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حدم

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

The root حدم (ḥdm) primarily denotes intense heat, burning, and inflammation, extending to the intensity of emotions like anger and the intensity of sounds associated with fire or boiling. It also encompasses the idea of rapid boiling and, metaphorically, the peak of intensity in various situations.

Derived headwords

حَدَمَverb
  1. 1.
    to burn intenselyboth

    To be intensely heated or burned by the sun or fire.

  2. 2.
    to boil intenselyboth

    Used for a pot when its boiling becomes very strong.

اِحْتَدَمَverb
  1. 1.
    to burn intenselyboth

    Fire or heat becomes intense and flares up.

  2. 2.
    to boil intenselyboth

    A pot's boiling intensifies greatly.

  3. 3.
    to boil overclassical

    Used for liquids, especially wine, when they boil.

  4. 4.
    to become dark redclassical

    Blood becomes intensely red, to the point of appearing dark or black.

  5. 5.
    to be filled with rageboth

    The chest of a person becomes filled with intense anger or rage.

اِحْتِدَامٌnoun
  1. 1.
    intense heatboth

    The intensity of heat, especially from the sun or fire.

  2. 2.
    intense boilingboth

    The state of boiling intensely, referring to pots or liquids.

  3. 3.
    outburst of rageboth

    The peak of anger or rage.

  4. 4.
    intensity of illnessclassical

    The severity or intensity of ailments or troubles.

مُحْتَدِمٌadjective
  1. 1.
    intensely hotboth

    Describing a day or place that is extremely hot due to the sun or fire.

  2. 2.
    intensely boilingclassical

    Describing a liquid or pot that is boiling fiercely.

  3. 3.
    intenseboth

    Describing something that is at its peak of intensity, like anger or illness.

حَدْمَةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    sound of burningboth

    The sound of fire flaring up or burning intensely.

  2. 2.
    sound of boilingboth

    The sound of a pot or liquid boiling intensely.

  3. 3.
    sound of a snakeclassical

    A specific sound made by the belly of a black viper, described as a buzzing or humming.

  4. 4.
    fast-boiling potclassical

    A pot that boils quickly, contrasted with one that boils slowly.

تَحَدَّمَverb
  1. 1.
    to burn intenselyclassical

    To burn or be consumed by intense heat, similar to 'iḥtadam'.

  2. 2.
    to be filled with rageclassical

    To be consumed by intense anger, used metaphorically.

حَدَمَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to heat intenselyclassical

    To cause something to be intensely heated by the sun or fire.

أَحْدَمَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to cause to burn intenselyclassical

    To make something burn or become intensely hot.

حَدَمَةname
  1. 1.
    a place nameclassical

    A known location mentioned in classical texts.

Parallel reading

الحَدَمُ شِدَّةُ إِحْمَاءِ الشَّيْءِ بِحَرِّ الشَّمْسِ وَالنَّارِ
Al-ḥadam is the intensity of heating something by the heat of the sun and fire.
تَقُولُ: حَدَمَهُ كَذَا فَاحْتَدَمَ
You say: 'So-and-so heated it intensely, and it became intensely heated.'
وَهَاجِرَةٌ حَرُّهَا مُحْتَدِمٌ
And a midday heat whose warmth is intense.
لِلنَّارِ حَدْمَةٌ وَحَمْدَةٌ وَهُوَ صَوْتُ الالْتِهَابِ
Fire has a ḥadmah and a ḥamdah, which is the sound of flaring up.
وَحَدْمَةُ النَّارِ، بِالتَّحْرِيكِ: صَوْتُ الْتِهَابِهَا
And the ḥadmah of fire, with vowelization, is the sound of its flaring up.
وَهَذَا يَوْمٌ مُحْتَدِمٌ وَمُحْتَمَدٌ: شَدِيدُ الْحَرِّ
And this is an intensely hot and intensely heated day: severe in heat.
وَالاحْتِدَامُ: شِدَّةُ الْحَرِّ
And al-iḥtidām is the intensity of heat.
احْتَدَمَتِ النَّارُ الْتَهَبَتْ
The fire became intensely hot; it flared up.
احْتَدَمَ صَدْرُ فُلَانٍ غَيْظًا
So-and-so's chest became intensely hot with rage.
وَتَحَدَّمَ: تَحَرَّقَ
And taḥaddama: to burn intensely.
وَاحْتَدَمَتِ الْقِدْرُ إِذَا اشْتَدَّ غَلَيَانُهَا
And the pot intensely boiled when its boiling intensified.
وَاحْتَدَمَ الشَّرَابُ إِذَا غَلَى
And the drink intensely boiled when it became agitated.
احْتَدَمَ الدَّمُ إِذَا اشْتَدَّتْ حُمْرَتُهُ حَتَّى يَسْوَدَّ
The blood intensely heated when its redness intensified until it became dark.
قِدْرٌ حَدْمَةٌ سَرِيعَةُ الْغَلِي، وَهُوَ ضِدُّ الصَّلُودِ
A ḥadmah pot is quick to boil, and it is the opposite of ṣalūd (slow to boil).
وَاحْتِدَامُ عِلَلِهِ أَيْ شِدَّتُهَا
And the iḥtidām of his ailments means their intensity.