حامي

See also: حامى

Arabic

Etymology

From حَام (ḥām).

Noun

حَامِيّ • (ḥāmiyy) m (plural حَامِيُّون (ḥāmiyyūn), feminine حَامِيَّة (ḥāmiyya))

1. A person from the lineage of Hām bin Nūh
2. A black person

Verb

حَامِي • (ḥāmī) (form III) /ħaː.miː/

1. second-person feminine singular imperative of حَامَى (ḥāmā)

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ح م ي
4 terms

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ħaː.mi/, [ˈħæː.mi]

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Etymology 1

From Arabic حَامٍ (ḥāmin). Equivalent to the active participle of حِمِي (ḥimi, “to become hot”).

Adjective

حامي • (ḥāmi) (feminine حامية (ḥāmye), elative أحمى (ʔaḥma))

1. very hot (of things)

See also

Temperature · حرارة (ḥarāra)
	Cold	Warm	Hot	Hot (Weather)	Very Hot
Noun	برد (bard)	دفا (dafa)	حرّ (ḥarr)	شوب (šōb)	حمّ (ḥamm)
Verb	برد (barad)	دفي (difi)	سخن (saḵan)	شوّب (šawwab)	حمي (ḥimi)
Adjective	بارد (bāred)	دافي (dāfi)	سخن (suḵn), حارّ (ḥārr)	مشوّب (mšawweb)	حامي (ḥāmi)
Feeling	بردان (bardān)	دفيان (dafyān)		شوبان (šōbān)	حميان (ḥamyān)

Adverb

حامي • (ḥāmi)

1. strongly, hard

   قحّ حامي. ― ʔaḥḥ ḥāmi ― He coughed hard.

Etymology 2

From Arabic حَامِي (ḥāmī). Equivalent to the active participle of حَمَى (ḥama, “to protect”).

Noun

حامي • (ḥāmi) m

1. protector, guard