حمحم

Arabic

Etymology 1

Onomatopoeic.

Verb

حَمْحَمَ • (ḥamḥama) Iq, non-past يُحَمْحِمُ‎ (yuḥamḥimu)

1. to whinny, to snicker

Conjugation

Conjugation of

حَمْحَمَ

(form-Iq sound)

verbal noun الْمَصْدَر						حَمْحَمَة ḥamḥama
active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل						مُحَمْحِم muḥamḥim
active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	حَمْحَمْتُ ḥamḥamtu	حَمْحَمْتَ ḥamḥamta	حَمْحَمَ ḥamḥama		حَمْحَمْتُمَا ḥamḥamtumā	حَمْحَمَا ḥamḥamā		حَمْحَمْنَا ḥamḥamnā	حَمْحَمْتُمْ ḥamḥamtum	حَمْحَمُوا ḥamḥamū
	f		حَمْحَمْتِ ḥamḥamti	حَمْحَمَتْ ḥamḥamat			حَمْحَمَتَا ḥamḥamatā			حَمْحَمْتُنَّ ḥamḥamtunna	حَمْحَمْنَ ḥamḥamna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أُحَمْحِمُ ʔuḥamḥimu	تُحَمْحِمُ tuḥamḥimu	يُحَمْحِمُ yuḥamḥimu		تُحَمْحِمَانِ tuḥamḥimāni	يُحَمْحِمَانِ yuḥamḥimāni		نُحَمْحِمُ nuḥamḥimu	تُحَمْحِمُونَ tuḥamḥimūna	يُحَمْحِمُونَ yuḥamḥimūna
	f		تُحَمْحِمِينَ tuḥamḥimīna	تُحَمْحِمُ tuḥamḥimu			تُحَمْحِمَانِ tuḥamḥimāni			تُحَمْحِمْنَ tuḥamḥimna	يُحَمْحِمْنَ yuḥamḥimna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أُحَمْحِمَ ʔuḥamḥima	تُحَمْحِمَ tuḥamḥima	يُحَمْحِمَ yuḥamḥima		تُحَمْحِمَا tuḥamḥimā	يُحَمْحِمَا yuḥamḥimā		نُحَمْحِمَ nuḥamḥima	تُحَمْحِمُوا tuḥamḥimū	يُحَمْحِمُوا yuḥamḥimū
	f		تُحَمْحِمِي tuḥamḥimī	تُحَمْحِمَ tuḥamḥima			تُحَمْحِمَا tuḥamḥimā			تُحَمْحِمْنَ tuḥamḥimna	يُحَمْحِمْنَ yuḥamḥimna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أُحَمْحِمْ ʔuḥamḥim	تُحَمْحِمْ tuḥamḥim	يُحَمْحِمْ yuḥamḥim		تُحَمْحِمَا tuḥamḥimā	يُحَمْحِمَا yuḥamḥimā		نُحَمْحِمْ nuḥamḥim	تُحَمْحِمُوا tuḥamḥimū	يُحَمْحِمُوا yuḥamḥimū
	f		تُحَمْحِمِي tuḥamḥimī	تُحَمْحِمْ tuḥamḥim			تُحَمْحِمَا tuḥamḥimā			تُحَمْحِمْنَ tuḥamḥimna	يُحَمْحِمْنَ yuḥamḥimna
imperative الْأَمْر	m		حَمْحِمْ ḥamḥim			حَمْحِمَا ḥamḥimā				حَمْحِمُوا ḥamḥimū
	f		حَمْحِمِي ḥamḥimī							حَمْحِمْنَ ḥamḥimna

Etymology 2

From the root ح م م (ḥ-m-m) meaning “to become hot”, “to be heated”, “to be boiling or steaming”, “to have a fever”, “a bathhouse or sauna”; related to its other title أَبُو مِن العَرَق (ʔabū min al-ʕaraq, literally “father of sweat”) for the common use of its leaves by Arab physicians in dia­phoretic medi­cines.

Noun

حِمْحِم • (ḥimḥim) m

1. borage (any plant in Borago gen., especially Borago officinalis, and the genus itself)
2. (less often) anchusa (any plant in Anchusa gen.)
3. (even less often) echium (any plant in Echium gen.)

Declension

Declension of noun حِمْحِم (ḥimḥim)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حِمْحِم ḥimḥim	الْحِمْحِم al-ḥimḥim	حِمْحِم ḥimḥim
Nominative	حِمْحِمٌ ḥimḥimun	الْحِمْحِمُ al-ḥimḥimu	حِمْحِمُ ḥimḥimu
Accusative	حِمْحِمًا ḥimḥiman	الْحِمْحِمَ al-ḥimḥima	حِمْحِمَ ḥimḥima
Genitive	حِمْحِمٍ ḥimḥimin	الْحِمْحِمِ al-ḥimḥimi	حِمْحِمِ ḥimḥimi

References

• Gernot Katzer’s Spice Pages: Borage (Borago officinalis) L.
• Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “حمحم”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎^[1] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 292