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طعم

Root entry · 18 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concepts of taste, flavor, and food. It extends to the act of eating or tasting, and metaphorically to sustenance, livelihood, and desirable qualities.

Derived headwords

الطعامnoun
  1. 1.
    Foodboth

    What is eaten, sometimes specifically referring to food from the desert.

الطعمnoun
  1. 1.
    Tasteboth

    What the sense of taste perceives; the flavor of something.

  2. 2.
    Appetiteboth

    What is desired or craved from food.

  3. 3.
    Flavorlessclassical

    Lacking taste or appeal; insipid.

الطُّعْمnoun
  1. 1.
    Foodclassical

    Food, synonymous with الطعام.

طَعِمَverb
  1. 1.
    what is desired from itboth

    what is desired from it

  2. 2.
    with damma: foodboth

    with damma: food

  3. 3.
    with kasra, its 'ṭuʿm' with damma on the ṭāʾ, when he ate or tastedboth

    with kasra, its 'ṭuʿm' with damma on the ṭāʾ, when he ate or tasted

طَعْمًاnoun
  1. 1.
    Eatingboth

    The act of eating or tasting.

طَاعِمadjective
  1. 1.
    so he is eating/tastingboth

    so he is eating/tasting

الطُّعْمَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Portionboth

    A portion of food; a meal.

  2. 2.
    Livelihoodboth

    The source of one's income or sustenance.

  3. 3.
    Good livelihoodboth

    A reputable or honest source of income.

  4. 4.
    Bad livelihoodboth

    A dishonest or ill-gotten source of income.

استَطْعَمَverb
  1. 1.
    he asked him to feed himboth

    he asked him to feed him

أَطْعَمَverb
  1. 1.
    To feedboth

    To give food to someone.

  2. 2.
    To bear fruitboth

    Said of a palm tree when its fruit ripens.

  3. 3.
    To develop flavorboth

    Said of a date (busrah) when it begins to develop taste.

طَعُومadjective
  1. 1.
    Medium fatnessclassical

    Describing a camel that is neither too lean nor too fat.

طَعِيمadjective
  1. 1.
    Medium fatnessclassical

    Describing a camel that is neither too lean nor too fat.

مُسْتَطْعِمnoun
  1. 1.
    Jawboneclassical

    The jawbone of a horse.

مُطْعِمadjective
  1. 1.
    a heavy eaterboth

    a heavy eater

  2. 2.
    provided for, given sustenanceboth

    provided for, given sustenance

مُطْعَمadjective
  1. 1.
    a heavy eaterboth

    a heavy eater

  2. 2.
    provided for, given sustenanceboth

    provided for, given sustenance

المِطْعَمَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Bowclassical

    A bow, specifically one that helps its owner hunt.

مِطْعَامadjective
  1. 1.
    one who feeds many and is hospitableboth

    one who feeds many and is hospitable

تَطَعَّمَverb
  1. 1.
    meaning, taste until you desire and eatboth

    meaning, taste until you desire and eat

المُطْعَمَتَانnoun
  1. 1.
    Forward toesclassical

    The two forward-facing toes of a bird's foot.

Parallel reading

ما يؤكل، وربما خص بالطعام البر.
What is eaten, and sometimes it is specified as food from the desert.
كنا نخرج صدقه الفطر على عهد رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم صاعا من طعام، أو صاعا من شعير.
We used to give the charity of breaking the fast during the time of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, as one Sa' of food, or one Sa' of barley.
والطعم: بالفتح ما يؤديه الذوق.
And 'al-ṭaʿm' (with fatḥa) is what the sense of taste conveys.
طعمه مر.
Its taste is bitter.
وما فلان بذي طعم، إذا كان غثأ.
And so-and-so is not of good taste, if he is dull or insipid.
والطعم بالضم: الطعام.
And 'al-ṭuʿm' (with ḍamma) is food.
أرد شجاع البطن قد تعلمينه وأوثر غيري من عيالك بالطعم
I would desire a brave one of the belly, which you know, and I would prefer others of your family to have the food.
وأنتهي إذا الزاد أمسى للمزلج ذا طعم
And I would stop if the provisions became tasteless for the traveler.
وقد طعم يطعم طعما فهو طاعم، إذا أكل أو ذاق
And he tasted, he tastes, tasting, so he is a taster, if he ate or tasted.
فإذا طعمتم فانتشروا
And when you have eaten, then disperse.
ومن لم يطعمه فإنه مني
And whoever does not taste it, then he is from me.
قل طعمه، أي أكله.
His eating is little, meaning his consumption of food.
جعلت هذه الضيعة طعمة لفلان.
This estate was made a provision for so-and-so.
فلان عفيف الطعمة وخبيث الطعمة، إذا كان ردئ الكسب.
So-and-so has a chaste livelihood and a wicked livelihood, if he has a bad earning.
إذا استطعمكم الإمام فأطعموه
If the Imam asks you for food, then feed him.
إذا استفتح فافتحوا عليه.
If he seeks to begin, then begin for him.
وأطعمته الطعام.
And I fed him the food.
إذا أدرك ثمرها.
When its fruit ripens.
صار لها طعم وأخذت الطعم
It developed a taste and took on flavor.
يستحب في الفرس أن يرق مستطعمه.
It is preferred in a horse that its jawbone be slender.
وفي الشمال من الشريان مطعمة كبداء في عجسها عطف وتقويم
And in the north of the artery is a bow, like a liver, with a curve and straightness in its hindquarters.
إنها تطعم صاحبها الصيد.
It provides its owner with hunting.
تطعم تطعم، أي ذق حتى تستفيق أن تشتهي وتأكل.
Taste, taste, meaning taste until you recover and desire and eat.