حمى

حِمْيَةٌ حم حمي حميه حمية : see the next preceding paragraph. -A2- Also an inf. n. of حَمَى المَكَانَ [q. v.]: (Msb:) and of حَمَيْتُ المَرِيضَ [q. v.]. (S, Msb.) -A3- Also The practising abstinence; (PS in art. ازم;) [especially the abstaining from things injurious in a case of sickness; ] the abstaining, or desisting, from eating. (TA in that art.)