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همعت

Root entry · 10 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the flowing or shedding of liquid, particularly tears or rain. It extends to related concepts like abundance, speed, and even the change of color.

Derived headwords

هَمَعَverb
  1. 1.
    to shed tearsboth

    The eye shed tears copiously.

  2. 2.
    to flowboth

    Dew or rain flowed on a tree.

هَمَعَانnoun
  1. 1.
    shedding of tearsclassical

    The act of shedding tears profusely.

هُمُوعnoun
  1. 1.
    shedding of tearsclassical

    The act of shedding tears profusely.

تَهَمَّعَverb
  1. 1.
    to feign cryingclassical

    To pretend to cry or shed tears.

سَحَابٌ هُمَعٌadjective
  1. 1.
    rain-bearingclassical

    A cloud that is raining or shedding water.

هَوَامِعadjective
  1. 1.
    shedding tearsclassical

    Tears that are flowing or being shed.

الهَيْمَعnoun
  1. 1.
    a type of treeclassical

    A specific kind of tree.

  2. 2.
    sudden deathclassical

    Death that comes suddenly and swiftly.

الهُمَيْعnoun
  1. 1.
    sudden deathclassical

    Death that comes suddenly and swiftly.

ذِبْحٌ هَيْمَعadjective
  1. 1.
    swiftclassical

    Describing a slaughter that is quick and rapid.

اهْتَمَعَverb
  1. 1.
    to change colorclassical

    The color of something changed, often implying fading or alteration.

Parallel reading

همعت عينه
His eye shed tears.
وكذا الطل على الشجرة: إذا سال
And likewise dew on a tree: when it flowed.
وسحاب همع
And a rain-bearing cloud.
ودموع هوامع
And shedding tears.
والهيمع، كصيقل: شجر
And al-hayma' (like ṣayqal): a tree.
والموت الوحي، كالهميع، كحذيم
And sudden death, like al-humi', (like ḥadhīm).
وذبح هيمع: سريع
And a swift slaughter: rapid.
وتهمع: تباكى
And tahamma'a: he feigned crying.
واهتمع لونه، مجهولا: تغير
And his color changed, passively: it altered.