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حَامَّةٌ

Root: حم

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حَامَّةٌ The خَاصَّة [or particular, or special, friends, or familiars], consisting of the family and children and relations, of a man. You say, كَيْفَ الحَامَّةُ وَالعَامَّةُ [How are the particular, or special, friends, &c., and the common people?]. And هٰؤُلَآءِ حَامَّةُ الرَّجُلِ These are the relations of the man. [See حُمَّةٌ, and أَحمُّ.]
2 See also حَمِيمَةٌ.
3 Also i. q. عَامَّةٌ. [It would seem that this signification might have been assigned to it in consequence of a misunderstanding of the words in the S, وَالحَامَّةُ الخَاصَّةُ يُقَالُ كَيْفَ الحَامَّةُ وَالعَامَّةُ: but accord. to the TK, one says, جَاؤُوا حَامَّةً, meaning عَامَّةً, i. e. They came generally, or universally.]
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