حِرْمَةٌ
Root: حرم
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حِرْمَةٌ
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حَرَمَةٌ The desire of a female cloven-hoofed animal, or of a ewe, or she-goat, and of a she-wolf and of a bitch, for the male: حَرَمَةٌ in ewes, or she-goats, is like ضَبَعَةٌ in she-camels, and حِنَآءٌ in ewes. It is also used, in a trad., in relation to male human beings. It is said in a trad., respecting those whom the hour [of the resurrection] shall overtake, تُبْعَثُ عَلَيْهِمُ الحِرْمَةُ وَ يُسْلَبُونَ
الحَيَآءَ, i. e. Venereal desire [shall be made to befall them, and they shall be bereft of shame].
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