حوم
1 حَامَ, (
S,
Msb,
K,) حَوْلَ المَآءِ, (
S,
Msb,) or عَلَى الشَّىْءِ, (
K,)
aor. ـُ (
S,)
inf. n. حَوَمَانٌ (
S,
Msb,
K) and حَوْمٌ, (
S,
K,) said of a bird, or flying thing, (
S,
Msb,
K,) &c., (
S,) It went, [or hovered,] or circled, (
S,
Msb,
K,) round about the water, (
S,
Msb,) by reason of thirst, (
TA,) or round about the thing: (
K:) and in like manner حَامَتْ, said of camels. (
K,
TA.)
b2: [Hence,] it is said in a
trad., مَنْ حَامَ حَوْلَ الحِمَى يُوشِكَ أَنْ يَقَعَ فِيهِ, meaning (assumed
tropical:) He who approaches acts of disobedience is near to falling therein. (
Msb.) And you say, هُوَ يَحُومُ حَوْلَ غَرَضٍ لَهُ (
tropical:) [He hovers about an object of aim, or desire, that he has]. (
TA.) And حام فُلَانٌ عَلَى
الأَمْرِ,
inf. n. حَوْمٌ and حِيَامٌ and حُؤُومٌ, (
K,
TA,) the second with kesr [to the ح, and therefore with ى in the place of و, but written in the
CK with fet-h], (
TA,) (
tropical:) Such a one desired, or sought, the thing. (
K,
TA.) And حام عَلَى قَرَابَتِهِ (
tropical:) He affected, or inclined towards, his relations, like one going round about the water. (
TA.) 2 حوّم فِى الأَمْرِ
i. q. اِسْتَدَامَ (
tropical:) [
app. as meaning (assumed
tropical:) He paused, and acted with deliberation, or in a patient or leisurely manner, or he waited in expectation, in the affair, or case, like one who hovers about a thing]. (
K,
TA.) جَيْشُ حَامٍ [
lit. The army of
Ham, the son of Noah; meaning, because of its blackness,] (
tropical:) the night. (
TA.) حَوْمٌ A large herd of camels, (
S,
M,
K,) amounting to a thousand: (
M,
K:) or an indefinite number; (
K, *
TA;) i. e. many: a quasipl.
n.; or, as some say, a
pl. (
TA.) حُومٌ, applied to wine, (
TA,) That circulates [or produces a sensation of circular motion] in the head. (
K.)
b2: Accord. to
As, so applied, it signifies Much in quantity. (
TA.) حَوْمَةٌ The main part or portion, (
S,
K,) of water, (
S,) or of the sea, (
K,) and of sand, and of a fight, &c.: (
S,
K:) the part where is most water, of the sea; (
Ham p. 329, and
TA;) the deepest part thereof: (
TA:) and in like manner, of a watering-trough: (
Ham ibid., and
TA:) or a copious, or deep, part of water: (
Lh,
TA:) and hence, the vehemence of war or fight: (
Ham p. 329:) or a place of fight; because the opposing parties go round about it: (
Ham p. 492:) or the most vehement part [or the thickest] of a fight: (
K, *
TA:)
pl. حَوْمَاتٌ. (
Ham p. 329.) [See also حَوْبَةٌ, last signification.]
حَامِىٌّ A black, or negro, boy or young man, (
S,
K,) or slave: (
S:) so termed in relation to حام [or
Ham, the son of Noah], the father of the blacks, or negroes. (
S,
K.) حَائِمٌ Thirsty, and going, [or hovering,] or circling, round about the water: (
Ham p. 753:) and hence, (Id. p. 317,) whatever is thirsty: (Id. ibid., and
K:) [
fem. with ة:
pl. masc.
حُوَّمٌ:]
pl. fem. حَوَائِمُ. (
Ham p. 317.) Yousay إِبِلٌ حُوَّمٌ Thirsty camels that go round about the water: (
As,
TA:) or, as also إِبِلٌ حَوَائِمُ, thirsty camels: (
K:) or very thirsty camels. (
TA.) And it is said in a
trad., respecting the prayer for rain, اَللّٰهُمَّ ارْحَمْ بَهَائِمَنَا الحَائِمَةَ O God, have mercy upon our beasts that are going about the water and not finding any to which they may come to drink. (
TA.) You say also هَامَةٌ حَائِمَةٌ A thirsty head: (
TA:) or a head of which the brain is thirsty. (
T,
TA.)
b2: Also (
tropical:) Desiring, or seeking:
pl. حُوَّمٌ, (
K,
TA,) [in the
CK حَوَمٌ, but it is] like سُكَّرٌ. (
TA.)
