Lane's Lexicon (Edward Lane, 1863)

7 انهمأ ذ (K) and ↓ تهمّأ (S, K) It (a garment) became rent: (TA:) became worn-out, or threadbare, (S, K,) and ragged. (S.)

هِمْءٌ ذ A worn-out, threadbare, or ragged, garment: pl. أَهْمَاءٌ. (K.)

1 همَتَ ذ , [aor. هَمُتَ ,] It (ثَرِيد) became hidden in the grease; (K;) became overspread by the grease. (TA.)

4 اهمت الكَلَامَ ذ , and الضَّحِكَ, He made speech, and laughter, low; he spoke, and laughed, low. (K.) It is said to be from الهَمْسُ; the س being changed into ت. (MF.)

1 همج ذ , [app. هَمِجَ, aor. هَمَجَ ,] inf. n. هَمَجٌ, He hungered; was hungry. (L.) ― -b2- هَمَجَتِ الاـِبِلُ مِنَ المَاآءِ, (S, K,) aor. هَمُجَ , inf. n. هَمْجٌ, (S,) The camels drank of the water at one draught, (S, K,) until they satisfied their thirst. (S.)

4 اهمج ذ , (inf. n. اـِهْمَاجٌ, TA,) He (a horse, S, K, or other animal that runs, Lh,) strove or exerted himself, in his running, (S, K,) and then ran impetuously, so as to raise the dust. (TA.)

هَمَجٌ ذ Hunger: or (in the K, and) bad management of the means of subsistence. (S, K.) ↓ هَمَجٌ هَامِجٌ [ Severe hunger: or very bad management of the means of subsistence: ] (S, K:) the latter word is added to give intensiveness to the signification; (TA;) or to corroborate; (S, K;) as in the case of لَيْلٌ لَائِلٌ. (S.) ― -b2- هَمَجٌ Small flies, like gnats, that fall upon the faces of sheep or goats, and asses, (S, K,) and into their eyes: (S:) or gnats; so called from هَمَجٌ signifying “ hunger; ” because when they are hungry they live, but when they become satiated they die: or صِغَار الدَّوَابِّ: (L:) [but this is evidently a mistake for صِغَارُ الذُّبَابِ the young ones, or little ones, of flies: ]) or any grubs that burst forth from flies or from gnats: (Lth, A:) pl. of هَمَجَةٌ, (S,) [or rather this is the n. un. of هَمَجٌ, which is a coll. gen. n.]. ― -b3- هَمَجٌ Lean sheep or goats: (K:) [a coll. gen. n.,] n. un. with ة. (S, K.) ― -b4- هَمَجٌ (tropical:) Stupid, or foolish, men; or men of little sense: (K:) or stupid, or foolish, young men of the meaner sort: (S:) or simply young men of the meaner sort: or mixed and low set of men: or disorderly vagabonds: (TA:) you say also رَجُلٌ هَمَجٌ and هَمَجَةٌ a stupid, or foolish, man; and رِجَالٌ هَمَجٌ, and أَهْمَاجٌ: (TA:) or هَمَجَةٌ signifies a stupid, or foolish, man, who has not firm command of himself. (Aboo-Sa'eed.) ― -b5- هَمَجٌ Old and weak ewes: (K:) [a coll. gen. n.,] n. un. with ة: which also signifies simply a ewe. (TA.) ― -b6- قَوْمٌ هَمَجٌ A people in whom is no good. (TA.) ― -b7- ↓ هَمَجٌ هَامِجٌ Young men of the meaner sort; like هَمَجٌ alone: and a mixed set of men who have no intelligence nor manliness. (TA.)

هَمِيجٌ ذ A doe-antelope scared, or frightened, by [ the small flies called ] هَمَجٌ: (S:) a young doe-antelope, (K,) of beautiful body: (L:) one lank in the belly: or one that has two streaks of a colour different from that of the rest of the body in [ the two parts called ] the طُرَّتَانِ: (K:) or one that has two such streaks on her back; which is only the case in such as are white; and also applied to the male: (TA:) or one that has been attacked by a pain in consequence of which her face has become flabby. (K.)

هَامِجٌ ذ : see هَمَجٌ. ― -b2- (tropical:) [A people] left to mix tumultuously, one part with another. (K.) [The explanation seems to be borrowed from the Kur, xviii. 99.]

1 هَمَدَتِ النَّارُ ذ , aor. هَمُدَ , (S, A, L,) inf. n. هُمُودٌ, (S, A, L, K,) The fire became extinguished (As, S, A, L, K) entirely; went out entirely, (As, S, A, L,) none of it remaining: (L:) or lost its heat: (L, K:) when [only] its flame has ceased, you say of it خَمَدَت. (As, L.) ― -b2- هَمَدَ, (M, A, L,) aor. هَمُدَ , (M, L,) inf. n. هُمُودٌ, (M, L, K,) (tropical:) He died; [ became extinct; ] (M, A, L, K;) perished; (TA;) like as did Thamood; (Lth, A, L;) as also خَمَدَ. (A.) ― -b3- كَاد يَهَمْدُ مِنَ الجُوعِ (tropical:) He nearly perished of hunger. (L.) ― -b4- هَمَدَ, aor. هَمُدَ , (S, A, L,) inf. n. هُمُودٌ (S, L, K) and هَمْدٌ, (L, K,) (tropical:) It (a garment, or piece of cloth,) became dissundered (L, K) and worn-out, (S, A, L, Msb,) by being long folded, (A, L, Msb, K,) so that a person looking at it would imagine it sound, but, when he touched it, would find it fall to pieces. (A, * L, Msb. *) ― -b5- هَمَدَت الرِّيحُ (assumed tropical:) The wind became still. (Msb.) ― -b6- هَمَدَتِ الأَرْضُ, inf. n. هُمُودٌ, (tropical:) The land became lifeless, without herbage, without wood, and without rain. (L, K.) ― -b7- هَمَدَ شَجَرُ الأَرْضِ (tropical:) The trees of the land became worn-out, or wasted; and perished. (L.) ― -b8- هَمَدَتْ أَصْوَاتُهُمْ (assumed tropical:) Their voices became silent. (L.)

4 اهمد ذ , inf. n. اـِهَمَادٌ, (assumed tropical:) He stilled, or quieted. (K.) ― -b2- He (God, and a man,) killed, or destroyed, a man, or men. (A.) ― -b3- اهمد الأَمْرَ (tropical:) He put an end to the affair. (A.) ― -b4- اهمد القَحْطُ الأَرْضَ (tropical:) Drought rendered the land sterile, so that it contained no herbage but such as was dried up and broken. (L.) ― -b5- اهمد, (inf. n. اـِهْمَادٌ, K.) (assumed tropical:) He kept silence in an unpleasant case. (L, K.) ― -b6- اهمد, (S, L,) inf. n. اـِهْمَادٌ, (L, K,) He remained, continued, stayed, abode, or dwelt, (S, L, K,) in a place: (S, L:) he was still; (K;) i. e., did not move. (TA.) -A2- اهمد, (S, L) inf. n. اـِهْمَادٌ, (L, K,) He hastened, or was quick, (S, L, K,) in going along: (S, L:) thus it bears two contr. significations: (S, L, K:) he (a dog) ran; syn. أَحْضَرَ. (L.) -A3- اهمدوا فِى الطَّعَامِ, (inf. n. اـِهْمَادٌ, K,) They fell to eating of the food. (Ibn-Buzurj, L, K. *)

هَمِدٌ ذ : see هَامِدٌ.

هَمْدَةٌ ذ (assumed tropical:) Apoplexy: caros: syn. سَكْتَةٌ. (S, L.) ― -b2- [ A trance. (See رَقْدَةٌ.)]

همِيدٌ ذ (tropical:) Sheep or goats that have died: (L:) or the beasts or the like (مال) that are registered in the government-accounts as due from a man. (ISh, L, K.) You say, اآخَذَنَا مالْهَمِيدِ He (the collector) exacted from us taking for the sheep or goats that had died: (L:) or, taking what was registered as due from us in the governmentaccounts. (ISh, L.) ― -b2- See هَامِدٌ.

هَامِدٌ ذ and ↓ هَمِدٌ and ↓ هَمِيدٌ (tropical:) In a state of death, or extinction ]. (M, L.) ― -b2- هَامِدٌ (tropical:) A garment, or piece of cloth, [ dissundered and ] wornout by being long folded, so as, when touched, to fall to pieces: (A:) or anything old and wornout: (L, Msb:) pl. هُمَّدٌ. (A.) See 1. ― -b3- أَرْضٌ هَامِدَةٌ (tropical:) Land in which is no herbage: (S:) and in the same sense هَامِدٌ is applied to a place: (K:) or sterile land, (A, L,) the herbage of which is dried up and broken, (A,) or containing no herbage except what is dried up and broken: (L:) dry and dusty: pl. هَوَامِدُ. (L.) ― -b4- هَامِدٌ (tropical:) Old and worn-out or wasted, blackened, and changed, [ for the worse ]. (K.) ― -b5- (tropical:) A tree black and wasted: (L:) or dried up; (A;) as also herbage. (S, L, K.) ― -b6- (tropical:) Fruit black and stinking. (A, L.) ― -b7- (tropical:) A date just ripe, thickskinned and yellow. (TA.) رَمَادٌ هَامِدٌ Ashes [ in a state of extinction or] wasted, (L,) and compacted together, and changed in appearance. (A, L.)

هَمَاذِىٌّ ذ , (S, L,) or هُمَاذِىٌّ, (L, in all its senses,) Quickness (L, K) in running: (L:) or exertion, or haste, in pace, or in going. (Sh, L.) ― -b2- Violence, of rain: (A 'Obeyd, S, L, K:) and [so in the L: in the TA, as some say,] violent occasions of rain, and of mutual reviling, and of running; which are sometimes violent, and at other times remit: (L:) and violence of heat; (IAar, L, K;) as also حُمَاذِىٌّ. (IAar, L.) You say, يَوْمٌ ذُوهُمَاذِىٍّ, and حُمَاذِىٍّ, A day of violent heat. (IAar, L.) ― -b3- Quick, or swift; (A 'Obeyd, S, L, K;) applied to a she-camel, (A 'Obeyd, S, L, K,) and to a he-camel, (A 'Obeyd, S, L.)

1 هَمَرَهُ ذ , (S, A, K,) aor. هَمُرَ (S, K) and هَمِرَ , (K,) inf. n. هَمْرٌ, (S,) He, or it, poured it; out or forth; (S, A, K;) namely, water, (S, TA,) and tears, and rain, and the like. (TA.) ― -b2- هَمَرَ مَا فِى الضَّرْعِ He drew forth all the milk that was in the udder. (S, K.) ― -b3- هَمَرَ لَهُ مِنْ مَالِهِ (assumed tropical:) He gave to him of his property. (S, K.) ― -b4- هَمَرَ الكَلَامَ, (K,) or فى كَلَامِهِ, (A,) aor. هَمُرَ , inf. n. هَمْرٌ: (TA;) and بِالكَلَامِ ↓ اـِنْهَمَرَ; (S;) (tropical:) He talked much. (K.) -A2- هَمَرَ, intrans.: see 7. in two places.

7 انهمر ذ It poured; poured out or forth; (K;) said of rain, and of tears; (TA;) as also ↓ هَمَرَ, (K,) aor. هَمِرَ , inf. n. هُمُورٌ; (TA;) [and so, app., ↓ اهتمر, q. v.:] it flowed; said of water, (S, K,) of rain, and of tears; like انهمل: (TA:) and in like manner, عَيْنُهُ بِالدَّمْعِ ↓ هَمَرَتْ His eye flowed with tears; as also هَمَلَتْ. (A.) ― -b2- انهمر بالكلام: see 1.

8 اهتمر ذ : see 7. ― -b2- (tropical:) He (a horse) ran (S, K, TA) like a torrent. (TA.)

هَمِرٌ ذ Much sand; as also ↓ يَهْمُورٌ. (K.)

هَمْرَةٌ ذ A fall of rain. (K.) ― -b2- (tropical:) Angry speech. (Sgh, L, K.)

هَمَرَى ذ : see هَمَّارٌ.

هَمَّارٌ ذ A cloud pouring forth much rain; as also ↓ هَامِرٌ. (K.) ― -b2- Applied to a man, (S,) (tropical:) Loquacious, garrulous; babbling; a great talker; a babbler; or nonsensical, irrational, foolish, or delirious, in his talk; as also ↓ مِهْمَرٌ and ↓ مِهْمَارٌ (S, K) and ↓ يَهْمُورٌ. (Sgh, K.) And مِهْمَرٌ ↓ خَطِيبٌ (tropical:) An orator copious in speech. (A, TA) And ↓ هَمَرَى, applied to a woman, (tropical:) Clamorous; (K, TA:) abounding in talk or speech, like a pouring torrent. (TA.)

هَامِرٌ ذ Pouring rain, and tears; as also ↓ مُنْهَمِرٌ. (TA.) See also هَمَّارٌ.

مِهْمَرٌ ذ : see هَمَّارٌ; the former, in two places.

مِهْمَارٌ ذ : see هَمَّارٌ; the former, in two places.

مُنْهَمِرٌ ذ : see هَامِرٌ.

يَهْمُورٌ ذ : see هَمِرٌ: -A2- and see also هَمَّارٌ.

Q. 1 هَمْرَجَ عَلَيْهِ الخَبَرَ ذ , (inf. n. هَمْرَجَةٌ, L, K,) He rendered the news, tidings, or information, confused to him. (S, L, K. *)

هَمْرَجَةٌ ذ Confusion; (K, L;) as also هَمْرَجٌ, and ↓ هَمَرَّجٌ, and هَمَرَّجَةٌ: ex. of the last وَقَعَ القَوْمُ فِى هَمَرَّجَةٍ The people fell into a state of confusion: (L:) and the third (L) and fourth (TA) signify also civil war, or conflict and faction, or discord, or dissension; syn. فِتْنَةٌ. (L, TA.) ― -b2- A confused manner, or state, in walking. (S.) ― -b3- A confused noise, or mixture of voices, or unintelligible sounds, of men; as also ↓ هُمْرُجَانٌ. (K.) ― -b4- Lightness, or agility, and quickness. (K.) ― -b5- What is rain, or false; syn. بَاطِلٌ. (K.) ― -b6- الغُولُ هَمْرَجَةٌ مِنَ الجِنِّ The Ghool are a mixture of the Jinn. (L.)

هَمَرَّجٌ ذ : see هَمْرَجَةٌ. ― -b2- Penetrating (مَاضٍ) in affairs. (K.)

هُمْرُجَانٌ ذ : see هَمْرَجَةٌ.

1 هَمَزَهُ ذ , (S, A, Msb, K,) aor. هَمِزَ (S, Msb, K) and هَمُزَ , (K,) inf. n. هَمْزٌ, (S, Msb, K,) He pressed it; squeezed it; pinched it; (S, A, Msb, K,) as, for instance, a walnut, (A, TA,) or other thing, (S, TA,) in the hand; (S, A, TA,) and a man's head; (S, A, TA;) and a spearshaft, with the مَهَامِز, to straighten it. (TA.) ― -b2- He pushed, impelled, or repelled, him or it, (S, K, TA,) meaning anything; as also لَمَزَهُ &c. (TA.) You say, هَمَزَتْهُ اـِلَيْهِ الحَاجَةُ Want impelled, or drove, him to him or it. (TA.) ― -b3- He struck, or beat, him; (S, K, TA;) as also لَمَزَهُ &c. (TA.) ― -b4- He goaded, or spurred, him; (K, TA;) he urged him on (namely a horse) with the مِهْمَاز, to make him run. (Msb.) ― -b5- He bit him. (IAar, K.) ― -b6- He broke it. (K.) -A2- (tropical:) He (the devil) suggested evil to his mind. (JK, A, TA.) You say, أَعُوذُ بِا@للّٰهِ مِنْ هَمْزِهِ; and مِنْ هَمَزَاتِ الشَّيَاطِينِ; (tropical:) I seek refuge in God from his [the devil's] evil suggestion; and from the evil suggestions of the devils. (A.) -A3- (tropical:) He blamed, upbraided, or reproached, him; he found fault with him; syn. of the inf. n. عَيْبٌ, (Fr, in TA, art. لمز; and IAar, in TA, in the present art.) as also لَمْزٌ: (Fr, in TA, art. لمز; and S,) or he spoke evil of him, or spoke of him in a manner that he disliked, mentioning vices or faults as chargeable to him, behind his back, though it might be with truth; syn. اـِغْتَابَهُ فِى غَيْبَتِهِ: (Msb:) and [so] هَمَزَهُ فِى قَفَاهُ he backbit him. (JK, A.) -A4- هَمَزَ الحَرْفَ, (S, O,) or الكَلِمَةَ, aor. هَمِزَ , inf. n. هَمْزٌ, (Msb,) [ He pronounced the word with the sound termed هَمْز, or هَمْزَة, of which the sign is ء,] is from هَمَزَهُ in the first of the senses explained above; (S, Msb,) because what is termed هَمْز in speech, (S,) or هَمْزَة, (Kh, TA,) [i. e. the sound so called,] is [as it were] pressed, or squeezed, (Kh, S, TA,) from its place of utterance [by a sudden emission of the voice forced out after a compression of the passage whereby it has been stopped]. (Kh, TA.) It was said to an Arab of the desert, أَتَهْمِزُ الفَأْرَةَ, [meaning Dost thou pronounce الفَأْرَة with hemz, or hemzeh? ] and he said, [understanding the words to mean dost thou squeeze the rat, or mouse? ] السِّنَّوْرُ يَهْمِزُهَا [ The cat squeezes it ]. (S.) See هَمْزٌ, below. [And see also نَبَرَ.]

7 انهمز ذ [quasi-pass. of هَمَزَهُ; It was pressed, squeezed, or pinched: he was pushed, &c. The first of these significations is indicated, or implied, in the JK and the TA.] ― -b2- انهمز الحَرْفُ [ The word was pronounced with the sound termed هَمْز, or هَمْزَة]. (S.)

هَمْزُ الشَّيْطَانِ ذ was explained by Mohammad as meaning (tropical:) Madness, or insanity; syn. مُوتَةٌ, i. e. جُنُونٌ; because it arises from the goading and pressing or pinching of the devil. (A 'Obeyd, K.) See 1; and see also هَمَزَات, voce هَمْزَةٌ. -A2- هَمْزٌ, (S,) and هَمْزَةٌ, (Kh, TA,) [the former a gen. n., and the latter the n. un.,] The sister of alif; one of the letters of the alphabet; [ written thus ;] a genuine word, old, heard [from the Arabs of classical times], and well known; so called for a reason mentioned above: see 1, last signification: so says Kh; therefore no regard is due to what is said in certain of the expositions of the Keshsháf, that the term همزة thus used has not been heard [from any of the Arabs of classical times], and that its name is أَلْفٌ: (TA:) several persons say, that the term همزة is mostly applied to the movent [alif], and الف to the quiscent letter. (MF, TA.) See the letter ا.

هَمْزَةٌ ذ n. un. of هَمْزٌ, q. v. ― -b2- هَمَزَاتُ الشَّيَاطِينِ (tropical:) The vain suggestions of the devils, which they inspire into the mind of a man. (S, TA.) See also 1; and see هَمْزٌ.

هُمَزَةٌ ذ i. q. غَمَّازٌ; (K;) i. e., (TA,) One who blames, upbraids, reproaches, or finds fault with, others, much, or habitually; (S, TA;) as also ↓ هَمَّازٌ (S, TA) and ↓ هَامِزٌ; (S, K;) and so لُمَزَةٌ: (S, K, art. لمز:) [or rather] the first and second are intensive epithets (TA) [but the third is not intensive]: or one who backbites his brother; as also ↓ هَمَّازٌ: (Lth, A, TA:) or one who defames men (يَخْلُفُهُمْ مِنْ وَرَائِهِمْ وَبَأْكُلُ لُحُومَهُمْ); and the action thus signified is like غِيبَةٌ, and may be [ by making signs ] with the side of the mouth, and with the eye, and with the head; as also ↓ هَمَّازٌ: (TA:) or, conjointly with لُمَزَةٌ, one who speaks evil of men, or backbites them, and defames them: (Aboo-Is-hák, TA:) or both together, one who goes about much, or habitually, with calumny, or slander, separating companions and exciting enmity between friends: (Abu-l-'Abbás, TA:) هُمَزَةٌ is applied to a man and to a woman; (S, TA;) [like لَمُزَةٌ;] for its ة is to denote intensiveness, and not the fem. gender: (TA:) ↓ هُمَّازٌ [which is the pl. of هَامِزٌ] signifies persons who blame, upbraid, reproach, or find fault with, others behind their backs, much, or habitually: (IAar, TA:) [or, more correctly, it has not an intensive signification.] See also لُمَزَةٌ.

هَمَّازٌ ذ : see هُمَزَةٌ, throughout.

هَامِزٌ ذ : see هُمَزَةٌ, throughout.

مِهْمَزٌ ذ : see مِهْمَازٌ.

مِهْمَزَةٌ ذ An instrument for beating, (مَقْرَعَةٌ, AHeyth, K, TA,) of copper or brass, [app. meaning a kind of spur, or a goad, ] with which beasts of carriage are urged on: pl. مَهَامِزُ: (AHeyth, TA:) or a staff or stick: (K:) or a staff, or stick, with an iron in its head, with which the ass is goaded, or urged on. (Sh, K.) See also مِهْمَازٌ. ― -b2- [The pl., مَهَامِزُ, of this word or of مِهْمَزٌ, is also applied to An instrument, or instruments, with which spear-shafts are pinched and straightened: see 1, first signification.]

مِْهَمازٌ ذ and ↓ مِهْمَزٌ (S, Msb, K) A well-known thing; (Msb;) [namely, a spur; ] an iron which is [ attached or fixed ] in the kinder part of the boot of him who breaks, or trains, beasts of carriage: (S, K:) pl. [of the former] مَهَامِيزُ (K) and [of the latter] مَهَامِزُ. (S, K.) See also مِهْمَزَة.

1 هَمَس ذ , aor. هَمِسَ , (A, TA,) inf. n. هَمْس (AHeyth, L, TA) and هَمِيسٌ and هُمُوسٌ, (L, TA,) He spoke inaudibly: (AHeyth, TA:) or in a low, faint, gentle, or soft, manner, (AHeyth, TA,) so as to be hardly intelligible. (TA.) It is said in a trad. فَجَعَلَ بَعْضُنَا يَهْمِسُ اـِلَى بَعْضٍ And some of us began to speak to others in a low, faint, gentle, or soft, manner, so as to be hardly intelligible. (TA.) And in another trad., كَانَ ذَا اـِصَلَّى العَصْرَ هَمَسَ بِشَىْءٍ لَا نَفْهَمُهُ He used, when he performed the afternoon-prayer, to utter something in a low, faint, gentle, or soft manner, we not understanding it. (TA.) You say also, هَمَسَ اـِلَىَّ بِحَدِيثِهِ [ He uttered his discourse to me inaudibly: or in a low, faint, gentle, or soft, manner. ] (A.) And الشَّيْطَانُ يَهْمِسُ بِوَسْوَسَتِهِ صَدْرَ الاـِنْسَانِ [ The devil speaks inaudibly in his suggesting vain or unprofitable things into the bosom of man ]. (A.) And هَمَسَ الشَّيْطَانُ فِى الصَّدْرِ The devil suggested vain, or unprofitable things in the bosom; syn. وَسْوَسَ. (TA.) See also هَمْسٌ below. ― -b2- Also, aor. and inf. n. as above, He made the faintest, or slightest, sound in treading. So in the saying, اـِهْمِسْ وَصَهْ and هَمْسًا وَصَهْ Make thou the faintest, or slightest, sound in treading, and be thou silent: addressed by a thief to his companion. (TA.) And hence the saying of the Rájiz, فَهُنَّ يَمْشِينَ بِهِ هَمِيسَا And they walk with him making the faintest, or slightest, sound in treading. (S.) هَمِيسٌ also signifies The walking softly; with a soft-sounding tread: (TA:) [and so هَمْسٌ; as in the saying,] سَمِعْتُ هَمْسَ الأَخْفَافِ وَالأَقْدَامِ [ I heard the soft-sounding treading of the feet of camels and of the feet of men ]. (A.) See also هَمْسٌ below. -A2- هَمَسَ الصَّوْتَ, aor. هَمِسَ , inf. n. هَمْسٌ, He made the sound, or voice to be low, faint, gentle, or soft. (Msb.) And هَمَسَ الكَلَامَ, [aor. and] inf. n. as above, [ He spoke in a low, faint, gentle, or soft manner; like هَمَسَ alone; lit.,] he made speech, or the speech to be low, faint, gentle, or soft. (A, TA.) -A3- هَمَسَ الطَّعَامَ, (TK), [aor. and] inf. n. as above, (AZ, K,) He chewed the food with the mouth closed: (AZ, K, TA:) or without opening the mouth. (TA.) You say, هُوَ يَْكُلُ هَمْسًا He eats without opening his mouth. (A.) Hence, a toothless old woman's eating is termed هَمْسٌ. (AHeyth.) هَمَسَهُ also signifies [simply] He chewed it. (TA.)

3 هامسهُ ذ , inf. n. مُهَامَسَةٌ, He spoke, or discoursed secretly to him, or with him. (A.) You say also, هَامَسُوا, (TK,) inf. n. as above, (K,) They spoke, or discoursed, secretly together; as also ↓ تهامسوا. (K, * TK.)

6 تَهَاْمَسَ see 3.

هَمْسٌ ذ A low, faint, gentle, or soft, sound. (S, A, Msb, K.) So it has been explained as occurring in the words of the Kur, [xx. 107,] فَلَا تَسْمَعُ اـِلَّا هَمْسًا [ So that thou shalt not hear aught save ] a low, faint, gentle, or soft, sound, arising from the shifting of the feet from place to place towards the scene of congregation [for the general judgment]: or, as Az thinks, the meaning here is, the sound of the patting, or pattering, of the feet (خَفْقَ الأَقْدَامِ) upon the ground. (TA.) ― -b2- The faint, or gentle, sound of the voice in the mouth, of such kind as has no mixture of the voice of the chest, nor loudness of utterance. (Lth, K.) See also مَهْمُوسٌ. ― -b3- And Anything low, faint, gentle, or soft, (كُلُّ خَفِىٍّ, K, TA,) of speech and the like: (TA:) [see again, مَهْمُوسٌ:] or the faintest, or slightest, sound of the feet; (S, K;) i. e., of their tread upon the ground: (TA:) so [accord. to J] in the instance in the Kur, [xx. 107,] mentioned above: (S:) and [in like manner] ↓ هَمِيسٌ signifies the sound of the shifting from place to place of the feet of camels. (K.) See also 1.

هَمِيسٌ ذ : see 1: and see هَمْسٌ.

كَلَامٌ مَهْمُوسٌ ذ [ Speech spoken inaudibly: or in a low, faint, gentle, or soft manner, so as to be hardly intelligible: see 1: or] speech not spoken out or openly. (A, * Msb.) ― -b2- حَرْفٌ مَهْمُوسٌ, (Msb,) or حَرْفُ الهَمْسِ, (IJ,) [ A letter which is pronounced with the breath only, without the voice; a non-vocal letter; a sound with which the breath passes forth, not from the voice of the chest, but passing forth gently; (IJ;) contr. of مَجْهُورٌ: (Msb:) الحُرُوفُ المَهْمُوسَةُ are the letters ( ten in number, S,) which are comprised in the saying حَثَّهُ شَخْصٌ فَسَكَتْ: (S, K: *) so called [accord. to some] because the stress is made weak in the place where any one of them occurs until the breath has passed forth with it. (Sb, S.)

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Q. 1 هَمْلَجَ ذ , (L, Msb,) inf. n. هَمْلَجَةٌ, (S, L, K, &c.,) He (a hackney, or pacing horse, بِرْذَوْن, S, L, &c., i. e. a رَهَوَان, TA,) went an easy and quick pace; (Msb;) he (a hackney, or pacing horse, or a beast,) went a good and quick pace; he went at a good and quick and graceful pace; (L;) he (a beast of carriage) went a good pace. (Abridgment of the 'Eyn.) See نَصَبَ السَّيْرَ.