حميم

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

• IPA^(key): /ħa.miːm/
• Rhymes: -iːm

حَمِيم • (ḥamīm) m (plural أَحِمَّاء (ʔaḥimmāʔ) or حَمَائِم (ḥamāʔim))

1. hot water, hot bath, fever
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 6:70:

     لَهُمْ شَرَابٌ مِنْ حَمِيمٍ وَعَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ بِمَا كَانُوا يَكْفُرُونَ

     lahum šarābun min ḥamīmin waʕaḏābun ʔalīmun bimā kānū yakfurūna

     For them will be a drink of scalding water and a painful punishment because they used to disbelieve.

حَمِيم • (ḥamīm) (masculine plural أَحِمَّاء (ʔaḥimmāʔ))

1. at a fairly or comfortably high temperature
2. close (e.g., friend, associate, confidant), bosom (e.g., buddy)
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 41:34:

     وَلَا تَسْتَوِي الْحَسَنَةُ وَلَا السَّيِّئَةُ ۚ ادْفَعْ بِالَّتِي هِيَ أَحْسَنُ فَإِذَا الَّذِي بَيْنَكَ وَبَيْنَهُ عَدَاوَةٌ كَأَنَّهُ وَلِيٌّ حَمِيمٌ

     wa-lā tastawī l-ḥasanatu wa-lā s-sayyiʔatu. idfaʕ bi-llatī hiya ʔaḥsanu fa-ʔiḏā llaḏī baynaka wa-baynahu ʕadāwatun kaʔannahu waliyyun ḥamīmun

     And 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.

3. warm, friendly, cordial (e.g., relations between two or more parties)
4. intimate, of a sexual nature