حَمِيمٌ
Root: حم
Full Definition
2 Live coals with which one fumigates.
3 Hot water; as also حَمِيمَةٌ : or so مَآءٌ حَمِيمٌ: pl. حَمَائِمُ; i. e. pl. of حَمِيمٌ, accord. to IAar; but accord. to ISd, of حَمِيمَةٌ.
4 And Cold water: or cold, applied to water: so, accord. to IAar, in the saying of a poet,
[And wine has become easy to swallow to me, whereas I used, in old time, nearly to be choked with cold water]: thus bearing two contr. significations.وَسَاغَ لِىَ الشَّرَابُ وَكُنْتُ قِدْمًا أَكَادُ أَغَصُّ بِالمَآءِ الحَمِيمِ
5 The rain that comes in the time of vehement heat; or after the heat has become vehement, because it is hot; or in the صَيْف [or summer], when the ground is hot.
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def.2 A relation, for whose case one is anxious or solicitous, or whom one loves and by whom one is beloved: or an affectionate, or a compassionate, relation, who is sharp, or hasty, to protect his kinsfolk: or an object of love; a person beloved: or a man's brother; his friend, or true friend; because anxious, or solicitous, for him: and مُحِمٌّ signifies the same: the pl. [of حميم] is أَحِمَّآءُ: and sometimes حَمِيمٌ is used as a pl., and as fem.; as well as sing. and masc.
2 الحَمِيمُ بِالحَاجَةِ He who devotes himself to obtain the object of want; who is solicitous for it. A poet says,
[And none will attain the objects of want but he who devotes himself to obtain them; who is solicitous for them].وَلَا يُدْرِكُ الحَاجَاتِ إِلَّا حَمِيمُهَا
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