حم

حُمّى حم حمى حمة حمي , (S, K, &c.,) a subst. from حُمّ, (Lh, L, K,) imperfectly decl., because of the fem. alif [which terminates it], (Msb,) A fever; a disease by which the body becomes hot: from الحَمِيمُ: said to be so called because of the excessive heat; whence the trad., الحُمَّى مِنْ فَيْحِ جَهَنَّمَ [ Fever is from the exhalation of Hell ]: or because of the sweat that occurs in it: or because it is of the signs of الحِمَام [i. e. the decreed, or predestined, case of death]; for they say, الحُمَّى رَائِدُ المَوْتِ [ Fever is the messenger that precedes death ], or بَرِيدُ المَوْتِ [ the messenger of death ], or بَابُ المَوْتِ [ the gate of death ]: (TA:) and ↓ حُمَّةٌ signifies the same: (K, TA:) pl. of the former حُمَّيَاتٌ. (Msb.)