Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

حُمَيْمَةٌ

Root: حم

Full Definition

حُمَيْمَةٌ ; accord. to the K, حُمَيْمَاتٌ, but this is the pl.; A live coal; syn. جَمْرَةٌ: or redness; syn. حُمْرَةٌ: [in Freytag's Lex., the pl. is explained as meaning redness of the skin; and so حُمَامَى .]


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