حَمٌّ
Root: حم
Full Definition
حَمٌّ
, [in the CK, erroneously, حُمّ,] The vehemence, or intenseness, of the heat of the ظَهِيرَة [or midday in summer]. You say, أَتيْتُهُ حَمَّ الظَّهِيرَةِ [I came to him during the vehemence of the heat of the midday in summer].
2 The main, or chief, part of a thing; and so in the phrase حُمَّةُ الحَرِّ [the main, or chief, part of the heat].
3 See also حَمِيمَةٌ.
4 The remains of the أَلْيَة [or tail of a sheep] after the melting [of the fat]: n. un. with ة: and what is melted thereof: or the part of the الية of which one has melted the grease, when no grease remains in it; and of fat: n. un. with ة: or what remains of melted fat: accord. to Az, the correct explanation is that of As: but he adds, I have heard the Arabs call thus what is melted of the hump of a camel: and they called the hump الشَّحْمُ.
5 Property, or cattle and the like; and goods, commodities, or householdfurniture and utensils.
def.2 مَا لَهُ سَمٌّ وَلَا حَمٌّ غَيْرُكَ, or ماله حَمٌّ ولا سَمٌّ, and ولا حُمٌّ , or حُمٌّ ولا سُمٌّ, and حَمٌّ ولا رَمٌّ, and حُمٌّ ولا رُمٌّ, He has no object in his mind except thee; syn. هَمٌّ: (S, K, * TA: [see also art. سمّ:]) or ما له حمّ ولا سمّ, or حمّ ولا رمّ, means he has neither little nor much.
2 And مَالِى مِنْهُ حَمٌّ, or عَنْهُ, and حُمٌّ , and رَمٌّ, and رُمٌّ, I have not any means, or way, of separating myself from it, or of avoiding it.
2 The main, or chief, part of a thing; and so in the phrase حُمَّةُ الحَرِّ [the main, or chief, part of the heat].
3 See also حَمِيمَةٌ.
4 The remains of the أَلْيَة [or tail of a sheep] after the melting [of the fat]: n. un. with ة: and what is melted thereof: or the part of the الية of which one has melted the grease, when no grease remains in it; and of fat: n. un. with ة: or what remains of melted fat: accord. to Az, the correct explanation is that of As: but he adds, I have heard the Arabs call thus what is melted of the hump of a camel: and they called the hump الشَّحْمُ.
5 Property, or cattle and the like; and goods, commodities, or householdfurniture and utensils.
def.2 مَا لَهُ سَمٌّ وَلَا حَمٌّ غَيْرُكَ, or ماله حَمٌّ ولا سَمٌّ, and ولا حُمٌّ , or حُمٌّ ولا سُمٌّ, and حَمٌّ ولا رَمٌّ, and حُمٌّ ولا رُمٌّ, He has no object in his mind except thee; syn. هَمٌّ: (S, K, * TA: [see also art. سمّ:]) or ما له حمّ ولا سمّ, or حمّ ولا رمّ, means he has neither little nor much.
2 And مَالِى مِنْهُ حَمٌّ, or عَنْهُ, and حُمٌّ , and رَمٌّ, and رُمٌّ, I have not any means, or way, of separating myself from it, or of avoiding it.
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