حَامٍ
Root: حمى
Full Definition
حَامٍ
[act. part. n. of حَمَى. And hence,] A stallion-camel that has prohibited, or interdicted, his back [to be used for bearing a rider or any burden]; ( ظَهْرَهُ; Fr, S, K;) that is not ridden, nor shorn of any of his fur; that is left at liberty, not made any use of, nor debarred from pasturage nor from water: he is one that has long continued with a people: or whose offspring's offspring has conceived: or that has covered a certain number of times, or ten times: it is mentioned in the Kur [v. 102]. (S, Mgh. [See also بَحِيرَةٌ])
2 الحَامِى is also an appellation applied to The lion; and so المَحْمِىُّ ; in the Tekmileh, الحامى and [app. المُحْمِى, as in a copy of the K].
3 You say also, فُلَانٌ حَامِى الحَقِيقَةِ [Such a one is the protector, or defender, of that which, or those whom, it is necessary for him, or incumbent on him, to protect, or defend]; like حَامِى الذِّمَارِ [q. v. in art. ذمر]; and حَامِى الحُمَيَّا [explained in the next preceding paragraph]: pl. حُمَاةٌ and [coll. gen. n.] : this last word signifies a company, or party, protecting, or defending, their companions, or themselves: and also a man who is a protector, or defender, of his companions in war: or a strenuous protector and defender of a party; for the ة is to give intensiveness to the signification: and you say, هُوَ عَلَى حَامِيَةِ القَوْمِ, meaning He is the last of those who protect, or defend, the party in their going away and in their state of defeat.
def.2 [Hot: or vehemently hot.] You say حَدِيدَةٌ حَامِيَةٌ A piece of iron vehemently hot by means of fire. And قِدْرُ القَوْمِ حَامِيَةٌ تَفُورُ The people's cooking-pot is hot, boiling: meaning
2 الحَامِى is also an appellation applied to The lion; and so المَحْمِىُّ ; in the Tekmileh, الحامى and [app. المُحْمِى, as in a copy of the K].
3 You say also, فُلَانٌ حَامِى الحَقِيقَةِ [Such a one is the protector, or defender, of that which, or those whom, it is necessary for him, or incumbent on him, to protect, or defend]; like حَامِى الذِّمَارِ [q. v. in art. ذمر]; and حَامِى الحُمَيَّا [explained in the next preceding paragraph]: pl. حُمَاةٌ and [coll. gen. n.] : this last word signifies a company, or party, protecting, or defending, their companions, or themselves: and also a man who is a protector, or defender, of his companions in war: or a strenuous protector and defender of a party; for the ة is to give intensiveness to the signification: and you say, هُوَ عَلَى حَامِيَةِ القَوْمِ, meaning He is the last of those who protect, or defend, the party in their going away and in their state of defeat.
def.2 [Hot: or vehemently hot.] You say حَدِيدَةٌ حَامِيَةٌ A piece of iron vehemently hot by means of fire. And قِدْرُ القَوْمِ حَامِيَةٌ تَفُورُ The people's cooking-pot is hot, boiling: meaning
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