همع

Root entry · 12 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of flowing, especially of liquids like tears or rain. It extends to the idea of shedding tears, both naturally and feigned, and can describe the act of raining or a heavy downpour. It also has a less common application to describe swift animals.

Derived headwords

الهُمُوعnoun

1.
flowingboth
The act of flowing, particularly of liquids like tears or rain.

الهَامِعnoun

1.
flowing thingclassical
That which is flowing, such as tears or rain.

هَمَعَتْverb

1.
to flowboth
Said of an eye, meaning its tears flowed.

تَهْمَعُverb

1.
to shed tearsboth
Said of an eye, meaning its tears flowed.

هَمْعًاnoun

1.
flowingboth
The flowing of tears from the eye.

هُمُوعًاnoun

1.
flowingboth
The flowing of tears from the eye.

هَمَعَانًاnoun

1.
flowingboth
The flowing of tears from the eye.

هَمَعَverb

1.
to flowclassical
Said of dew or rain when it falls on trees and then flows.

أَهْمَعَاverb

1.
to rain heavilyclassical
Said of clouds, meaning they rained heavily.

سَحَابٌ هَمِعٌadjective

1.
rainingclassical
Describing clouds that are raining.

تَبَاكَىverb

1.
he feigned cryingboth
he feigned crying

الهِمِلْعٌnoun

1.
swift camelclassical
A fast-moving camel. It is also sometimes used to refer to a wolf.

Parallel reading

الهُمُوع: بالضم: السيلان.

Al-humūʿ: with dammah: flowing.

والهامع: السائل.

And al-hāmiʿ: the flowing one.

وقد همعت عينه تهمع همعا وهموعا وهمعانا، أي دمعت.

And its eye flowed, it flows, a flowing, and flowing, meaning it shed tears.

وكذلك الطل إذا سقط على الشجر ثم سال قيل: همع.

And likewise dew, when it falls on trees and then flows, it is said: it flowed.

بادر من ليل وطل أهمعا

It hastened from the night and the dew rained heavily.

وسحاب همع، أي ماطر.

And clouds raining, meaning raining.

وتهمع الرجل: تباكى.

And the man pretended to cry: he feigned crying.

والهملع: السريع من الابل، وربما سمي الذئب هملعا، واللام مشددة وأظنها زائدة.

And al-himlaʿ: the swift one of the camels, and sometimes the wolf is named himlaʿ, and the lām is doubled and I think it is superfluous.