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فءم

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

4 افأم ذ He widened, (S, M, K,) and added to, a [camel's saddle such as is called] قَتَب, (S, K,) and [such as is called] a رَحْل, (S,) or a [woman's camel-vehicle such as is called] هَوْدَج, in its lower part; (M;) and ↓ فأّم, (S, M, K,) inf. n. تَفْئِيمٌ, (S, K,) signifies the same: and the epithets ↓ مُفْأَمٌ and ↓ مُفَأَّمٌ are then applied thereto. (S, M, K.) ― -b2- [And He widened a leathern water-bag by inserting a third skin between the two other skins: see the pass. part. n. below, and see also شَعِيبٌ.] ― -b3- And He filled a vessel (T, TA) or a leathern bucket: (TA:) and so أَفْعَمَ. (T, TA.) ― -b4- أُفْئِمَ حَارِكُهُ His (a camel's) withers became full of fat: (S:) [or] so حَارِكُهُ ↓ فَئِمَ, like فَرِحَ [in measure], accord. to the K, but correctly فُئِمَ, like عُنِىَ: (TA:) [or the latter verb is app. ↓ فُئِّمَ: for] the epithets applied thereto [whether to the camel or to the withers is not clearly shown] are ↓ مُفْأَمٌ (S, TA) and ↓ مُفَأَّمٌ, meaning fat, and wide within: in the K, erroneously, مِفْأَمٌ and مِفْاآمٌ, like مِنْبَرٌ and مِحْرَابٌ. (TA.)

Derived headwords

افأمverb
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