1 حَمَّ حم , (S, K,) see. pers. حَمِمْتَ, aor. حَمَ3َ , inf. n. حَمٌّ, (TA,) [or perhaps this should be حَمَمٌ,] It (water) became hot. (S, K, TA.) ― -b2- حَمِمْتُ, aor. حَمَ3َ , (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. حَمَ3َ , 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. حَمَ3َ , the live coal became a piece of charcoal, (S, K,) or of ashes. (S.) -A2- , حَمَّهُ (S, K,) aor. حَمُ3َ , (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. حَمُ3َ , (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 ارْتِحَالَ, البَعِيرِ, (Fr, S, K,) aor. حَمُ3َ , (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. حَمُ3َ , (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.

2 حمّمهُ حمم حممه حممة : 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 امْرَأَتَهُ, (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.) 3 حامّهُ حام حامه حامة , 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.)

4 احمّهُ احمه احمة أحم أحمى أحمه حام حم حمى حمي وحم 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. حَمِ3َ , 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 سَائِرُونَ غَدًا [Our departure has drawn near, and we are going tomorrow]: and اجمّ رحيلنا فنحن سائرون 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.

5 تَحَمَّ3َ see 1: -A2- and see also 10.

8 احتمّ احتم أحتم حتم ٱحتمى 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 احْتَمَّتِ 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.)

10 استحمّ أستحم استحم ٱستحم 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.)

12 إِِحْمَوْمَ3َ see 1, second sentence. R. Q. 1 حَمْحَمَ حمحم , [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.) R. Q. 2 تَحَمْحَمَ حمحم تحمحم : see 1, second sentence: -A2- and see also R. Q. 1, in three places. حٰم= حٰم= : see حَامِيم, throughout. حَمٌ حذم : see art. حمو. حَمٌّ حم , [in the CK, erroneously, حُمّ,] The vehemence, or intenseness, of the heat of the ظَهِيرَة [or midday in summer]. (K, TA.) You say, أَتيْتُهُ حَمَّ الظَّهِيرَةِ [I came to him during the vehemence of the heat of the midday in summer]. (TA.) ― -b2- The main, or chief, part of a thing; (K;) and so ↓ حُمَّةٌ in the phrase حُمَّةُ الحَرِّ [the main, or chief, part of the heat]. (S, TA.) ― -b3- See also حَمِيمَةٌ. ― -b4- The remains of the أَلْيَة [or tail of a sheep] after the melting [of the fat]: n. un. with ة: and what is melted thereof: (S:) or the part of the الية of which one has melted the grease, (As, T, K,) when no grease remains in it; (As, T, TA;) and of fat: n. un. with ة: or what remains of melted fat: (K:) accord. to Az, the correct explanation is that of As: but he adds, I have heard the Arabs call thus what is melted of the hump of a camel: and they called the hump الشَّحْمُ. (TA.) ― -b5- Property, or cattle and the like; and goods, commodities, or householdfurniture and utensils. (Sh, TA.) -A2- مَا لَهُ سَمٌّ وَلَا حَمٌّ غَيْرُكَ, (S,) or ماله حَمٌّ ولا سَمٌّ, (K,) and ↓ ولا حُمٌّ , (S,) or حُمٌّ ولا سُمٌّ, (K,) and حَمٌّ ولا رَمٌّ, and ولا رُمٌّ ↓ حُمٌّ , (TA,) He has no object in his mind except thee; syn. هَمٌّ: (S, K, * TA: [see also art. سمّ:]) or ما له حمّ ولا سمّ, (K,) or حمّ ولا رمّ, (TA,) means he has neither little nor much. (K, TA.) ― -b2- And مَالِى مِنْهُ حَمٌّ, (S,) or عَنْهُ, (K,) and ↓ حُمٌّ , (S, K,) and رَمٌّ, and رُمٌّ, (TA,) I have not any means, or way, of separating myself from it, or of avoiding it. (S, K, * TA.) حُمٌّ حم : see حَمٌّ, in three places. حَمَّةٌ حم حمه حمة A hot spring, (IDrd, S, Mgh, K,) by means of which the diseased seek to cure themselves. (IDrd, S, K.) In a trad., (S, TA,) the learned man (العَالِم) is said to be like the حَمَّة, (S, Mgh, TA,) to which the distant resort, and which the near neglect. (TA.) حُمُّةٌ حم حمه حمة : see حُمُّى: ― -b2- and see also حَمٌّ. ― -b3- Also The vehemence, and main force, of the movements of two armies meeting each other. (TA from a trad.) ― -b4- The sharpness of a spear-head. (TA.) ― -b5- The venom, or poison, of the scorpion: (TA:) a dial. var. of حُمَةٌ, (K,) accord. to IAar; but others allow not the teshdeed, [and among them J,] and assert the word to be originally حُمَوٌ. (TA.) ― -b6- A decreed, or predestined, case of separation: (S, K:) and of death; (TA;) as also ↓ حِمَامٌ : (S, K:) you say حِمَامُ المَوْتِ, and الحِمَامُ alone as in a verse cited voce عَتَبَ [q. v.]: (TA:) the pl. of حُمَّةٌ is حُمَمٌ and حِمَامٌ. (K.) -A2- Blackness; (S, TA;) the colour denoted by the epithet أَحَمُّ [q. v.]: (S, K:) a colour between دُهْمَة [or blackness] and كمْتَة [or a blackish red], inferior [in depth, or brightness,] to what is termed حُوَّة [app. as meaning redness inclining to blackness]. (M, K.) ― -b2- The black sediment of clarified butter, and the like, in the bottom of the skin. (TA.) -A3- Also i. q. حُبَّةٌ: so in the phrases فُلَانٌ حُمَّة نَفْسِى [Such a one is the beloved of my soul] (Az, TA) and هُوَ مِنْ حُمَّةِ نَفْسِى [He is of the beloved of my soul]: and the م is said to be a substitute for ب. (TA.) [See also أَحَمُّ, which is used as syn. with أَحَبُّ.] حِمَّةٌ حم حمه حمة : see حَمِيمٌ, in two places. -A2- Also Death; or the decreed term of life: (K:) pl. حِمَمٌ. (TA.) حُمَمٌ حمم Charcoal: (S, Mgh, K:) or cold charcoal: (TA:) or burnt wood and the like: (Msb:) or charcoal that does not hold together: (Msb in explanation of the n. un. in art. قبس:) and ashes: and anything burnt by fire: (S, TA:) n. un. with ة: (S, Msb, K:) which is tropically applied to (tropical:) live coals [or a live coal]. (Msb.) [Hence] the n. un. is also used as meaning (assumed tropical:) Blackness of complexion. (TA from a trad. of Lukmán Ibn- 'Ád.) And جَارِيَةٌ حُمَمَةٌ means (assumed tropical:) A black girl or female slave. (TA. [See also أَحَمُّ.]) حَمَامٌ حمام [The pigeon, both wild and domestic, but more properly the former; and sometimes not strictly confined to denote the pigeon-kind:] a certain wild bird, that does not keep to the houses; well-known: (ISd, K:) or any collared, or ringed, bird; (S, Msb, K;) so with the Arabs; such as the فَوَاخِت and the قَمَارِىّ and سَاقُ حُرّ and the قَطَا and the وَرَاشِين and the like, (S, Msb,) and the domestic [pigeons] (الدَّوَاجِن), also, (El-Umawee, S, Msb,) that are taken into houses for the purpose of producing their young ones; (El-Umawee, S;) to which last alone the term is applied by the vulgar: accord. to Ks, it is the wild [species]; and the يَمَام is that which keeps to the houses: accord. to As, the latter is the حَمَام وَحْشِىّ [or wild pigeon]; a species of the birds of the desert: (S, Msb:) or, accord. to Esh-Sháfi'ee, حَمَامٌ signifies any kind of bird that drinks in the manner denoted by the verb عَبَّ, [i. e. continuously,] and cooes; including the قَمَارِىّ and وَرَاشِين and فَوَاخِت; whether it be, or be not, collared, or ringed; domestic or wild: (Az, TA:) the flesh thereof strengthens the venereal faculty, and increases the seminal fluid and the blood; the putting it, cut open while alive, upon the place stung by a scorpion, is a proved cure; and the blood stops bleeding from the nose: (K:) the n. un. is with ة; (S, Msb;) which is applied to the male and the female: (S Msb, K:) and in like manner, حَمَامٌ, because the ة is added to restrict to unity, not to make fem.: (S:) but to distinguish the masc., you may say, رَأَيْتُ حَمَامًا عَلَى حَمَامَةٍ, i. e. I saw a male [pigeon] upon a female [pigeon]: (Zj, Msb:) accord. to ISd and the K, however, حَمَامٌ should not be applied to the [single] male: (TA:) in a verse of Homeyd Ibn-Thowr, cited voce حُرٌّ, by the n. un. is meant a قُمْرِيَّة: the pl. of حمامة is حَمَامٌ, (S,) [or rather this is the coll. gen. n.,] and حَمَائِمُ (S, K) and حَمَامَاتٌ: (S:) and sometimes حَمَامٌ is used as a sing.: [so in an ex. above: and] Jirán-el-'Owd says, “ وَذَكَّرَنِى الصِّبَا بَعْدَ التَّنَائِى
حَمَامَةُ أَيْكَةٍ تَدْعُو حَمَامَا
” [And a female pigeon of a thicket, calling a male pigeon, reminded me of youth, after estrangement]: a poet also says, “ حَمَامَا قَقْرَةٍ وَقَعَا فَطَارَا
” [Two pigeons of a desert tract alighted and flew away]: and El-Umawee cites, as an ex. of حَمَام applied to the domestic [pigeons], “ قَوَاطِنًا مَكَّةَ مِنْ وُرْقِ الحَمَى
” [Inhabiting Mekkeh, of the pigeons of a white colour inclining to black]; by الحمى [or rather it should be written الحَمَا] meaning الحَمَام. (S.) حُمَامٌ حمام The fever (حُمَّى) of camels; (S;) as also ↓ حُمَّآءُ : (TA:) or of all beasts, (K, TA,) including camels: (TA:) accord. to ISh, when camels eat date-stones, [which are often given to them as food,] they are [sometimes] affected with حُمَام and قُمَاح; the former of which is a heat affecting the skin, until the body is smeared with mud, or clay, in consequence of which they forsake the abundant herbage, and their fat goes away; and it continues in them a month, and then passes away. (Az, TA.) ― -b2- حُمَامُ قُرٍّ The disease termed مُوم, which affects men. (TA.) ― -b3- See also حَمِيمٌ. -A2- A noble chief, or lord: (K:) thought by Az to be originally هُمَامٌ. (TA.) حِمَامٌ حمام : see its syn. حُمَّةٌ; of which it is also a pl. (K.) حَمِيمٌ حميم The قَيْظ [or summer: or the most vehement heat of summer, from the auroral rising of the Pleiades (at the epoch of the Flight about the 13th of May O. S.) to the auroral rising of Canopus (at the same period about the 4th of August O. S.): or vehemence of heat]: (S, K:) or a period of about twenty nights, commencing at the [auroral] rising of الدَّبَرَان [at the epoch of the Flight about the 26th of May O. S.]. (AZ, T voce نَوْءٌ.) ― -b2- Live coals with which one fumigates. (IAar, Sh.) ― -b3- Hot water; (T, S, ISd, Mgh, Msb, K;) as also ↓ حَمِيمَةٌ : (S, ISd, K:) or so مَآءٌ حَمِيمٌ: (Msb:) pl. حَمَائِمُ; (K;) i. e. pl. of حَمِيمٌ, accord. to IAar; but accord. to ISd, of حَمِيمَةٌ. (TA.) ― -b4- And Cold water: (K:) or cold, applied to water: so, accord. to IAar, in the saying of a poet, “ وَسَاغَ لِىَ الشَّرَابُ وَكُنْتُ قِدْمًا
أَكَادُ أَغَصُّ بِالمَآءِ الحَمِيمِ
” [And wine has become easy to swallow to me, whereas I used, in old time, nearly to be choked with cold water]: (Az, TA:) thus bearing two contr. significations. (Az, K.) ― -b5- The rain that comes in the time of vehement heat; (S;) or after the heat has become vehement, (M, K,) because it is hot; (M;) or in the صَيْف [or summer], when the ground is hot. (TA.) ― -b6- (tropical:) Sweat; (Az, S, A, K;) as also ↓ حِمَّةٌ : (Az, A, K:) and ↓ حُمَامٌ is said to signify the sweat of horses. (Ham p. 92.) One says, (to a person who has been in the bath, A, TA,) طَابَ حَمِيمُكَ and ↓ طَابَتْ حِمَّتُكَ , meaning May thy sweat be good, or pleasant; (Az, A, K;) and consequently, may God make thy body sound, or healthy: (A, TA:) or the former may mean as above, or may thy bathing be good, or pleasant: (IB:) one should not say, ↓ طَابَ حَمَّامُكَ , (K, TA,) though MF defends it. (TA.) -A2- A relation, (Lth, S, K,) for whose case one is anxious or solicitous, (S,) or whom one loves and by whom one is beloved: (Lth, K:) or an affectionate, or a compassionate, relation, who is sharp, or hasty, to protect his kinsfolk: or an object of love; a person beloved: (TA:) or a man's brother; his friend, or true friend; because anxious, or solicitous, for him: (Ham p. 90:) and ↓ مُحِمٌّ signifies the same: the pl. [of حميم] is أَحِمَّآءُ: and sometimes حَمِيمٌ is used as a pl., and as fem.; (K;) as well as sing. and masc. (TA.) ― -b2- الحَمِيمُ بِالحَاجَةِ He who devotes himself to obtain the object of want; who is solicitous for it. (TA.) A poet says, “ وَلَا يُدْرِكُ الحَاجَاتِ إِِلَّا حَمِيمُهَا
” [And none will attain the objects of want but he who devotes himself to obtain them; who is solicitous for them]. (IAar, TA.) حَمَامَةٌ حمام حمامه حمامة n. un. of حَمَامٌ [q. v.]. (S, Msb.) ― -b2- [Hence, app.,] (assumed tropical:) A woman: or a beautiful woman. (K, TA. [In the CK, only the latter.]) -A2- The middle of the breast or chest. (K, TA.) The قَصّ [or breast, or head of the breast, or pit at the head of the breast, or middle of the breast, or the sternum,] of a horse. (K.) The callous protuberance upon the breast of a camel. (K.) ― -b2- The sheave of the pulley of a bucket. (K.) ― -b3- The ring of a door. (K.) ― -b4- The clean court of a قَصْر [or palace, &c.]. (K.) -A3- See also the next paragraph. حَمِيمَةٌ حميم حميمه حميمة : see حَمِيمٌ. ― -b2- Also Heated milk. (K.) -A2- Also, (S, K,) as well as ↓ حَمٌّ , (K, TA, [in the CK, erroneously, حُمّ,]) sing. of حَمَائِمُ signifying (tropical:) Such as are held in high estimation, precious, or excellent, or the choice, or best, (S, K, TA,) of cattle or other property, (S,) or of camels: (K:) and accord. to Kr, the sing. is used as a pl. in this sense: (ISd, TA:) ↓ حَمَامَةٌ , likewise, signifies the choice, or best, of cattle or other property; and so ↓ حَامَّةٌ , of camels: (K:) or you say إِِبِلٌ حَامَّةٌ, meaning excellent, or choice, camels. (S.) حُمَيْمَةٌ حميم حميمه حميمة ; accord. to the K, حُمَيْمَاتٌ, but this is the pl.; (TA;) A live coal; syn. جَمْرَةٌ: (K, TA:) or redness; syn. حُمْرَةٌ: (CK, and so in a MS. copy of the K:) [in Freytag's Lex., the pl. is explained as meaning redness of the skin; and so ↓ حُمَامَى .] حُمَامَى حمام حمامى حمامي : see what next precedes. حَمَامِىٌّ حمام حمامى حمامي One who flies pigeons (حَمَام), and sends them [as carriers of letters] to various towns or countries. (TA.) حُمّى حم حمى حمة حمي , (S, K, &c.,) a subst. from حُمّ, (Lh, L, K,) imperfectly decl., because of the fem. alif [which terminates it], (Msb,) A fever; a disease by which the body becomes hot: from الحَمِيمُ: said to be so called because of the excessive heat; whence the trad., الحُمَّى مِنْ فَيْحِ جَهَنَّمَ [Fever is from the exhalation of Hell]: or because of the sweat that occurs in it: or because it is of the signs of الحِمَام [i. e. the decreed, or predestined, case of death]; for they say, الحُمَّى رَائِدُ المَوْتِ [Fever is the messenger that precedes death], or بَرِيدُ المَوْتِ [the messenger of death], or بَابُ المَوْتِ [the gate of death]: (TA:) and ↓ حُمَّةٌ signifies the same: (K, TA:) pl. of the former حُمَّيَاتٌ. (Msb.) حُمَّآءُ حمآء : see حُمَامٌ. حَمَّامٌ حمام [A hot bath;] a certain structure, (S,) well known; (Msb;) so called because it occasions sweating, or because of the hot water that is in it; accord. to ISd, derived from الحَمِيمُ; (TA;) i. q. دَيْمَاسٌ: (K:) of the masc. gender, (Mgh, K,) and fem. also, (Mgh,) generally the latter; (Msb;) but some say that it is a mistake to make it fem., (MF, TA,) though IB cites a verse in which a fem. pronoun is asserted to refer to a حمّام: (TA:) pl. حَمَّامَاتٌ; (S, Mgh, K;) accord. to Sb, [not because the sing. is fem., but] because, though masc., it has no broken pl. (TA.) See also حَمِيمٌ. حَمَّامِىٌّ حمام حمامى حمامي The owner [or keeper] of a حَمَّام [or hot bath]. (Mgh.) حُمْحُمٌ حمحم : see أَحَمُّ. حِمْحِمٌ حمحم : see أَحَمُّ, in two places. حَامَّةٌ حام حامه حامة The خَاصَّة [or particular, or special, friends, or familiars], (S, K,) consisting of the family and children (K) and relations, (TA,) of a man. (K.) You say, كَيْفَ الحَامَّةُ وَالعَامَّةُ [How are the particular, or special, friends, &c., and the common people?]. (S.) And هٰؤُلَآءِ حَامَّةُ الرَّجُلِ These are the relations of the man. (Lth, S.) [See حُمَّةٌ, and أَحمُّ.] ― -b2- See also حَمِيمَةٌ. ― -b3- Also i. q. عَامَّةٌ. (K.) [It would seem that this signification might have been assigned to it in consequence of a misunderstanding of the words in the S, وَالحَامَّةُ الخَاصَّةُ يُقَالُ كَيْفَ الحَامَّةُ وَالعَامَّةُ: but accord. to the TK, one says, جَاؤُوا حَامَّةً, meaning عَامَّةً, i. e. They came generally, or universally.] آلُ حَامِيمَ آل حاميم and ذَوَاتُ حَامِيمَ, (K,) or ↓ آلُ حٰم= and ذَوَاتُ حٰم=, (S,) آل being prefixed in this case in like manner as in آلُ فُلَانٍ, (Fr, S,) Certain chapters of the Kur-án (S, K) commencing with حاميم [or حٰم=], (K,) [namely, the fortieth and six following chapters,] called by Ibn-Mes'ood دِيبَاجُ القُرْآنِ: (S:) one should not say حَوَامِيم: (K:) this is vulgar: (S:) but it occurs in poetry. (S, K.) ― -b2- Also, (K,) accord. to I'Ab, ↓ حٰم= is One of the names of God; (Mgh;) or it is the most great name of God; (K;) occurring in a trad., in which it is said, إِِنْ بُيِّتُّمْ فَقُولُوا حٰم= لَا يَنْصَرُونَ, meaning If ye be attacked by night, say ye حٰم=; and when ye say this, they shall not be made victorious: (Mgh:) or the meaning is, [say ye] O God, they shall not be made victorious; not being an imprecation; for were it so, it would be لَا يُنْصَرُوا: (IAth, TA:) or it is an oath; (Mgh, K;) and the meaning of the trad. is, [say ye] By God, they shall not be made victorious: but حٰم= is not among the numbered names of God: it has therefore been deemed preferable to understand it as here meaning the seven chapters of the Kur-án commencing therewith: (Mgh:) or it is an abbreviation of الرَّحْمٰنُ, wanting the letters الرن to complete it: (Zj, K:) or, as some say, it means [حُمَّ مَا هُوَ كَائِنٌ, i. e.] قُضِىَ مَاهُوَ كَائِنٌ [What is taking place has been decreed]. (Az, TA.) It is imperfectly decl. because determinate and of the fem. gender; or because it is of a foreign measure, like قَابِيلُ and هَابِيلُ, (Ksh, Bd,) and determinate. (Ksh.) أَحَمُّ ذ Black; (S, K;) applied to anything; as also ↓ يَحْمُومٌ , (K,) and ↓ حمِحِمٌ , (As, K,) or this signifies intensely black, (S,) and ↓ حُمْحُمٌ , (K,) which IB explains as a black hue of dye: (TA:) [the fem. of the first is حَمَّآءُ: and the pl. حُمٌّ: and] the pl. of ↓ the second is يَحَامِيمُ, and by poetic license يَحَامِمُ. (Sb, TA.) You say, رَجُلٌ أَحَمُّ A black man. (S.) And رَجُلٌ أَحَمُّ المُقْلَتَيْنِ A man having black eyes. (TA.) And كُمَيْتٌ أَحَمُّ [A blackish bay horse]: pl. كُمْتٌ حُمٌّ; which are the strongest of horses in skin and hoofs. (S.) And ↓ شَاةٌ حِمْحِمٌ A black sheep or goat. (TA.) And لَيْلٌ أَحَمُّ Black night. (TA.) ― -b2- [Hence,] الحَمَّآءُ The anus (سَافِلَة, S, or اِسْت, K) of a human being: (S:) pl. حُمٌّ. (S, K.) ― -b3- And أَحَمُّ An arrow before it has been furnished with feathers and a head; syn. قِدْحٌ. (K.) ― -b4- حَمَّآءُ applied to a lip (شَفَةٌ) and to a gum (لِثَةٌ) means Of a colour between دُهْمَةٌ and كُمْتَةٌ. (M, TA. [See حُمَّةٌ.]) ― -b5- Accord. to some, (TA,) أَحَمُّ also signifies White: thus having two contr. meanings. (K, TA.) -A2- Also A more, or most, particular, or special, and beloved, friend or the like. (Az, TA. [See حُمَّةٌ, and حَمِيمٌ, and حَامَّةٌ.]) مُحِمٌّ محم : see مَحَمَّةٌ: -A2- and see also حَمِيمٌ. مِحَمٌّ محم i. q. قُمْقُمَةٌ: (Mgh, Msb;) i. e. A vessel of copper [or brass], in which water is heated, (KL, and Msb in art. قم,) having a long and narrow neck: (KL:) or a small قُمْقُم [here meaning the same as قُمْقُمَة], in which water is heated. (S.) مَحَمَّةٌ محم محمه محمة , applied to food [&c.], (TA,) Any cause of fever; or a thing from the eating of which one is affected with fever: (K, * TA:) such, for instance, the eating of fresh ripe dates is said to be. (TA.) And أَرْضٌ مَحَمَّةٌ (S, M, K) and ↓ مُحِمَّةٌ , (M, K,) mentioned by AAF, but not known by the lexicologists except as agreeable with analogy, [see its verb, 4,] (M, TA,) A land in which is fever: (S, K:) or in which is much fever. (K.) مَحْمُومٌ محموم Fevered, or affected with fever, or sick of a fever. (S, Mgh, Msb, K.) -A2- Applied to water, like مَثْمُودٌ [q. v.]. (Az, TA.) -A3- Decreed, or appointed. (S, TA.) مُحَامٌّ محام محامي Keeping constantly, firmly, steadily, steadfastly, or fixedly, عَلَى أَمْرٍ to an affair. (AZ, K. *) مُسْتَحَمٌّ مستحم , (TA,) or مُسْتَحَمَّةٌ, (Mgh,) A place in which one washes with hot water. (Mgh, * TA.) يَحْمُومٌ يحموم : see أَحَمُّ, in two places. ― -b2- Also Smoke: (S, M, K:) or black smoke: (Bd in lvi. 42:) or intensely black smoke. (Jel ibid. and TA.) ― -b3- A black mountain: (K:) or a certain black mountain in Hell. (TA.) ― -b4- The canopy, or awning, that is extended over the people of Hell: so, as some say, in the Kur lvi. 42. (TA.) ― -b5- A certain bird: (K:) so called because of the blackness of its wings. (TA.) ― -b6- نَبْتٌ يَحْمُومٌ A plant, or herbage, green, full of moisture, and black. (TA.) Credit: Lane Lexicon