حَمِيم

حَمِيم in English

Adjective

1. at a fairly or comfortably high temperature
2. close (e.g., friend, associate, confidant), bosom (e.g., buddy)
   وَلَا تَسْتَوِي الْحَسَنَةُ وَلَا السَّيِّئَةُ ۚ ادْفَعْ بِالَّتِي هِيَ أَحْسَنُ فَإِذَا الَّذِي بَيْنَكَ وَبَيْنَهُ عَدَاوَةٌ كَأَنَّهُ وَلِيٌّ حَمِيمٌAnd 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.609–632 CE, Qur'an, 41:34
3. warm, friendly, cordial (e.g., relations between two or more parties)
4. intimate, of a sexual nature

Word origin

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

Words from the root ح-م-م

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حَمِيم: plural and other forms

حَمِيم in a sentence

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