حَنْتَمٌ
Root: حنتم
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حَنْتَمٌ
A green
جَرَّة [or jar], to which some add, including to redness: or winejars, glazed, or varnished, green, which used to be carried to El-Medeeneh, with wine in them: the use of which, for preparing نَبِيذ therein, is forbidden in a trad., because it quickly became potent in them, by reason of the glazing, or varnish; or, as some say, because they used to be made of clay kneaded with blood and hair; but the former is the right reason: afterwards applied to any jars, or pottery: thus some explain it as a sing.; and the pl. is حَنَاتِمُ: others, as a pl. [or coll. gen. n.], of which the sing. [or n. un.] is with ة: some say that the ن is augmentative: so says the author of the Msb: others, that it is radical. [See art. حتم.]
2 Black clouds; as also [the pl.] حَنَاتِمُ: because, with the Arabs, السَّوَادُ is [used for] خُضْرَةٌ: (S: [see أَسْوَدُ; and see also حَنْتَمٌ in art. حتم:]) or as being likened to حَنَاتِم filled [with water]: n. un. with ة.
3 The colocynthplant; because of its intense greenness: n. un. with ة.
2 Black clouds; as also [the pl.] حَنَاتِمُ: because, with the Arabs, السَّوَادُ is [used for] خُضْرَةٌ: (S: [see أَسْوَدُ; and see also حَنْتَمٌ in art. حتم:]) or as being likened to حَنَاتِم filled [with water]: n. un. with ة.
3 The colocynthplant; because of its intense greenness: n. un. with ة.
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