حَاتِمٌ
Root: حتم
Full Definition
2 [Hence,] because, as they [the Arabs] hold, or assert, it necessitates separation, or departure, ( بِالفِرَاقِ,) i. e. يُوجِبُ, by its croaking, الحَاتِمُ signifies The غُرَاب [a name applied to any species of crow; and here, app., particularly to the raven]: or the black غُرَاب: and [the bird called] غُرَابُ البَيْنِ, [see art. بين,] which is red in the beak and legs: said by Lh to be that which is fond of plucking out its feathers, and which is held to be of evil omen.
3 And [hence,] حَاتِمٌ signifies also Unlucky, or inauspicious.
4 See also أَحْتَمُ.
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