protection, protecting

, (S, Mgh, K,) aor. , (K,) inf. n. حِمَايَةٌ (S, Mgh, K [but said in the Msb to be a simple subst., though afterwards there mentioned as an inf. n.,]) and حَمْىٌ and مَحْمِيَةٌ, (K,) He prohibited it, or interdicted it; or he protected it, defended it, or guarded it, from, or against, encroachment, invasion, or attack. (S, * Mgh, K, * TA.) You say, حَمَى الكَلَأَ, inf. n. حَمْىٌ and حَمِيَّةٌ and حِمَايَةٌ and حَمْوَةٌ, [the last irreg.,] He prohibited, or interdicted, &c., the herbage, or pasture. (K, * TA.) And حَمَى المَكَانَ مِنَ النَّاسِ, aor. , inf. n. حَمْىٌ and حِمْيَةٌ [and حِمَايَةٌ, though here, in the Msb, said to be a simple subst.], He prohibited, or interdicted, the place; or he protected, defended, or guarded, it; from the people [in general]: (Msb:) and, accord. to IB, ↓ احماهُ signifies the same as حَمَاهُ: (TA:) or المكان ↓ احمى signifies he made the place to be what is termed حِمًى, (S, Msb, K,) not to be approached (Msb, K) nor ventured upon, or attempted: (Msb:) or it signifies, (K,) or signifies also, (Msb,) he found it to be what is termed حِمًى: (Msb, K:) or الحِمَى ↓ احمى signifies he made the حمى to be refrained from by people, and to be acknowledged as a حمى: and حَمَاهُ, he prohibited, or interdicted, it; or he protected it, defended it, or guarded it, from, or against, encroachment, invasion, or attack: (AZ:) accord. to Suh, in the R, ↓ احماهُ is of weak authority; but both these verbs are chaste. (TA.) [Hence,] حَمَى ظَهْرَهُ [He prohibited, or interdicted, his back to be used for bearing a rider or any burden], said of a stallion-camel when he is termed حَامٍ, q. v. (Fr, S, K.) You say also, حَمَاهُ مِنَ الشَّىْءِ and حَمَاهُ الشَّىْءَ [He protected, defended, or guarded, him from the thing]. (TA.) And عَنْهُ ↓ حَامَيْتُ, inf. n. مُحَامَاةٌ and حِمَآءٌ, (S, K,) I protected, defended, or guarded, him. (K.) One says, عَنْ وَلَدِهَا ↓ الضَّرُوسُ تُحَامِى [The biting she-camel defends her offspring]. (S.) And فُلَانٌ عِرْضَهُ ↓ احمى [Such a one defended his honour, or reputation]. (TA.) And حَمَيْتُ القَوْمَ, inf. n. حِمَايَةٌ, I aided [and defended] the people, or party. (Msb.) And حَمَيْتُ المَرِيضَ (S, Msb, K) الطَّعَامَ, (S,) or مَا يَضُرُّهُ, (K,) inf. n. حِمْيَةٌ (S, Msb) and حِمْوَةٌ, (S, TA,) [the latter irreg.,] I prohibited, or interdicted, the sick man, (K,) or ordered him to abstain, (PS,) from the food, (PS,) or from what would injure him. (K.) -A2- حَمِىَ, said of the day, and of an oven, (S,) and حَمِيَتْ, said of the sun, and of fire, aor. , (K,) inf. n. حَمْىٌ (S, K) and حُمِىٌّ (K) and حُمُوٌّ [originally حُمُوىٌ], (Lh, K,) It was, or became, vehemently hot. (S, K.) And حَمِىَ المِسْمَارُ, inf. n. حَمْىٌ and حُمُوٌّ, The iron nail was, or became, hot. (K.) And حَمِيَتِ الحَدِيدَةُ The piece of iron was, or became, vehemently hot by means of fire. (Msb.) ― -b2- حَمِىَ الوَطِيسُ [lit. The oven became vehemently hot;] means (assumed tropical:) the war, or fight, became vehement; (S and K in art. وطس;) and is used as a prov., relating to a severe case or event. (As, TA in that art.) ― -b3- حَمِىَ الفَرَسُ, inf. n. حِمًى [and app., accord. to the TA, حَمْىٌ also], The horse was, or became, hot, and sweated. (K.) ― -b4- حَمِيتُ فِى الغَضَبِ [I was, or became, hot in anger], inf. n. حَمِىٌّ. (Lh, TA.) And غَضَبًا ↓ احتمى [He became hot by reason of anger]. (A in art. لغد.) And حَمِيتُ عَلَيْهِ, accord. to El-Umawee, [حَمِيأْتُ,] with hemz, I was, or became, angry with him. (S, TA.) And حَمِىَ أَنْفُهُ He became vehemently angry, or enraged. (IAth, TA in art. انف.) And حَمِىَ عَنْهُ, (S,) or مِنْهُ, (K,) or both, (TA,) aor. , (K,) inf. n. حَمِيَّةٌ (S, Mgh, * Msb, * K) and مَحْمِيَةٌ, (S, Mgh, * K,) i. q. أَنِفَ [He disdained it; scorned it; &c.]; (S, Mgh, * Msb, * K;) he was ashamed, and he disdained, or scorned, to do it. (S, TA.) And حَمِىَ مِنْ ذٰلِكَ أَنْفًا He was seized, or affected, thereat, or by reason of that, with disdain, scorn, or indignation. (TA, from a trad.) And حَمِىَ also signifies He refused to bear, endure, or tolerate, wrongful treatment. (TA.) -A3- See also 4.

see 1, in two places. ― -b2- حَامَيْتُ عَلَى ضَيْفِى I exerted myself for my guest [in paying honour to him, and entertaining him]. (S, K.)

: see 1, in five places. -A2- Also He made the sun, and fire, to be vehemently hot; said of God: (Lh, K:) and in like manner, a piece of iron; said of a man: (Msb:) [or] he heated an iron nail, (ISk, K,) and a piece of iron, (ISk, S,) &c., in the fire: (ISk:) one should not say ↓ حَمَى in this sense; (ISk, S, Msb, TA;) app., in chaste speech; for otherwise one does say, حَمَى الشَّىْءَ فِى النَّارِ, meaning He put the thing into the thing into the fire [and so heated it]. (TA.) And احمى المِيسَمَ and احمى عَلَيْهِ He kindled fire upon the branding-iron [and so heated it]. (Mgh.) ― -b2- [Hence,] احماهُ عَلَى القِتَالِ [He excited him to ardour for fight]. (S in art. حرض; &c.)

see 8.

Men guarded against, were cautious of, and kept aloof from, or shunned, or avoided, him, or it. (S, K.)

He protected, defended, or guarded, himself, [or he became protected, &c.,] from a thing. (KL.) ― -b2- And He (a sick man, K) refrained, forbore, or abstained, (K, KL,) مِنَ الطَّعَامِ [from food, or the food], (S,) or مِمَّا يَضُرُّهُ [from what would injure him]; (TA;) as also ↓ تحمّى. (K.) ٱحْتِمَايَا occurs at the end of a verse, preserving the original form, [for ٱحْتِمَآءَ,] accord. to a dial. of certain of the Arabs. (S.) -A2- احتمى غَضَبًا: see 1.

It (a thing, such as the night, and a collection of clouds,) was, or became, black. (Lth, K.) [See also the part. n., مُحْمَوْمٍ, below: and see the second sentence of the first paragraph of art. حم.]

The venom, or poison, (Lth, Lh, S, K,) and hurt, (S,) of a scorpion, (Lth, S,) and of anything that stings or bites: (Lth:) originally حُمَوٌ or حُمًى: (S:) and IAar mentions حُمَّةٌ [q. v. in art. حم]. (TA.) ― -b2- And The sting of the hornet, (Lth, K,) and of the scorpion, (Lth, IAth,) and the like, (Lth,) and of the serpent; (K;) because the venom comes forth from it: (IAth:) so applied by the vulgar: (Lth:) pl. حُمَاتٌ and حُمًى. (K.) ― -b3- Vehemence of cold. (K, * TA.)

: see حَمْوٌ, in art. حمو.

[or حَمَا واللّٰه] i. q. أَمَاواللّٰه q. v. (Sgh, K.) -A2- الحَمَى [or الحَمَا] for الحَمَام: see حَمَامٌ, in art. حم.

A thing prohibited, or interdicted; (S, K;) as also ↓ حِمَآءٌ and ↓ حِمْيَةٌ; (K;) and not to be approached: (S:) [and, as an epithet in which the quality of a subst. is predominant,] a place of herbage, or pasture, (Lth, Mgh, Msb, * TA, and Ham p. 539,) and of water, (Ham ibid.,) prohibited to the people, [i. e. to the public,] (Lth, Mgh, and Ham ubi suprà,) so that they may not pasture their beasts in it, (Lth, Mgh,) nor approach it, (Mgh, Msb,) nor venture upon it: (Msb:) it was a custom of the noble among the Arabs, in the Time of Ignorance, when he alighted in a district [that pleased him], among his kinsfolk, to incite a dog to bark, and to prohibit for his own special friends or dependents the space throughout which the bark of the dog was heard, so that none else should pasture his beasts there; while he shared with the people in the other places of pasture, around it: but the Prophet forbade this: (Esh-Sháfi'ee, TA:) he said, “ There shall be no حمى except for God and for his Apostle; ” (Esh-Sháfi'ee, S, Mgh, TA;) meaning, except for the horses employed in war against the unbelievers and for the camels taken for the poor-rate: (Esh-Sháfi'ee, Mgh, TA:) afterwards, the term was applied in a general sense: (Esh-Sháfi'ee, TA:) the pl. is أَحْمَآءٌ (S and K in art. حجر) and أَحْمِيَةٌ: (Ham p. 496:) and the dual is حِمَيَانِ and حِمَوَانِ; (ISk, S, Msb, TA;) the latter irreg., (TA,) heard by Ks, but be preferred the former. (S.) You say, هٰذَا شَىْءٌ حِمًى This is a thing prohibited, or interdicted; not to be approached. (S.) And كَلَأٌ حِمًى Herbage, or pasture, that is prohibited, or interdicted. (K.) -A2- See also حِمَآءٌ.

: see the next preceding paragraph. -A2- Also an inf. n. of حَمَى المَكَانَ [q. v.]: (Msb:) and of حَمَيْتُ المَرِيضَ [q. v.]. (S, Msb.) -A3- Also The practising abstinence; (PS in art. ازم;) [especially the abstaining from things injurious in a case of sickness;] the abstaining, or desisting, from eating. (TA in that art.)