أحم

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Arabic

Etymology 1

Color or defect adjective from the root ح م م (ḥ-m-m).

Alternative forms

Adjective

أَحَمّ (ʔaḥamm) (feminine حَمَّاء (ḥammāʔ), common plural حُمّ (ḥumm))

  1. black
    Synonym: أَسْوَد (ʔaswad)
Declension

See also

Colors in Arabic · أَلْوَان (ʔalwān) (layout · text)
     أَبْيَض (ʔabyaḍ), أَشْيَب (ʔašyab)      رَمَادِيّ (ramādiyy), أَشْهَب (ʔašhab), أَغْبَر (ʔaḡbar), أَعْفَر (ʔaʕfar), رَصَاصِيّ (raṣāṣiyy)      أَسْوَد (ʔaswad), غِرْبِيب (ḡirbīb), أَحَمّ (ʔaḥamm), أَدْهَم (ʔadham)
             أَحْمَر (ʔaḥmar), أَصْهَب (ʔaṣhab); قِرْمِزِيّ (qirmiziyy)              أَمْغَر (ʔamḡar), بُرْتُقَالِيّ (burtuqāliyy); بُنِّيّ (bunniyy), أَسْمَر (ʔasmar), أَشْعَل (ʔašʕal), أَشْهَل (ʔašhal)              أَصْفَر (ʔaṣfar), أَشْقَر (ʔašqar); قِشْدِيّ (qišdiyy)
             لِيمِيّ (līmiyy)              أَخْضَر (ʔaḵḍar), أَحْوَى (ʔaḥwā)              نَعْنَاعِيّ (naʕnāʕiyy), زُمُرُّدِيّ‎ (zumurrudiyy)
             سَمَاوِيّ (samāwiyy), فَيْرُوزِيّ (fayrūziyy); حَذَفِيّ (ḥaḏafiyy), شَرْشِيرِيّ (šaršīriyy)              لَازُوَرْدِيّ (lāzuwardiyy), بَحْرِيّ‎ (baḥriyy)              أَزْرَق (ʔazraq)
             بَنَفْسَجِيّ (banafsajiyy), فِرْفِيرِيّ (firfīriyy); نِيلِيّ (nīliyy)              فُوشِيّ (fūšiyy); أُرْجُوَانِيّ (ʔurjuwāniyy)              وَرْدِيّ (wardiyy), زَهْرِيّ (zahriyy)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

أحم (form I)

  1. أَحْمِ (ʔaḥmi) /ʔaħ.mi/: first-person singular non-past active jussive of حَمَى (ḥamā)
  2. أُحْمَ (ʔuḥma) /ʔuħ.ma/: first-person singular non-past passive jussive of حَمَى (ḥamā)

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

أحم (form I)

  1. أَحْمَ (ʔaḥma) /ʔaħ.ma/: first-person singular non-past active jussive of حَمِيَ (ḥamiya)
  2. أُحْمَ (ʔuḥma) /ʔuħ.ma/: first-person singular non-past passive jussive of حَمِيَ (ḥamiya)

References

  • Müller, Juliane (2013) “Die Farben des Koran. Semantik und Funktion der koranischen Farbbezeichnungen”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft (in German), volume 163, page 132
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “أحم”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 292