Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

حَمَأَ

Root: حمأ

Form: 1

Full Definition

حَمَأَI , Present.T ـَ Verbal.Noun حَمْءٌ, He cleansed the well of its حَمْأَة [or black, fetid mud]. In the T, this signification is assigned to البئر; and the signification assigned below to the latter is given to حمأ: but As says that he does not find this authorized by usage.

def.2 حَمِئَ, Present.T ـَ Verbal.Noun حَمْءٌ and حَمَأٌ, It was, or became, mixed with black, fetid mud, and so rendered turbid, and altered in odour. And حَمِئَتِ البِئْرُ, Verbal.Noun حَمَأٌ, The well had in it black [fetid] mud in abundance: and the like is also said of a spring.

def.3 حَمِئَ عَلَيْهِ He was angry with him; as also حَمِىَ.


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