حمحم

Arabic

Etymology 1

Onomatopoeic.

Verb

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

to whinny, to snicker

Conjugation

Conjugation of **حَمْحَمَ** (Iq, sound, no passive, verbal noun *حَمْحَمَة*)

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

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

Declension

Declension of noun **حِمْحِم** (ḥimḥim)
singular	basic singular triptote
singular	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

Alternative forms

حَمَاحِم (ḥamāḥim)

References

Gernot Katzer’s Spice Pages: Borage (Borago officinalis) L.
Salmon, Georges (1906) “Sur quelques noms de plantes en arabe et en bèrbere”, in Archives marocaines‎^[1] (in French), volume VIII, page 62
Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “حمحم”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎^[2] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 292