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أَحَمُّ

Root: حم

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أَحَمُّ Black; applied to anything; as also يَحْمُومٌ , and , or this signifies intensely black, and حُمْحُمٌ , which IB explains as a black hue of dye: [the fem. of the first is حَمَّآءُ: and the pl. حُمٌّ: and] the pl. of ↓ the second is يَحَامِيمُ, and by poetic license يَحَامِمُ. You say, رَجُلٌ أَحَمُّ A black man. And رَجُلٌ أَحَمُّ المُقْلَتَيْنِ A man having black eyes. And كُمَيْتٌ أَحَمُّ [A blackish bay horse]: pl. كُمْتٌ حُمٌّ; which are the strongest of horses in skin and hoofs. And شَاةٌ حِمْحِمٌ A black sheep or goat. And لَيْلٌ أَحَمُّ Black night.
2 [Hence,] الحَمَّآءُ The anus (سَافِلَة, S, or اِسْت, K) of a human being: pl. حُمٌّ.
3 And أَحَمُّ An arrow before it has been furnished with feathers and a head; syn. قِدْحٌ.
4 حَمَّآءُ applied to a lip (شَفَةٌ) and to a gum (لِثَةٌ) means Of a colour between دُهْمَةٌ and كُمْتَةٌ. (M, TA. [See حُمَّةٌ.])
5 Accord. to some, أَحَمُّ also signifies White: thus having two contr. meanings.

def.2 Also A more, or most, particular, or special, and beloved, friend or the like. (Az, TA. [See حُمَّةٌ, and حَمِيمٌ, and حَامَّةٌ.])


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