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فَحُمَ

Root: فحم

Form: 1

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فَحُمَI , Present.T ـُ Verbal.Noun فُحُومٌ and فُحُومَةٌ, said of anything, It was, or became, black [app. like فَحْم i. e. charcoal]. [See also فَاحِمٌ.]
2 See also فَحْمٌ, last sentence.

def.2 فَحَمَ, Present.T ـَ accord. to the K ـُ which is wrong; and فَحِمَ; and فُحِمَ; He wept until his voice became stopped; or until his breath became stopped; as also .
2 And, said of a ram, or thus فَحَمَ and فَحِمَ, like مَنَعَ and عَلِمَ, He uttered a cry, or cries. And one says of a ram, ثَغَا حَتَّى فَحَمَ He bleated until he became hoarse.
3 فَحَمَ, Present.T ـَ said of a man, He was unable to answer, when one had spoken to him.
4 And فَحَمَتِ القَلِيبُ, Present.T ـُ Verbal.Noun فُحُومٌ, [The well, or old well,] ceased to have a flow of water.
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