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تمه

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes the process of food, particularly meat and milk, becoming spoiled or developing an unpleasant odor and taste. It also extends to the state of an animal whose milk has acquired these undesirable qualities.

Derived headwords

تَمِهَverb
  1. 1.
    and he completed it, and he sought its completion, meaningboth

    and he completed it, and he sought its completion, meaning

تَمْهًاnoun
  1. 1.
    spoilageboth

    The state or process of food becoming spoiled or corrupted.

تَمُهَverb
  1. 1.
    and he completed it, and he sought its completion, meaningboth

    and he completed it, and he sought its completion, meaning

تَمَاهَةnoun
  1. 1.
    rancidityclassical

    The unpleasant smell or taste associated with spoiled milk or fat.

مُتَمِّهadjective
  1. 1.
    rancidclassical

    Describing milk that has developed an unpleasant smell.

مُتَمَاهadjective
  1. 1.
    rancidclassical

    Having a rancid smell, particularly used for meat.

مُتَمِّهَةadjective
  1. 1.
    rancidclassical

    Describing an animal whose milk has become rancid.

Parallel reading

تمه الطعام بالكسر تمها: فسد.
Tammah (with kasrah) food, tammahan: it spoiled.
وقال أبو الجراح: تمه اللحم تماهة، وهو مثل الزهومة.
And Abu al-Jarraḥ said: the meat became tammah, with tamahah, and it is like rancidity.
تمه اللبن: تغيرت رائحته.
The milk became tammah: its smell changed.
والتمه في اللبن كالنمس في الدسم.
And the tammah in milk is like the namas in fat.
وشاة متماة: يتمه لبنها إذا حلب
And a sheep that is mutammah: its milk becomes tammah when it is milked.