حميم

Arabic

Root
ح م م (ḥ m m)
10 terms

Etymology

فَعِيل (faʕīl)-type stative-verb derived from the active participle from the verb حَمَّ (ḥamma).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ħa.miːm/
• Rhymes: -iːm

Noun

حَمِيم • (ḥamīm) m (plural أَحِمَّاء (ʔaḥimmāʔ) or حَمَائِم (ḥamāʔim))

1. hot water, hot bath, fever
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 6:70:

     لَهُمْ شَرَابٌ مِنْ حَمِيمٍ وَعَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ بِمَا كَانُوا يَكْفُرُونَ

     lahum šarābun min ḥamīmin waʕaḏābun ʔalīmun bimā kānū yakfurūna

     For them will be a drink of scalding water and a painful punishment because they used to disbelieve.

Declension

Declension of noun حَمِيم (ḥamīm)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حَمِيم ḥamīm	الْحَمِيم al-ḥamīm	حَمِيم ḥamīm
Nominative	حَمِيمٌ ḥamīmun	الْحَمِيمُ al-ḥamīmu	حَمِيمُ ḥamīmu
Accusative	حَمِيمًا ḥamīman	الْحَمِيمَ al-ḥamīma	حَمِيمَ ḥamīma
Genitive	حَمِيمٍ ḥamīmin	الْحَمِيمِ al-ḥamīmi	حَمِيمِ ḥamīmi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حَمِيمَيْن ḥamīmayn	الْحَمِيمَيْن al-ḥamīmayn	حَمِيمَيْ ḥamīmay
Nominative	حَمِيمَانِ ḥamīmāni	الْحَمِيمَانِ al-ḥamīmāni	حَمِيمَا ḥamīmā
Accusative	حَمِيمَيْنِ ḥamīmayni	الْحَمِيمَيْنِ al-ḥamīmayni	حَمِيمَيْ ḥamīmay
Genitive	حَمِيمَيْنِ ḥamīmayni	الْحَمِيمَيْنِ al-ḥamīmayni	حَمِيمَيْ ḥamīmay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَحِمَّاء‎; حَمَائِم ʔaḥimmāʔ‎; ḥamāʔim	الْأَحِمَّاء‎; الْحَمَائِم al-ʔaḥimmāʔ‎; al-ḥamāʔim	أَحِمَّاء‎; حَمَائِم ʔaḥimmāʔ‎; ḥamāʔim
Nominative	أَحِمَّاءُ‎; حَمَائِمُ ʔaḥimmāʔu‎; ḥamāʔimu	الْأَحِمَّاءُ‎; الْحَمَائِمُ al-ʔaḥimmāʔu‎; al-ḥamāʔimu	أَحِمَّاءُ‎; حَمَائِمُ ʔaḥimmāʔu‎; ḥamāʔimu
Accusative	أَحِمَّاءَ‎; حَمَائِمَ ʔaḥimmāʔa‎; ḥamāʔima	الْأَحِمَّاءَ‎; الْحَمَائِمَ al-ʔaḥimmāʔa‎; al-ḥamāʔima	أَحِمَّاءَ‎; حَمَائِمَ ʔaḥimmāʔa‎; ḥamāʔima
Genitive	أَحِمَّاءَ‎; حَمَائِمَ ʔaḥimmāʔa‎; ḥamāʔima	الْأَحِمَّاءِ‎; الْحَمَائِمِ al-ʔaḥimmāʔi‎; al-ḥamāʔimi	أَحِمَّاءِ‎; حَمَائِمِ ʔaḥimmāʔi‎; ḥamāʔimi

Adjective

حَمِيم • (ḥamīm) (masculine plural أَحِمَّاء (ʔaḥimmāʔ))

1. at a fairly or comfortably high temperature
2. close (e.g., friend, associate, confidant), bosom (e.g., buddy)
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 41:34:

     وَلَا تَسْتَوِي الْحَسَنَةُ وَلَا السَّيِّئَةُ ۚ ادْفَعْ بِالَّتِي هِيَ أَحْسَنُ فَإِذَا الَّذِي بَيْنَكَ وَبَيْنَهُ عَدَاوَةٌ كَأَنَّهُ وَلِيٌّ حَمِيمٌ

     wa-lā tastawī l-ḥasanatu wa-lā s-sayyiʔatu. idfaʕ bi-llatī hiya ʔaḥsanu fa-ʔiḏā llaḏī baynaka wa-baynahu ʕadāwatun kaʔannahu waliyyun ḥamīmun

     And the good deed does not equal the bad: repel by that which is better, whereupon he who is inimical to you will be as if he were a devoted friend.

3. warm, friendly, cordial (e.g., relations between two or more parties)
4. intimate, of a sexual nature

Declension

Declension of noun حَمِيم (ḥamīm)

Singular	Masculine			Feminine
	basic singular triptote			singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حَمِيم ḥamīm	الْحَمِيم al-ḥamīm	حَمِيم ḥamīm	حَمِيمَة ḥamīma	الْحَمِيمَة al-ḥamīma	حَمِيمَة ḥamīmat
Nominative	حَمِيمٌ ḥamīmun	الْحَمِيمُ al-ḥamīmu	حَمِيمُ ḥamīmu	حَمِيمَةٌ ḥamīmatun	الْحَمِيمَةُ al-ḥamīmatu	حَمِيمَةُ ḥamīmatu
Accusative	حَمِيمًا ḥamīman	الْحَمِيمَ al-ḥamīma	حَمِيمَ ḥamīma	حَمِيمَةً ḥamīmatan	الْحَمِيمَةَ al-ḥamīmata	حَمِيمَةَ ḥamīmata
Genitive	حَمِيمٍ ḥamīmin	الْحَمِيمِ al-ḥamīmi	حَمِيمِ ḥamīmi	حَمِيمَةٍ ḥamīmatin	الْحَمِيمَةِ al-ḥamīmati	حَمِيمَةِ ḥamīmati
Dual	Masculine			Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حَمِيمَيْن ḥamīmayn	الْحَمِيمَيْن al-ḥamīmayn	حَمِيمَيْ ḥamīmay	حَمِيمَتَيْن ḥamīmatayn	الْحَمِيمَتَيْن al-ḥamīmatayn	حَمِيمَتَيْ ḥamīmatay
Nominative	حَمِيمَانِ ḥamīmāni	الْحَمِيمَانِ al-ḥamīmāni	حَمِيمَا ḥamīmā	حَمِيمَتَانِ ḥamīmatāni	الْحَمِيمَتَانِ al-ḥamīmatāni	حَمِيمَتَا ḥamīmatā
Accusative	حَمِيمَيْنِ ḥamīmayni	الْحَمِيمَيْنِ al-ḥamīmayni	حَمِيمَيْ ḥamīmay	حَمِيمَتَيْنِ ḥamīmatayni	الْحَمِيمَتَيْنِ al-ḥamīmatayni	حَمِيمَتَيْ ḥamīmatay
Genitive	حَمِيمَيْنِ ḥamīmayni	الْحَمِيمَيْنِ al-ḥamīmayni	حَمِيمَيْ ḥamīmay	حَمِيمَتَيْنِ ḥamīmatayni	الْحَمِيمَتَيْنِ al-ḥamīmatayni	حَمِيمَتَيْ ḥamīmatay
Plural	Masculine			Feminine
	basic broken plural diptote			sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَحِمَّاء ʔaḥimmāʔ	الْأَحِمَّاء al-ʔaḥimmāʔ	أَحِمَّاء ʔaḥimmāʔ	حَمِيمَات ḥamīmāt	الْحَمِيمَات al-ḥamīmāt	حَمِيمَات ḥamīmāt
Nominative	أَحِمَّاءُ ʔaḥimmāʔu	الْأَحِمَّاءُ al-ʔaḥimmāʔu	أَحِمَّاءُ ʔaḥimmāʔu	حَمِيمَاتٌ ḥamīmātun	الْحَمِيمَاتُ al-ḥamīmātu	حَمِيمَاتُ ḥamīmātu
Accusative	أَحِمَّاءَ ʔaḥimmāʔa	الْأَحِمَّاءَ al-ʔaḥimmāʔa	أَحِمَّاءَ ʔaḥimmāʔa	حَمِيمَاتٍ ḥamīmātin	الْحَمِيمَاتِ al-ḥamīmāti	حَمِيمَاتِ ḥamīmāti
Genitive	أَحِمَّاءَ ʔaḥimmāʔa	الْأَحِمَّاءِ al-ʔaḥimmāʔi	أَحِمَّاءِ ʔaḥimmāʔi	حَمِيمَاتٍ ḥamīmātin	الْحَمِيمَاتِ al-ḥamīmāti	حَمِيمَاتِ ḥamīmāti