ح م ر

See also: حمر, خمر, جمر, and خ م ر

Arabic

Etymology

Inner-Arabic extension of the root ح م م (ḥ-m-m), and of حِمَار (ḥimār, “donkey”).

Root

ح م ر • (ḥ-m-r)

1. Related to the color red.
2. Related to donkeys.

Derived terms

Verbs

• Form II: حَمَّرَ (ḥammara)
  • Verbal noun: تَحْمِير (taḥmīr)
  • Active participle: مُحَمِّر (muḥammir)
  • Passive participle: مُحَمَّر (muḥammar)
• Form IX: اِحْمَرَّ (iḥmarra)
  • Verbal noun: اِحْمِرَار (iḥmirār)
  • Active participle: مُحْمَرّ (muḥmarr)
• Form XI: اِحْمَارَّ (iḥmārra)
  • Verbal noun: اِحْمِيرَار (iḥmīrār)
  • Active participle: مُحْمَارّ (muḥmārr)

Nouns

• حُمَر (ḥumar)
• حُمْرَة (ḥumra)
• حِمَار (ḥimār)
  • حَمير pl
  • حُمُر pl (ḥumur)
  • أَحْمِرَة pl (ʔaḥmira)
• حِمَارَة (ḥimāra)
  • حَمَائِر pl (ḥamāʔir)
• حُمَيْرَة (ḥumayra)
• حَمَّار (ḥammār)
• حَمْرَاء (ḥamrāʔ)
• يَحْمُور (yaḥmūr)
• إحْمِرَار (ʔiḥmirār)

Adjectives

• حُمَرِيّ (ḥumariyy)
• حُمُور (ḥumūr)
• أَحْمَر (ʔaḥmar), حَمْرَاء f (ḥamrāʔ), حُمْر pl (ḥumr)
• مُحَمَّر (muḥammar)

References

• Bulakh, Maria (2016) “Was There a Color Term *ḥmr ‘to be red’ in Proto-Semitic?”, in Babel und Bibel 9. Proceedings of the 6th Biennial Meeting of the International Association for Comparative Semitics and Other Studies, Penn State University Press, →DOI, →ISBN, pages 3–17