حِمَاءٌ

حِمَاءٌ لَكَ or حِمَاءً لَكَ i. q. فِدَاءٌ لَكَ [May such a person, or thing, be a ransom for thee!] or فِدَاءً لَكَ [meaning فُدِيتَ, i. e. mayest thou be ransomed!] or فَدَاكَ, i. e. may such a one ransom thee!]. (S, according to different copies.) [And in like manner,] the Arabs said, لَكَ الفِدَى وَالحِمَى [Ransom, or ransoming, be for thee!] pronouncing the former noun with the short alif when thus coupling it with الحِمَى. (El-Kálee, TA in article فدى.)