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Arabic root

ح-م-ر

Ha-Mim-Ra

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About this root

Ha-Mim-Ra (ح-م-ر) has 1 word in the Fahm dictionary: aḥmar (red).

In the Quran, words built on this root occur 6 times in 6 verses, across 6 of the 114 suras. The first is in 2:259.

Themes: Adjectives, Colors, Shopping

Words from this root

WordMeaningTypeTaught in
أَحمَر
aḥmar
redadjective, A1Adjectives - Appearance & Beauty

In the Quran

وَٱلْخَيْلَ وَٱلْبِغَالَ وَٱلْحَمِيرَ لِتَرْكَبُوهَا وَزِينَةً ۚ وَيَخْلُقُ مَا لَا تَعْلَمُونَ

And horses and mules and asses (hath He created) that ye may ride them, and for ornament. And He createth that which ye know not.

Quran 16:8
وَٱقْصِدْ فِى مَشْيِكَ وَٱغْضُضْ مِن صَوْتِكَ ۚ إِنَّ أَنكَرَ ٱلْأَصْوَٰتِ لَصَوْتُ ٱلْحَمِيرِ

Be modest in thy bearing and subdue thy voice. Lo! the harshest of all voices is the voice of the ass.

Quran 31:19
أَلَمْ تَرَ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ أَنزَلَ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءً فَأَخْرَجْنَا بِهِۦ ثَمَرَٰتٍ مُّخْتَلِفًا أَلْوَٰنُهَا ۚ وَمِنَ ٱلْجِبَالِ جُدَدٌۢ بِيضٌ وَحُمْرٌ مُّخْتَلِفٌ أَلْوَٰنُهَا وَغَرَابِيبُ سُودٌ

Hast thou not seen that Allah causeth water to fall from the sky, and We produce therewith fruit of divers hues; and among the hills are streaks white and red, of divers hues, and (others) raven-black;

Quran 35:27

Arabic text: Tanzil Quran Text (Uthmani 1.1), CC BY 3.0, tanzil.net. English: Marmaduke Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (1930), public domain, via Project Gutenberg. Counts and verse choice: Quranic Arabic Corpus morphology data (corpus.quran.com).

Word cards with examples

A1adjective
أَحمَر
aḥmar

red

Example
الوَردَةُ حَمراء
al-wardatu ḥamrāʾ
The rose is red
Grammar

Feminine form: ḥamrāʾ (حَمراء). Colors follow the pattern afʿal/faʿlāʾ and are diptote (partially declined).

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