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زهم

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

زُهُومَةٌ ذ The odour of fat and stinking flesh-meat; (JK, K; [and mentioned also, but not explained, in the S;]) as also ↓ زُهْمَةٌ: (K:) or the latter signifies a fetid odour [in a general sense]: (S:) but accord. to Az, the former signifies the disagreeableness of odour, without the being fetid, or altered [ for the worse ]; such as the odour of lean flesh-meat, or the odour of the flesh of a beast of prey, or strong-smelling sea-fish; the fish of the rivers having no زهومة. (TA.) [See also 1, first sentence; and رُهْمٌ, last signification; and زَهَمٌ.]

Derived headwords

زُهُومَةٌ
  1. 1.