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احمأ البِيءْرَ , (ISk, S, K,) inf. n. اـِحْمَا=ءٌ , (ISk, S,) He threw حَمْأَة [or black, fetid mud] into the well. (ISk, S, K.) ― -b2- See also 1.

حَمْءٌ حمء and حَمٌ and حَمُو [only used as a prefixed n. governing the gen. case (see حَمٌ in art. حمو )] and حَمًا (S, Msb, K) and ↓ حَمَأٌ (K) A woman's husband's father; (IF, Msb, K;) and a man's wife's father: (IF, Msb:) or a man's wife's father or wife's brother or wife's paternal uncle: (M, Msb:) or any one of a woman's husband's [male] relations, (S, O, K,) as the brother and the father (S, O) and the paternal uncle; (O, TA;) and of a man's wife's relations: (K:) pl. أَحْمَا=ءٌ : (S, K:) the fem. is حَمَاْةٌ . (TA.) -A2- See also حَمْأَةٌ .

حَمَأٌ : see حَمْءٌ : -A2- and see also what next follows.

حَمْأَةٌ (S, Msb, K) and ↓ حَمَأٌ , (S, K,) but accord. to some, the latter is the pl. [or rather quasipl. n.] of the former; and sometimes, by poetic license, it is written ↓ حَمْءٌ ; (TA;) Black mud: (S, Msb:) or black fetid mud. (K.) -A2- Also, the former, A certain plant, (K,) that grows in Nejd, in the sands, and in plain, or soft, land. (TA.)

حَمِيءُ العَيْنِ A man of an evil eye, (Fr, K,) who injures with his eye him whom he sees and admires: no verb belonging to it has been heard. (Fr, TA.) -A2- حَمِيءَةٌ A well ( بِيءْر ) or a spring ( عَيْن ) foul with black, fetid mud. (TA.)