همع

Root entry · 17 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the flowing or shedding of liquids, particularly tears and rain. It extends to the act of crying, the state of eyes that constantly tear up, and rain clouds. It also has less common meanings related to death and rapid action.

Derived headwords

هَمَعَverb

1.
to flowboth
Said of tears, water, and similar liquids; they flow.
2.
to fall and flowclassical
Said of dew or rain that falls on trees and then flows.

هَمَعًاnoun

1.
flowingclassical
The act of flowing, used as a verbal noun for the verb 'hamaca'.

هَمَعًاnoun

1.
flowingclassical
The act of flowing, used as a verbal noun for the verb 'hamaca'.

هُمُوعًاnoun

1.
flowingclassical
The act of flowing, used as a verbal noun for the verb 'hamaca'.

هَمَعَانًاnoun

1.
flowingclassical
The act of flowing, used as a verbal noun for the verb 'hamaca'.

أَهْمَعَverb

1.
to flowclassical
To flow, used similarly to the basic form of the verb.

تَهَمَّعَverb

1.
to cryboth
To cry, to weep.
2.
to feign cryingclassical
To pretend to cry or weep.

هَمَعَتْ عَيْنُهُverb

1.
her eye flowedboth
Said of an eye when its tears flow.

هَمْعَةadjective

1.
constantly tearingclassical
Said of an eye that continuously sheds tears. It is built on the pattern of 'ramadat' (to have ophthalmia), resulting in 'ramdah' (ophthalmia).

سَحَابٌ هَمِعٌadjective

1.
rainy cloudclassical
Said of a rain cloud that is shedding rain, built on the pattern of 'hital' (falling rain).

الهَيْمَعُnoun

1.
swift deathclassical
Swift and sudden death.

هَيْمَعًاadverb

1.
swiftlyclassical
Said of slaughtering, meaning quickly or rapidly.

الهُمَيْعُnoun

1.
deathclassical
Death.

الهَيْمَعُnoun

1.
deathclassical
Death.

اهْتَمَعَ لَوْنُهُverb

1.
his color fadedclassical
His color faded or changed, meaning the same as 'imtaqa'a lawnuhu'.

هَمَعَ رَأْسَهُverb

1.
he wounded his headclassical
He wounded his head, causing it to bleed.

مَهْمُوعٌadjective

1.
woundedclassical
Said of a head that has been wounded and is bleeding.

Parallel reading

همع الدمع والماء ونحوهما يهمع ويهمع همعا وهمعا وهموعا وهمعانا وأهمع: سال

Tears, water, and the like flow, they flow, with the verbal nouns 'ham'an', 'hama'an', 'humu'an', and 'hama'anan', and 'ahma'a': they flowed.

وكذلك الطل إذا سقط على الشجر ثم تهمع أي سال

And likewise dew, when it falls on trees, then it 'tahma'a', meaning it flows.

بادر من ليل وطل أهمعا

He hurried from a night and dew that flowed.

وطل همعا، بغير ألف

And dew flowing, without the alif.

وهمعت عينه إذا سالت دموعها

And his eye 'hama'at' if its tears flowed.

وتهمع الرجل: بكى، وقيل تباكى

And the man 'tahamma'a': he cried, and it was said he feigned crying.

وعين همعة: لا تزال تدمع

And a 'ham'ah' eye: it continuously sheds tears.

وسحاب همع: ماطر بنوئه على صيغة هطل

And a 'hama'' cloud: rainy, its formation on the pattern of 'hital'.

قال الليث الهيمع، بالياء والميم قبل العين، الموت الوحي

Al-Layth said: 'Al-hayma'u', with the ya and mim before the 'ayn, means sudden death.

وذبحه ذبحا هيمعا أي سريعا

And he slaughtered him a slaughter 'hayma'an', meaning swiftly.

سمعت الأصمعي يقول الهميع الموت

I heard Al-Asma'i say: 'Al-humi'u' is death.

من الموت، بالهميع الذاعط

From death, with the 'al-humi'i' the swift.

واهتمع لونه وامتقع لونه بمعنى واحد

And his color 'ihtama'a' and his color 'imtaqa'a' have one meaning.

همع رأسه، فهو مهموع إذا شجه

He wounded his head ('hama'a ra'sahu'), so he is 'mahmu'' if he has a gash.