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خمد

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the cessation or abatement of something, particularly fire, fever, or intense emotion. It can also extend to states of unconsciousness or death, and places associated with extinguishing fire.

Derived headwords

خَمَدَتْverb
  1. 1.
    the fire: its flame subsided, but its embers did not extinguish, unlike 'hamadat'both

    the fire: its flame subsided, but its embers did not extinguish, unlike 'hamadat'

تَخْمُدُverb
  1. 1.
    to subsideboth

    The flame of a fire subsided but its embers remained.

خُمُودًاnoun
  1. 1.
    subsidenceboth

    The subsidence of a fire's flame while its embers remained.

هَمَدَتْverb
  1. 1.
    the fire was extinguished and completely goneboth

    the fire was extinguished and completely gone

أَخْمَدَتْهَاverb
  1. 1.
    to extinguishboth

    I extinguished it (referring to fire).

خَمَدَتْverb
  1. 1.
    the fire: its flame subsided, but its embers did not extinguish, unlike 'hamadat'both

    the fire: its flame subsided, but its embers did not extinguish, unlike 'hamadat'

خَمَدَverb
  1. 1.
    to become unconsciousboth

    The patient became unconscious.

  2. 2.
    to dieboth

    The patient died.

الخُمُودnoun
  1. 1.
    place for extinguishing fireclassical

    A place where fire is buried to be extinguished, similar in form to 'tannur' (oven).

Parallel reading

خمدت النار تخمد خمودا: سكن لهبها ولم يطفأ جمرها.
The fire subsided, subsiding with a subsidence: its flame became still, and its embers were not extinguished.
وهمدت: إذا طفئ جمرها.
And it died down: if its embers were extinguished.
وأخمدتها أنا.
And I extinguished it.
وخمدت الحمى: سكن فورانها.
And the fever subsided: its intensity abated.
وخمد المريض: أغمي عليه أو مات.
And the patient subsided: he became unconscious or died.
والخمود، على وزن التنور: موضع تدفن فيه النار لتخمد.
And al-khumūd, on the pattern of al-tannūr: a place where fire is buried to be extinguished.