حَمْحَمَ

, [verbal noun حَمْحَمَةٌ,] He (a horse) uttered his cry, [or neighed,] when desiring fodder; as also ↓ تَحَمْحَمَ: (S:) according to Az, حَمْحَمَةٌ is apparently a word imitative of the cry of the horse when he desires fodder; or when he sees his master to whom he has been accustomed, and behaves familiarly towards him: (TA:) or it signifies a horse's uttering a cry with a kind of yearning sound, in order that his master may feel tenderness for him; as also ↓ تَحَمْحُمٌ: (EM p. 250:) or, of a بِرْذَوْن [or hack, or the like,] the uttering of a cry [or neighing] such as is not loud; and of a horse [of good breed], the uttering of a cry not so loud as the صَهِيل [or usual neighing]: (Lth, TA:) or, of the برذون, the uttering of a cry when desiring the barley: (K, * TA:) and the عِرّ, or عِزّ, [according to different copies of the K, but each is apparently a mistranscription, for عِىّ as meaning faltering of the voice or cry.] of the horse, when falling, or stopping, short in neighing, and seeking self-help [to finish it]; as also ↓ تَحَمْحُمٌ: (K:) and the bull's uttering a cry with the desire of leaping the cow. (Az, K.)