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حِمَآءٌ

Root: حمى

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حِمَآءٌ : see حِمًى.

def.2 حِمَآءٌ لَكَ or حِمَآءً لَكَ i. q. فِدَآءٌ لَكَ [May such a person, or thing, be a ransom for thee!] or فِدَآءً لَكَ [meaning فُدِيتَ, i. e. mayest thou be ransomed!] or فَدَاكَ, i. e. may such a one ransom thee!]. [And in like manner,] the Arabs said, لَكَ الفِدَى [Ransom, or ransoming, be for thee!] pronouncing the former noun with the short alif when thus coupling it with الحِمَى. (El-Kálee, TA in art. فدى.)
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