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الهمود

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the concepts of dying, extinguishing, and cessation. It extends to the fading of heat, the wearing out of fabric, and a state of barrenness or lack of life in the land. It also encompasses notions of stillness, speed, and even gluttony.

Derived headwords

هَمَدَverb
  1. 1.
    to dieboth

    To cease to live; to pass away.

  2. 2.
    to extinguishboth

    To put out a fire; to cease burning.

  3. 3.
    to fadeboth

    To lose heat or intensity.

  4. 4.
    to wear outclassical

    To become worn or tattered from prolonged folding.

  5. 5.
    to be barrenboth

    Describing land that lacks life, vegetation, or rain.

الهُمودnoun
  1. 1.
    deathboth

    The state of being dead; cessation of life.

  2. 2.
    extinguishmentboth

    The act or state of being extinguished, especially of fire.

  3. 3.
    fading of heatboth

    The loss of heat or intensity.

  4. 4.
    wearing outclassical

    The condition of fabric becoming worn from repeated folding.

  5. 5.
    barrennessboth

    A state of land lacking life, vegetation, or rain.

كالهمَدadjective
  1. 1.
    worn outclassical

    Describing fabric that is worn out from prolonged folding.

الإهمادnoun
  1. 1.
    residenceboth

    The act of staying or residing in a place.

  2. 2.
    speedboth

    The state of moving quickly.

  3. 3.
    gluttonyboth

    The act of eating voraciously or excessively.

  4. 4.
    stillnessboth

    The state of being quiet or motionless.

  5. 5.
    pacificationboth

    The act of making something quiet or still.

  6. 6.
    silenceboth

    The act of remaining silent, especially about something unpleasant.

الهامدadjective
  1. 1.
    worn and blackenedboth

    Describing something that is old, faded, and discolored.

  2. 2.
    witheredboth

    Describing dry and dead vegetation.

  3. 3.
    barrenboth

    Describing a place that has no vegetation.

همدانname
  1. 1.
    Hamdanboth

    A tribe located in Yemen.

الهميدnoun
  1. 1.
    taxed wealthclassical

    Wealth that is recorded and taxed in the official register (diwan).

همد، محركةname
  1. 1.
    water sourceclassical

    A water source belonging to the tribe of Dhabbah.

Parallel reading

الهمود: الموت، وطفوء النار، أو ذهاب حرارتها، وتقطع الثوب من طول الطي، كالهمد، و في الأرض: أن لا يكون بها حياة ولا عود ولا نبت ولا مطر.
Al-humood: death, the extinguishing of fire, or the loss of its heat, and the tearing of cloth from prolonged folding, like al-hamad, and in the land: that it has no life, no return (of vegetation), no plants, and no rain.
والإهماد: الإقامة، والسرعة، ضد، والاندفاع في الطعام، والسكون، والتسكين، والسكوت على ما يكره.
And al-ihmaad: residence, speed, its opposite (stillness), voracious eating, stillness, causing stillness, and silence regarding what is disliked.
والهامد: البالي المسود المتغير، واليابس من النبات، و من المكان: ما لا نبات به.
And al-haamid: the worn, blackened, and changed (thing), the dry of plants, and of a place: that which has no vegetation.
وهمدان: قبيلة باليمن.
And Hamdan: a tribe in Yemen.
والهميد: المال المكتوب عليك في الديوان.
And al-humayd: the wealth written against you in the diwan (register).
وهمد، محركة: ماء لضبة.
And Hamd, with harakah: a water source for Dhabbah.