حمّمهُ
Root: حم
Form: 2
Full Definition
2 Also, Verbal.Noun تَحْمِيمٌ, He blackened his face, or it, one's face, with charcoal. [Hence,] حُمِّمَ وَجْهُ الزَّانِى The face of the fornicator, or adulterer, was blackened [with charcoal]. (Mgh. [See 2 in art. جبه.])
3 [Using the verb intransitively,] you say also, حَمَّمَ رَأْسُهُ His head became black after shaving: [i. e.] the hair of his head grew [again] after it had been shaven. And hence, حمّم بِالمَآءِ, said of the hair, It was rendered black by the water: because the hair, when shaggy, or dishevelled, in consequence of its being seldom dressed or anointed, becomes dusty; and when it is washed with water, its blackness appears. And حمّم الغُلَامُ The boy's, or young man's, beard appeared. And حمّم الفَرْخُ The young bird's plumage came forth: or its down. And حَمَّمَتِ الأَرْضُ The herbage of the land appeared, of a green hue inclining to black.
def.2 حمّم ٱمْرَأَتَهُ, Verbal.Noun تَحْمِيمٌ [and تَحِمَّةٌ], He gave a present to his wife after divorce: the explanation in the K, مَتَّعَهَا بِالطَّلَاقِ, should be, as in the [S and] M, متّعها بِشَىْءٍ بَعْدَ الطَّلَاقِ. The verb is doubly trans., as meaning أَعْطَى: so in the phrase, حَمَّمَهَاخَادِمًا سَوْدَآءَ He gave her, after divorce, a black female slave: or this may be for حَمَّمَهَابِهَا. [Hence,] ثِيَابُ التَّحِمَّة The clothing with which a man attires his wife when he gives her a gift after divorce.
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