ثم

مِثَمٌّ مثم (like مِسَنٌّ, K [in the CK, erroneously, مُثِمّ, like مُسِنّ,]) One who pastures for him who has no pastor, (T, K,) or no pasturage, (TA,) and lends a beast or camel for riding or carrying, to him who has no beast or camel for riding or carrying (يُفْقِرُ مَنْ لَا ظَهْرَ لَهُ, [in the CK, erroneously, يَفْقِرُ,]) and sets right (يَثُمُّ [in the CK, erroneously, يَثِمُّ]) what the tribe are unable to manage, of their affair: (T, K:) so explained by ISh. (T.) And A man who is strong; who comes after, and aids, those who have recourse to him in need; and bears, or carries, what is redundant, or in excess; and repels the riders. (T.) And رَجُلٌ مِعَمٌّ مِثَمٌّ مِلَمٌّ A man who sets right an affair, and manages it, or acts vigorously in it. (IAar, T.) ― -b2- رَجُلٌ مِثَمٌّ وَمِقَمٌّ and ↓ مِثَمَّةٌ وَمِقَمَّةٌ, (S, K,) in which latter phrase the ة is added to give intensiveness to the signification, (S,) A man who sweeps and collects the good and the bad of a thing: (S:) or who eats the good of the food and the bad thereof. (K.) [See also مِخَمَّةٌ, in art. خم.]