حَاتِمٌ

A judge; or one who decrees, ordains, or pronounces a judicial decision: (S, * K, * TA:) plural حُتُومٌ, (K,) like as شُهُودٌ is plural of شَاهِدٌ. (TA.)

[Hence,] because, as they [the Arabs] hold, or assert, it necessitates separation, or departure, (بِالفِرَاقِ ↓ يَحْتِمُ,) (S, Msb, TA,) i. e. يُوجِبُ, (Msb,) by its croaking, (Msb, TA,) الحَاتِمُ signifies The غُرَاب [a name applied to any species of crow; and here, apparently, particularly to the raven]: (Msb:) or the black غُرَاب: (S, K:) and [the bird called] غُرَابُ البَيْنِ, [see article بين,] which is red in the beak and legs: (K:) said by Lh to be that which is fond of plucking out its feathers, and which is held to be of evil omen. (TA.)

And [hence,] حَاتِمٌ signifies also Unlucky, or inauspicious. (TA.)

See also أَحْتَمُ.