Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

استسمنهُ

Root: سمن

Form: 10

Full Definition

استسمنهُX He deemed, or reckoned, or he found, it, or him, to be fat, or plump, or to have much flesh and fat: or he sought it, or demanded it, fat, or plump.

def.2 And جَاؤُوا يَسْتَسْمِنُونَ They came seeking, or demanding, that سَمْن [in the CK السَّمِين i. e. that which was fat or plump] should be given to them.


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