حُمُّةٌ

: see حُمُّى:

and see also حَمٌّ.

Also The vehemence, and main force, of the movements of two armies meeting each other. (TA from a tradition)

The sharpness of a spear-head. (TA.)

The venom, or poison, of the scorpion: (TA:) a dialect var. of حُمَةٌ, (K,) according to IAar; but others allow not the teshdeed, [and among them J,] and assert the word to be originally حُمَوٌ. (TA.)

A decreed, or predestined, case of separation: (S, K:) and of death; (TA;) as also حِمَامٌ: (S, K:) you say حِمَامُ المَوْتِ, and الحِمَامُ alone as in a verse cited voce عَتَبَ [q. v.]: (TA:) the plural of حُمَّةٌ is حُمَمٌ and حِمَامٌ. (K.)

Blackness; (S, TA;) the colour denoted by the epithet أَحَمُّ [q. v.]: (S, K:) a colour between دُهْمَة [or blackness] and كمْتَة [or a blackish red], inferior [in depth, or brightness,] to what is termed حُوَّة [apparently as meaning redness inclining to blackness]. (M, K.)

The black sediment of clarified butter, and the like, in the bottom of the skin. (TA.)

Also i. q. حُبَّةٌ: so in the phrases فُلَانٌ حُمَّة نَفْسِى [Such a one is the beloved of my soul] (Az, TA) and هُوَ مِنْ حُمَّةِ نَفْسِى [He is of the beloved of my soul]: and the م is said to be a substitute for ب. (TA.) [See also أَحَمُّ, which is used as synonym with أَحَبُّ.]