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Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to in-laws, specifically the father or male relatives of one's spouse. It also extends to the heat of the sun and a specific muscle in the leg.

Derived headwords

حَمُوnoun
  1. 1.
    father-in-lawboth

    The father of one's spouse.

  2. 2.
    male in-lawboth

    Any male relative of one's spouse, particularly from the paternal side.

حَمُوهاnoun
  1. 1.
    her father-in-lawclassical

    The father of her husband.

حَماهاnoun
  1. 1.
    her father-in-lawclassical

    The father of her husband.

حَمْهاnoun
  1. 1.
    her father-in-lawclassical

    The father of her husband.

حَمْؤُهاnoun
  1. 1.
    her father-in-lawclassical

    The father of her husband.

حَماةnoun
  1. 1.
    mother-in-lawboth

    The mother of one's spouse.

  2. 2.
    calf muscleclassical

    A specific muscle located in the lower leg.

الأَحْماءnoun
  1. 1.
    in-laws (male)classical

    Male relatives of one's spouse, specifically from the wife's side.

حَمْوُ الشَّمْسِnoun
  1. 1.
    heat of the sunboth

    The intense heat emanating from the sun.

حَمَواتnoun
  1. 1.
    mothers-in-lawboth

    Plural of حماة (mother-in-law).

  2. 2.
    calf musclesclassical

    Plural of حماة (calf muscle).

Parallel reading

حمو المرأة وحموها وحماها وحمها وحمؤها: أبو زوجها، ومن كان من قبله
The father-in-law of a woman, and her father-in-law, and her father-in-law, and her father-in-law, and her father-in-law: the father of her husband, and whoever was from before him.
والأنثى: حماة.
And the female [relative] is: حماة (mother-in-law).
وحمو الرجل: أبو امرأته، أو أخوها، أو عمها، أو الأحماء: من قبلها خاصة.
And the father-in-law of a man: the father of his wife, or her brother, or her uncle, or the الأحماء (male in-laws): specifically from her side.
وحمو الشمس: حرها.
And the حمو of the sun: its heat.
والحماة: عضلة الساق ج: حموات.
And the حماة: the calf muscle, plural: حموات.