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Root entry · 10 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the flowing or falling of liquids, particularly water and tears. It also extends to the idea of something falling or being lost, and by extension, to lost animals or items.

Derived headwords

هَمَىverb

1.
to flowboth
Water and tears flow copiously.

يَهْمِيverb

1.
to flowboth
The verb form indicating the present or continuous action of flowing, specifically for water and tears.

هَمْيًاnoun

1.
flowingboth
The act or state of flowing, used as a masdar for the verb 'hamā'.

هُمَيَانًاnoun

1.
flowingclassical
Another form of the masdar indicating the act of flowing.

هَمِيَverb

1.
to flowclassical
An alternative verb form for the flowing of water and tears.

العَيْنُ تَصُبُّ دَمْعَهَاphrase

1.
the eye shed its tearsboth
Specifically refers to the eye shedding tears, a particular instance of flowing.

المَاشِيَةُ تَنِدُّ لِلرَّعْيِphrase

1.
cattle went out to grazeclassical
Cattle becoming moist or dewy, implying they are going out to graze.

الشَّيْءُ هَمِيًاphrase

1.
the thing fellboth
Something falling down.

الهَوَامِيnoun

1.
lost camelsclassical
Lost or stray camels.

الهِمْيَانnoun

1.
beltclassical
A strong belt for trousers.
2.
pouchclassical
A pouch or bag for holding dirhams (money).
3.
poetclassical
A poet.
4.
vertigoclassical
A feeling of dizziness or vertigo.

Parallel reading

هَمَى الماءُ والدمعُ يَهْمِي هَمْيًا وهُمَيَانًا

Water and tears flow copiously, flowing and flowing.

والعينُ: صَبَّتْ دَمْعَهَا

And the eye: it shed its tears.

والماشيةُ: نَدَّتْ للرَّعْيِ

And the cattle: they went out to graze.

والشيءُ هَمِيًا: سَقَطَ

And a thing fell down: it fell.

وهَوَامِي الإبلِ: ضَوَالُّهَا

And the stray camels of the camels: they are their lost ones.

والهِمْيَانُ، بالكسرِ: شَدَّادُ السَّرَاوِيلِ

And the himyan, with kasra: the strong belts of the trousers.

ووعاءٌ للدَّراهِمِ

And a pouch for dirhams.

وشاعرٌ

And a poet.

ويُثَلَّثُ

And it is pronounced with three vowels.

وكالغَثَيَانِ مُحَرَّكَةً: ع

And like gathayan, with movement: a disease.

وهُمَا واللهِ: أَمَا واللهِ

And huma, by God: verily, by God.