Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

يَحْمُومٌ

Root: حم

Full Definition

يَحْمُومٌ : see أَحَمُّ, in two places.
2 Also Smoke: or black smoke: or intensely black smoke.
3 A black mountain: or a certain black mountain in Hell.
4 The canopy, or awning, that is extended over the people of Hell: so, as some say, in the Kur lvi. 42.
5 A certain bird: so called because of the blackness of its wings.
6 نَبْتٌ يَحْمُومٌ A plant, or herbage, green, full of moisture, and black.


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