حمحم
Arabic
Etymology 1
Onomatopoeic.
Verb
حَمْحَمَ • (ḥamḥama) Iq, non-past يُحَمْحِمُ (yuḥamḥimu)
- to whinny, to snicker
Conjugation
Conjugation of
حَمْحَمَ
(form-Iq sound)verbal noun الْمَصْدَر | حَمْحَمَة ḥamḥama | |||||||||||
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active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل | مُحَمْحِم muḥamḥim | |||||||||||
active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم | ||||||||||||
singular الْمُفْرَد | dual الْمُثَنَّى | plural الْجَمْع | ||||||||||
1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم | 2nd person الْمُخَاطَب | 3rd person الْغَائِب | 2nd person الْمُخَاطَب | 3rd person الْغَائِب | 1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم | 2nd person الْمُخَاطَب | 3rd person الْغَائِب | |||||
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي | m | حَمْحَمْتُ ḥamḥamtu | حَمْحَمْتَ ḥamḥamta | حَمْحَمَ ḥamḥama | حَمْحَمْتُمَا ḥamḥamtumā | حَمْحَمَا ḥamḥamā | حَمْحَمْنَا ḥamḥamnā | حَمْحَمْتُمْ ḥamḥamtum | حَمْحَمُوا ḥamḥamū | |||
f | حَمْحَمْتِ ḥamḥamti | حَمْحَمَتْ ḥamḥamat | حَمْحَمَتَا ḥamḥamatā | حَمْحَمْتُنَّ ḥamḥamtunna | حَمْحَمْنَ ḥamḥamna | |||||||
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع | m | أُحَمْحِمُ ʾuḥamḥimu | تُحَمْحِمُ tuḥamḥimu | يُحَمْحِمُ yuḥamḥimu | تُحَمْحِمَانِ tuḥamḥimāni | يُحَمْحِمَانِ yuḥamḥimāni | نُحَمْحِمُ nuḥamḥimu | تُحَمْحِمُونَ tuḥamḥimūna | يُحَمْحِمُونَ yuḥamḥimūna | |||
f | تُحَمْحِمِينَ tuḥamḥimīna | تُحَمْحِمُ tuḥamḥimu | تُحَمْحِمَانِ tuḥamḥimāni | تُحَمْحِمْنَ tuḥamḥimna | يُحَمْحِمْنَ yuḥamḥimna | |||||||
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب | m | أُحَمْحِمَ ʾuḥamḥima | تُحَمْحِمَ tuḥamḥima | يُحَمْحِمَ yuḥamḥima | تُحَمْحِمَا tuḥamḥimā | يُحَمْحِمَا yuḥamḥimā | نُحَمْحِمَ nuḥamḥima | تُحَمْحِمُوا tuḥamḥimū | يُحَمْحِمُوا yuḥamḥimū | |||
f | تُحَمْحِمِي tuḥamḥimī | تُحَمْحِمَ tuḥamḥima | تُحَمْحِمَا tuḥamḥimā | تُحَمْحِمْنَ tuḥamḥimna | يُحَمْحِمْنَ yuḥamḥimna | |||||||
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم | m | أُحَمْحِمْ ʾuḥamḥim | تُحَمْحِمْ tuḥamḥim | يُحَمْحِمْ yuḥamḥim | تُحَمْحِمَا tuḥamḥimā | يُحَمْحِمَا yuḥamḥimā | نُحَمْحِمْ nuḥamḥim | تُحَمْحِمُوا tuḥamḥimū | يُحَمْحِمُوا yuḥamḥimū | |||
f | تُحَمْحِمِي tuḥamḥimī | تُحَمْحِمْ tuḥamḥim | تُحَمْحِمَا tuḥamḥimā | تُحَمْحِمْنَ tuḥamḥimna | يُحَمْحِمْنَ yuḥamḥimna | |||||||
imperative الْأَمْر | m | حَمْحِمْ ḥamḥim | حَمْحِمَا ḥamḥimā | حَمْحِمُوا ḥamḥimū | ||||||||
f | حَمْحِمِي ḥamḥimī | حَمْحِمْنَ ḥamḥimna |
Etymology 2
From the root ح م م (ḥ-m-m) meaning “to become hot”, “to be heated”, “to be boiling or steaming”, “to have a fever”, “a bathhouse or sauna”; related to its other title أَبُو مِن العَرَق (ʾabū min al-ʿaraq, literally “father of sweat”) for the common use of its leaves by Arab physicians in diaphoretic medicines.
Noun
حِمْحِم • (ḥimḥim) m
- borage (any plant in Borago gen., especially Borago officinalis, and the genus itself)
- (less often) anchusa (any plant in Anchusa gen.)
- (even less often) echium (any plant in Echium gen.)
Declension
Declension of noun حِمْحِم (ḥimḥim)
Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
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Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | حِمْحِم ḥimḥim | الْحِمْحِم al-ḥimḥim | حِمْحِم ḥimḥim |
Nominative | حِمْحِمٌ ḥimḥimun | الْحِمْحِمُ al-ḥimḥimu | حِمْحِمُ ḥimḥimu |
Accusative | حِمْحِمًا ḥimḥiman | الْحِمْحِمَ al-ḥimḥima | حِمْحِمَ ḥimḥima |
Genitive | حِمْحِمٍ ḥimḥimin | الْحِمْحِمِ al-ḥimḥimi | حِمْحِمِ ḥimḥimi |
References
- Gernot Katzer’s Spice Pages: Borage (Borago officinalis) L.
- Wehr, Hans; Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985), “حمحم”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 292