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حنتم

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the color green, specifically in the context of vessels, and by extension, to dark or black colors that are perceived as green.

Derived headwords

الحِنْتِمnoun
  1. 1.
    green jarboth

    A jar that is green in color.

الحَنَاتِمnoun
  1. 1.
    dark cloudsclassical

    Clouds that are dark and black, likened to a greenish hue.

Parallel reading

الحنتم: الجرة الخضراء
Al-ḥintam: the green jar.
والحناتم: سحائب سود
And al-ḥanātim: black clouds.
لأن السواد عندهم خضرة
Because blackness, to them, is greenness.