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حرم

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

حِرْمَةٌ حرم حرمه حرمة (K) and ↓ حَرَمَةٌ (Lh, S, K) The desire of a female cloven-hoofed animal, (K,) or of a ewe, or she-goat, (S,) and of a she-wolf and of a bitch, (K,) for the male: (S, K:) حَرَمَةٌ in ewes, or she-goats, is like ضَبَعَةٌ in she-camels, and حِنَاآءٌ in ewes. (S.) It is also used, in a trad., in relation to male human beings. (K.) It is said in a trad., respecting those whom the hour [of the resurrection] shall overtake, تُبْعَثُ عَلَيْهِمُ الحِرْمَةُ وَ يُسْلَبُونَ الحَيَاآءَ, i. e. Venereal desire [ shall be made to befall them, and they shall be bereft of shame ]. (S.)

Derived headwords

حِرْمَةٌ
  1. 1.
تُبْعَثُ عَلَيْهِمُ الحِرْمَةُ وَ يُسْلَبُونَ