أحم

See also: احم‎

Arabic

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

يَحْمُوم‎ (yaḥmūm)

Adjective

أَحَمّ • (ʾaḥamm) (feminine حَمَّاء‎ (ḥammāʾ), common plural حُمّ‎ (ḥumm))

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Synonym: أَسْوَد‎ (ʾaswad)

Declension

Declension of adjective أَحَمّ (ʾaḥamm)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular diptote		basic singular diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	أَحَمّ ʾaḥamm	الْأَحَمّ‎ al-ʾaḥamm	حَمَّاء‎ ḥammāʾ	الْحَمَّاء‎ al-ḥammāʾ
Nominative	أَحَمُّ ʾaḥammu	الْأَحَمُّ‎ al-ʾaḥammu	حَمَّاءُ‎ ḥammāʾu	الْحَمَّاءُ‎ al-ḥammāʾu
Accusative	أَحَمَّ ʾaḥamma	الْأَحَمَّ‎ al-ʾaḥamma	حَمَّاءَ‎ ḥammāʾa	الْحَمَّاءَ‎ al-ḥammāʾa
Genitive	أَحَمَّ ʾaḥamma	الْأَحَمِّ‎ al-ʾaḥammi	حَمَّاءَ‎ ḥammāʾa	الْحَمَّاءِ‎ al-ḥammāʾi
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	أَحَمَّيْن‎ ʾaḥammayn	الْأَحَمَّيْن‎ al-ʾaḥammayn	حَمَّاوَيْن‎ ḥammāwayn	الْحَمَّاوَيْن‎ al-ḥammāwayn
Nominative	أَحَمَّانِ‎ ʾaḥammāni	الْأَحَمَّانِ‎ al-ʾaḥammāni	حَمَّاوَانِ‎ ḥammāwāni	الْحَمَّاوَانِ‎ al-ḥammāwāni
Accusative	أَحَمَّيْنِ‎ ʾaḥammayni	الْأَحَمَّيْنِ‎ al-ʾaḥammayni	حَمَّاوَيْنِ‎ ḥammāwayni	الْحَمَّاوَيْنِ‎ al-ḥammāwayni
Genitive	أَحَمَّيْنِ‎ ʾaḥammayni	الْأَحَمَّيْنِ‎ al-ʾaḥammayni	حَمَّاوَيْنِ‎ ḥammāwayni	الْحَمَّاوَيْنِ‎ al-ḥammāwayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	basic broken plural triptote		basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	حُمّ‎ ḥumm	الْحُمّ‎ al-ḥumm	حُمّ‎ ḥumm	الْحُمّ‎ al-ḥumm
Nominative	حُمٌّ‎ ḥummun	الْحُمُّ‎ al-ḥummu	حُمٌّ‎ ḥummun	الْحُمُّ‎ al-ḥummu
Accusative	حُمًّا‎ ḥumman	الْحُمَّ‎ al-ḥumma	حُمًّا‎ ḥumman	الْحُمَّ‎ al-ḥumma
Genitive	حُمٍّ‎ ḥummin	الْحُمِّ‎ al-ḥummi	حُمٍّ‎ ḥummin	الْحُمِّ‎ al-ḥummi

Colors in Arabic · أَلْوَان‎ (ʾalwān) (layout · text)
أَبْيَض‎ (ʾabyaḍ), أَشْيَب‎ (ʾašyab)	رَمَادِيّ‎ (ramādiyy), أَغْبَر‎ (ʾaḡbar), أَعْفَر‎ (ʾaʿfar)	أَسْوَد‎ (ʾaswad), غِرْبِيب‎ (ḡirbīb), أَحَمّ (ʾaḥamm), أَدْهَم‎ (ʾadham)
أَحْمَر‎ (ʾaḥmar), أَصْهَب‎ (ʾaṣhab) ; قِرْمِزِيّ‎ (qirmiziyy)	أَمْغَر‎ (ʾamḡar), بُرْتُقَالِيّ‎ (burtuqāliyy) ; بُنِّيّ‎ (bunniyy), أَسْمَر‎ (ʾasmar)	أَصْفَر‎ (ʾaṣfar), أَشْقَر‎ (ʾašqar) ; قِشْدِيّ‎ (qišdiyy)
لَيْمِيّ‎ (laymiyy)	أَخْضَر‎ (ʾaḵḍar), أَحْوَى‎ (ʾaḥwā)
سَمَاوِيّ‎ (samāwiyy), فَيْرُوزِيّ‎ (fayrūziyy) ; حَذَفِيّ‎ (ḥaḏafiyy), شَرْشِيرِيّ‎ (šaršīriyy)	لَازُوَرْدِيّ‎ (lāzuwardiyy)	أَزْرَق‎ (ʾazraq)
بَنَفْسَجِيّ‎ (banafsajiyy), فِرْفِيرِيّ‎ (firfīriyy) ; نِيلِيّ‎ (nīliyy)	فُوشِيّ‎ (fūšiyy) ; أُرْجُوَانِيّ‎ (ʾurjuwāniyy)	وَرْدِيّ‎ (wardiyy)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

أَحْمِ • (ʾaḥmi) (form I)

first-person singular non-past active jussive of حَمَى‎ (ḥamā)

Verb

أُحْمَ • (ʾuḥma) (form I)

first-person singular non-past passive jussive of حَمَى‎ (ḥamā)

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; Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985), “أحم”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 292

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