حم

أَحَمُّ ذ Black; (S, K;) applied to anything; as also ↓ يَحْمُومٌ, (K,) and ↓ حمِحِمٌ, (As, K,) or this signifies intensely black, (S,) and ↓ حُمْحُمٌ, (K,) which IB explains as a black hue of dye: (TA:) [the fem. of the first is حَمَّاآءُ: and the pl. حُمٌّ: and] the pl. of ↓ the second is يَحَامِيمُ, and by poetic license يَحَامِمُ. (Sb, TA.) You say, رَجُلٌ أَحَمُّ A black man. (S.) And رَجُلٌ أَحَمُّ المُقْلَتَيْنِ A man having black eyes. (TA.) And كُمَيْتٌ أَحَمُّ [ A blackish bay horse]: pl. كُمْتٌ حُمٌّ; which are the strongest of horses in skin and hoofs. (S.) And ↓ شَاةٌ حِمْحِمٌ A black sheep or goat. (TA.) And لَيْلٌ أَحَمُّ Black night. (TA.) ― -b2- [Hence,] الحَمَّاآءُ The anus (سَافِلَة, S, or اِسْت, K) of a human being: (S:) pl. حُمٌّ. (S, K.) ― -b3- And أَحَمُّ An arrow before it has been furnished with feathers and a head; syn. قِدْحٌ. (K.) ― -b4- حَمَّاآءُ applied to a lip (شَفَةٌ) and to a gum (لِثَةٌ) means Of a colour between دُهْمَةٌ and كُمْتَةٌ. (M, TA. [See حُمَّةٌ.]) ― -b5- Accord. to some, (TA,) أَحَمُّ also signifies White: thus having two contr. meanings. (K, TA.) -A2- Also A more, or most, particular, or special, and beloved, friend or the like. (Az, TA. [See حُمَّةٌ, and حَمِيمٌ, and حَامَّةٌ.])