُّوا, (TA,) or مِنَ المَآءِ (S,) Heat ye for us the water, or some of the water. (S, TA.) ― -b2- He heated it; kindled fire in it; filled it with firewood, to heat it; or heated it fully with fuel; namely, an oven. (K, * TA.) ― -b3- حَمَّ الأَلْيَةَ, (S,) or الشَّحْمَةَ, (K,) aor. , (S,) inf. n. حَمٌّ, (TA,) He melted [the fat of a sheep's tail, or the piece of fat]. (S, K.) ― -b4- حَمَّ نَفْسَهُ: see 4 ― -b5- حُمَّ He (a man, S) was, or became, fevered, or affected with fever; or he had, or was sick of, a fever: (S, Mgh, Msb, K:) or one says [of himself], حُمِمْتُ حُمَّى, (K, TA, [in the CK, erroneously, حَمَمْتُ,]) حُمَّى being held by ISd to be an inf. n. like بُشْرَى and رُجْعَى; (TA;) and the simple subst. [also] is حُمَّى: (K:) [or the inf. n. is حَمٌّ; for] you say, حُمِمْتُ حَمًّا; and the simple subst. is حُمَّى. (L.) And حُمَّ عَلَى طَعَامٍ He had a fever from eating [certain] food. (K, * TA.) And حمّ, [app. حُمَّ,] inf. n. حُمَامٌ said of a camel, He had a fever. (TA. [See حُمَامٌ, below.]) ― -b6- حَمَّهُ said of an affair, an event, or a case: see 4. ― -b7- حَمَّ ٱرْتِحَالَ, البَعِيرِ, (Fr, S, K,) aor. , (S,) He hastened the going, or departure, of the camel. (Fr, S, K.) -A3- حَمَّ لَهُ كَذَا, and ↓ احمّ, He (God) decreed, or appointed, to him, or for him, such a thing. (K, TA.) And حُمَّ, (S, K,) inf. n. حَمٌّ, (K,) or حُمُومٌ, (Har p. 347,) It (a thing, S, or an event, K) was decreed, or appointed; (Sudot;, K;) as also ↓ أُحِمٌ. (S.) And حُمَّ لَهُ ذٰلِكَ That was decreed, or appointed, to him, or for him. (K.) -A4- حَمَّ حَمَّهُ, (S, K,) aor. , (S,) i. q. قَصَدَ قَصْدَهُ [like أَبَّ أَبَّهُ, q. v.; حَمَّ in this sense being a dial. var. of أَمَّ, as also أَبَّ]. (S, K.) ― -b2- See also 4 as an in trans. v.
  • حمّمهُ Form II He blackened
    : see 1. ― -b2- Also, (S, Msb, K, *) inf. n. تَحْمِيمٌ, (Msb,) He blackened (S Msb, K) his (a man's, S) face, (S, K,) or it, one's face, (Msb,) with charcoal. (Sudot;, Msb, K.) [Hence,] حُمِّمَ وَجْهُ الزَّانِى The face of the fornicator, or adulterer, was blackened [with charcoal]. (Mgh. [See 2 in art. جبه.]) ― -b3- [Using the verb intransitively,] you say also, حَمَّمَ رَأْسُهُ His head became black after shaving: (S, Mgh, TA:) [i. e.] the hair of his head grew [again] after it had been shaven. (K.) And hence, حمّم بِالمَآءِ, said of the hair, It was rendered black by the water: because the hair, when shaggy, or dishevelled, in consequence of its being seldom dressed or anointed, becomes dusty; and when it is washed with water, its blackness appears. (TA.) And حمّم الغُلَامُ The boy's, or young man's, beard appeared. (K.) And حمّم الفَرْخُ The young bird's plumage came forth: (S, K:) or its down. (TA.) And حَمَّمَتِ الأَرْضُ The herbage of the land appeared, of a green hue inclining to black. (K.) -A2- حمّم ٱمْرَأَتَهُ, (S, K,) inf. n. تَحْمِيمٌ (Mgh, TA) [and تَحِمَّةٌ], He gave a present to his wife after divorce: (S, M, K: *) the explanation in the K, مَتَّعَهَا بِالطَّلَاقِ, should be, as in the [S and] M, متّعها بِشَىْءٍ بَعْدَ الطَّلَاقِ. (TA.) The verb is doubly trans., as meaning أَعْطَى: so in the phrase, حَمَّمَهَاخَادِمًا سَوْدَآءَ He gave her, after divorce, a black female slave: or this may be for حَمَّمَهَابِهَا. (TA.) [Hence,] ثِيَابُ التَّحِمَّة The clothing with which a man attires his wife when he gives her a gift after divorce. (K, TA.)
  • حامّهُ Form III He approached, or drew near to, him, or it
    , inf. n. مُحَامَّةٌ, i. q. قَارَبَهُ [app. as meaning He approached, or drew near to, him, or it]. (K.) And حَامَمْتُهُ, (inf. n. as above, K,) I desired, or sought, to obtain from him, or I demanded of him, something. (El-Umawee, S, K.)
  • احمّهُ Form IV He washed him (namely, another man,) with
    as syn. with حَمَّهُ and حَمَّمَهُ: see 1, in two places. ― -b2- Also He washed him (namely, another man,) with حَمِيم [i.e. hot water]. (S.) And احمّ نَفْسَهُ He washed himself with cold water, (K,) accord. to IAar: but accord. to others, with hot water; as also نَفْسَهُ ↓ حَمَّ: and حُمُومٌ [is an inf. n. of حَمَّ, and] signifies the washing oneself; but is of a vulgar dialect. (TA. [See also 10.]) ― -b3- He (God) caused him to have, or be sick of, a fever. (S, Msb, K.) ― -b4- It (an affair, an event, or a case,) rendered him anxious, disquieted him, or grieved him; syn. أَهَمَّهُ; (S, K;) as also ↓ حَمَّهُ. (K.) And أُحِمَّ He (a man) was affected with confusion, perplexity, fear, impatience, disquietude, or agitation, and anxiety, or grief. (TA.) -A2- He (God) rendered him, or caused him to be, أَحَمّ, (S, K,) i. e. black. (S.) -A3- He caused it to draw near, or approach. (Msb.) -A4- أَحَيَّتِ الأَرْضُ The land had fever in it: (S, K:) or had much fever in it. (TA.) -A5- احمّ It drew near, or approached; (S, Msb, K;) as also ↓ حَمَّ, [in the Ham p. 350, written حُمَّ,] aor. , inf. n. حَمٌّ: (Msb:) it was, or became, present: (K:) its time drew near, or came; as also اجمّ: so says Ks; and thus this last verb is explained by As; but he knew not احمّ in this sense. (S, TA.) You say, أَحَمَّتِ الحَاجَةُ and اجمّت The object of want became near; (ISk, TA;) and both are mentioned by Fr. (S.) And احمّ قُدُومُهُمْ and اجمّ Their coming drew near. (Fr, TA.) The Kilábeeyeh says, احمّ رَحِيلُنَا فَنَحْنُ سَايأِرُونَ غَدًا [Our departure has drawn near, and we are going tomorrow]: and اجمّ رحيلنا فنحن سايأرون اليَوْمَ [Our departure is determined upon, and we are going to-day]; meaning we have determined upon our going to-day. (TA.) -A6- أَحَمَّ لَهُ كَذَا; and أُحِمَّ: see 1, near the end of the paragraph.
  • تَحَمَّ3َ Form V Open entry
    see 1: -A2- and see also 10.
  • احتمّ Form VIII He was, or became, anxious, disquieted, or grieved
    He was, or became, anxious, disquieted, or grieved, syn. اهتمّ, (S, TA,) لَهث for him; as though for one near and dear to him: (TA: [see حَمِيمٌ:]) or he was, or became, anxious, disquieted, or grieved, and sleepless: (Ham p. 90:) or he was, or became, anxious, disquieted, or grieved, by night: (K, and Ham ibid.:) اِهْتِمَام differing from اِحْتَمَام in being [often] by day: (Ham p. 433:) and he slept not by reason of anxiety, disquietude, or grief. (K.) And ٱحْتَمَّتِ العَيْنُ The eye was, or became, sleepless, without pain. (K.) Also احتمّ لِفُلَانٍ He was, or became, sharp, hasty, or irascible, towards such a one. (TA.)
  • استحمّ Form X He washed himself with hot water
    He washed himself with hot water: (S, Msb, K: or accord. to some copies of the K, استحمّ بِالحَمِيمِ has this meaning:) this is the primary signification: (S:) then applied, (S, Msb,) by reason of frequency of usage, (Msb,) to mean he washed himself with any water. (S, Msb. [See also 4.]) ― -b2- He entered the حَمَّام [or hot bath]: (Mgh, TA:) ↓ تحمّم [in this sense] is not of established authority. (Mgh.) ― -b3- He sweated: (S, K:) said of a man, (TA,) and of a horse (S, TA) or similar beast. (TA.)
  • إِحْمَوْمَ3َ Form XII Open entry
    see 1, second sentence.
  • حَمْحَمَ He (a horse) uttered his cry
    , [inf. n. حَمْحَمَةٌ,] He (a horse) uttered his cry, [or neighed,] when desiring fodder; as also ↓ تَحَمْحَمَ: (S:) accord. to Az, حَمْحَمَةٌ is app. a word imitative of the cry of the horse when he desires fodder; or when he sees his master to whom he has been accustomed, and behaves familiarly towards him: (TA:) or it signifies a horse's uttering a cry with a kind of yearning sound, in order that his master may feel tenderness for him; as also ↓ تَحَمْحُمٌ: (EM p. 250:) or, of a بِرْذَوْن [or hack, or the like,] the uttering of a cry [or neighing] such as is not loud; and of a horse [of good breed], the uttering of a cry not so loud as the صَهِيل [or usual neighing]: (Lth, TA:) or, of the برذون, the uttering of a cry when desiring the barley: (K, * TA:) and the عِرّ, or عِزّ, [accord. to different copies of the K, but each is app. a mistranscription, for عِىّ as meaning faltering of the voice or cry.] of the horse, when falling, or stopping, short in neighing, and seeking self-help [to finish it]; as also ↓ تَحَمْحُمٌ: (K:) and the bull's uttering a cry with the desire of leaping the cow. (Az, K.)
  • تَحَمْحَمَ Open entry
    : see 1, second sentence: -A2- and see also R. Q. 1, in three places.
  • حٰمٓ Open entry
    : see حَامِيم, throughout.
  • حَمٌ Open entry
    : see art. حمو.

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