حُلُمٌ
Root: حلم
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حُلُمٌ
: see حُلْمٌ, in two places.
2 Also A [dream of] copulation in sleep. Hence, بَلَغَ الحُلُمَ He attained to puberty, or virility, in an absolute sense. It is said in the Kur [xxiv. 58], وَإِذَا بَلَغَ الأَطْفَالُ مِنْكُمُ الحُلُمَ فَلْيَسْتَأْذِنُوا [And when your children attain to puberty, or virility, they shall ask permission to come into your presence]. [And hence,] أَضْرَاسُ الحُلُمِ, (also called أَضْرَاسُ العَقْلِ, TA in art. ضرس,) [The teeth of puberty, or wisdom-teeth,] so called because they grow after the attaining to puberty, and the completion of the intellectual faculties: (S, L, Msb, all in art. نجذ:) they are four teeth that come forth after the [other] teeth have become strong. (TA in art. ضرس.)
2 Also A [dream of] copulation in sleep. Hence, بَلَغَ الحُلُمَ He attained to puberty, or virility, in an absolute sense. It is said in the Kur [xxiv. 58], وَإِذَا بَلَغَ الأَطْفَالُ مِنْكُمُ الحُلُمَ فَلْيَسْتَأْذِنُوا [And when your children attain to puberty, or virility, they shall ask permission to come into your presence]. [And hence,] أَضْرَاسُ الحُلُمِ, (also called أَضْرَاسُ العَقْلِ, TA in art. ضرس,) [The teeth of puberty, or wisdom-teeth,] so called because they grow after the attaining to puberty, and the completion of the intellectual faculties: (S, L, Msb, all in art. نجذ:) they are four teeth that come forth after the [other] teeth have become strong. (TA in art. ضرس.)
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