حمى

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Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ح م ي (ḥ-m-y)

Verb

حَمَى (ḥamā) I, non-past يَحْمِي‎ (yaḥmī)

  1. to protect
    الوَالِدُ يَحْمِي الأَطْفَالَ مِنَ الخَطَرِ.
    al-wālidu yaḥmī l-ʔaṭfāla mina l-ḵaṭari.
    The father protects the children from danger.
    • a. 760, ʕAbd Allāh Ibn Al-Muqaffaʕ, آثَار اِبْن اَلْمُقَفَّع (ʔāṯār ibn al-muqaffaʕ), volume 1, Beirut, Lebanon: Dar Al-Kotob Al-Ilmiyah, published 1989, page 271:
      وَمَنْ لَمْ يَحْمِ نَفْسَهُ، وَيُظَلِّفْهَا، وَيُجْلِهَا عَنِ ٱلطَّعَامِ، وَٱلشَّرَابِ، وَٱلنِّسَاءِ فِي بَعْضِ سَاعَاتِهِ، وَقُدْرَتِهِ كَانَ أَيْسَرَ مَا يُصِيبُهُ مِنْ وَبَالِ أَمْرِهِ ٱنْقِطَاعُ تِلْكَ ٱللَّذَّاتِ عَنْهُ
      waman lam yaḥmi nafsahu, wayuẓallifhā, wayujlihā ʕani ṭ-ṭaʕāmi, waš-šarābi, wan-nisāʔi fī baʕḍi sāʕātihi, waqudratihi kāna ʔaysara mā yuṣībuhu min wabāli ʔamrihi nqiṭāʕu tilka l-laḏḏāti ʕanhu
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  2. to shelter
Conjugation

Verb

حَمَى (ḥamā) I, non-past يَحْمِي‎ (yaḥmī)

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Conjugation

Verb

حَمَّى (ḥammā) II, non-past يُحَمِّي‎ (yuḥammī)

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Conjugation

Noun

حِمًى (ḥimanm

  1. a protected place
    • 1930s, “حُمَاةَ ٱلْحِمَى [Ḥumāt al-Ḥimá, Defenders of the Homeland]”, أَبُو ٱلْقَاسِمِ ٱلشَّابِيّ, مُصْطَفَى صَادِق الرَّافِعِي [Aboul-Qacem Echebbi; Muṣṭafā Ṣādiq ar-Rāfiʕiyy] (lyrics), مُحَمَّد عَبْد ٱلْوَهَّاب [Muḥammad ʕAbd al-Wahhāb] (music):
      حُمَاةَ الْحِمَى يَا حُمَاةَ الْحِمَى
      هَلُمُّوا هَلُمُّوا لِمَجْدِ الزَّمَنْ
      ḥumāta al-ḥimā yā ḥumāta al-ḥimā
      halummū halummū limajdi z-zaman
      O defenders of the Homeland
      rally around to the glory of our time!
Declension

Etymology 2

Root
ح م م (ḥ-m-m)

Noun

حُمَّى (ḥummāf (dual حُمَّيَانِ (ḥummayāni), plural حُمَّيَات (ḥummayāt))

  1. fever
Declension
Descendants
  • Tigre: ሕማ (ḥəmma)

Moroccan Arabic

Root
ح م ي
2 terms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ħma/
  • (file)

Etymology 1

From Arabic أَحْمَى (ʔaḥmā).

Verb

حمى (ḥma) I (non-past يحمي (yiḥmi))

  1. to bake
    Synonym: خبز (ḵbaz)
Conjugation
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Etymology 2

From Arabic حَمَى (ḥamā).

Verb

حمى (ḥma) I (non-past يحمي (yiḥmi))

  1. to protect
Conjugation
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South Levantine Arabic

Root
ح م ي
4 terms

Etymology 1

From Arabic حَمَى (ḥamā).

Pronunciation

Verb

حمى (ḥama) I (present بحمي (biḥmi))

  1. to protect, to defend
    Synonym: دافع (dāfaʕ)
    منلبس الكمّامة حتى نحمي حالنا وما ننقل العدوى للآخرين.
    mnilbis il-kammāme ḥatta niḥmi ḥālna w ma nonʔol il-ʕadwa lil-ʔāḵrīn
    We wear the mask to protect ourselves and to not pass on the infection to others.
Conjugation
    Conjugation of حمى (ḥama)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m حميت (ḥamēt) حميت (ḥamēt) حمى (ḥama) حمينا (ḥamēna) حميتو (ḥamētu) حمو (ḥamu)
f حميتي (ḥamēti) حمت (ḥamat)
present m بحمي (baḥmi) بتحمي (btiḥmi) بيحمي (biḥmi) منحمي (mniḥmi) بتحمو (btiḥmu) بحمو (biḥmu)
f بتحمي (btiḥmi) بتحمي (btiḥmi)
subjunctive m احمي (aḥmi) تحمي (tiḥmi) يحمي (yiḥmi) نحمي (niḥmi) تحمو (tiḥmu) يحمو (yiḥmu)
f تحمي (tiḥmi) تحمي (tiḥmi)
imperative m احمي (iḥmi) احمو (iḥmu)
f احمي (iḥmi)

Etymology 2

From Arabic حَمَّى (ḥammā).

Pronunciation

Verb

حمّى (ḥamma) II (present بحمّي (biḥammi))

  1. (transitive) to warm up
Conjugation
    Conjugation of حمّى (ḥamma)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m حمّيت (ḥammēt) حمّيت (ḥammēt) حمّى (ḥamma) حمّينا (ḥammēna) حمّيتو (ḥammētu) حمّو (ḥammu)
f حمّيتي (ḥammēti) حمّت (ḥammat)
present m بحمّي (baḥammi) بتحمّي (bitḥammi) بحمّي (biḥammi) منحمّي (minḥammi) بتحمّو (bitḥammu) بحمّو (biḥammu)
f بتحمّي (bitḥammi) بتحمّي (bitḥammi)
subjunctive m احمّي (aḥammi) تحمّي (tḥammi) يحمّي (yḥammi) نحمّي (nḥammi) تحمّو (tḥammu) يحمّو (yḥammu)
f تحمّي (tḥammi) تحمّي (tḥammi)
imperative m حمّي (ḥammi) حمّو (ḥammu)
f حمّي (ḥammi)