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)

Related to the color red.
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

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