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حَمِيم
close friend /ħaˈmiːm/
nounB1#2389 most common
Also: intimate, close relative
Example sentences
هو صديقي الحميم.
He is my close friend.
صديقتي الحميمة تسكن بجانبي.
My close friend lives next door to me.
نحن أصدقاء حميمون منذ سنوات طويلة.
We have been close friends for many years.
كانت العلاقة بين الجارتين حميمة جدا.
The relationship between the two neighbors was very close.
يصعب أن تجد صديقا حميما تثق به تمام الثقة.
It is hard to find a close friend you trust completely.
في ذلك اليوم العصيب، لا حميم يسأل عن حميم، إذ ينشغل كل امرئ بنفسه.
On that harsh day, no close friend asks about another, since each person is consumed by his own fate.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | حَمِيمٌ | أَحِمَّاءُ |
| Genitive | حَمِيمٍ | أَحِمَّاءَ |
| Accusative | حَمِيمًا | أَحِمَّاءَ |
| Vocative | يَا حَمِيمُ | يَا أَحِمَّاءُ |
Word family
حَمِيمَةclose female friend
حَمِيَto become hot; to grow zealous or protective
حَمَّامbathhouse, bath
حُمَّىfever
حَمِيَّةzeal, fervor, protectiveness
Etymology
حَمِيم comes from the Arabic root ح-م-م, which centers on heat and warmth. The same root gives حَمَّام (bathhouse) and حُمَّى (fever), both tied to the literal idea of being hot. Over time the sense of physical warmth extended into emotional warmth, so حميم came to describe a friend or relative whose bond feels close and warm. Arabic is a Semitic language, so no Indo-European root underlies this word.
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