حَمْحَمَ

Root: حم

Form: R. Q. 1

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حَمْحَمَ

R. Q. 1 [Verbal.Noun حَمْحَمَةٌ,] He uttered his cry, [or neighed,] when desiring fodder; as also تَحَمْحَمَ : accord. to Az, حَمْحَمَةٌ is app. a word imitative of the cry of the horse when he desires fodder; or when he sees his master to whom he has been accustomed, and behaves familiarly towards him: or it signifies a horse's uttering a cry with a kind of yearning sound, in order that his master may feel tenderness for him; as also : or, of a بِرْذَوْن [or hack, or the like,] the uttering of a cry [or neighing] such as is not loud; and of a horse [of good breed], the uttering of a cry not so loud as the صَهِيل [or usual neighing]: or, of the برذون, the uttering of a cry when desiring the barley: and the عِرّ, or عِزّ, [accord. to different copies of the K, but each is app. a mistranscription, for عِىّ as meaning faltering of the voice or cry.] of the horse, when falling, or stopping, short in neighing, and seeking self-help [to finish it]; as also : and the bull's uttering a cry with the desire of leaping the cow.

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