تَمَامٌ

Root: تم

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تَمَامٌ and تِمَامٌ and تُمَامٌ inf. ns. of 1, in the first of the senses explained above; as also تِمٌّ and تَمٌّ and تُمٌّ . [Hence,] وَلَدَتْهُ and and لِتَمَامٍ She brought him forth at the completion of formation; i. e., when his formation was complete: [or, at the completion of gestation:] and, accord. to As, وَلَدَتْهُ التَّمَامَ, with the art. ال; not indeterminate, except in poetry. And وَلَدَتْ لِتَمَامٍ and [She brought forth at the completion of formation; or, of gestation]. And أَلْقَتِ الوَلَدَ لِغَيْرِ تَمَامٍ and [She cast the child at a period not that of the completion of formation; or, of gestation; i. e., prematurely]. And وُلِدَ المَوْلُودُ لِتَمَامٍ and [The infant was born at the completion of formation; or, of gestation]. And وُلِدَ الوَلَدُ لِتَمَامِ الحَمْلِ and الحَمْلِ [The child was born at the completion of gestation]. [These exs., and others following, show that an assertion of IDrd, mentioned in the M, namely, that one says, وُلِدَ الغُلَامُ and , and بَدْرُ , and that in every other case it is تَمَام, with fet-h, requires consideration.] You say also, بَدْرُ تَمَامٍ and [lit. The full moon of completion]: and بَدْرٌ تِمَامٌ [lit. A complete full moon]: all meaning the moon, or a moon, when it is full, so that it shines brightly: and قَمَرٌ تَمَامٌ and تِمَامٌ A complete, or full, moon. And لَيْلَةُ التَّمَامِ and لَيْلَةُ تَمَامِ القَمَرِ, with fet-h to the ت, or ↓, لَيلَةُ التِّمَامِ with kesr, [which seems to be at variance with general usage,] and sometimes with fet-h, [The night of the completion of the moon; i. e.] the night of the full moon; which is the thirteenth night; or the fourteenth. And لَيْلُ , with kesr only, thus distinguished from what next precedes, as also لَيْلُ , and in like manner, تِمَامٌ لَيْلٌ and لَيْلٌ تِمَامِىٌّ , The longest night of the year; the longest night of winter; that in which our Lord Jesus was born: or each of three nights of which no deficiency is apparent: or the night that is from thirteen to fifteen hours in length: or the night that is twelve hours or more in length: and any night that is long, or tedious, to one, and in which one does not sleep, is called لَيْلَةُ , or said to be like the night thus called. And رُئِىَ الهِلَالُ الشَّهْرِ [The new moon was seen at the completion of the month; showing that another month was commencing]. And أَبَى قَائِلُهَا إِلَّا and and , three dial. vars., of which the first is the most chaste, i. e., تَمَامًا [meaning The sayer thereof refused, or did not consent to, aught save completion]; he executed, or accomplished, or kept to, his saying; he did not go back from it.
2 تَمَامٌ also signifies The complement of a thing; the supplement thereof; the thing by the addition of which is effected the completion or perfection of a thing; and so تَمَامَةٌ and تَتِمَّةٌ . You say, هٰذِهِ الدَّرَاهِمُ تَمَامُ هٰذِهِ المِائَةِ, and هذه المائة, These dirhems are the complement of this hundred; or, what complete this hundred. [And كِتَابٍ The supplement of, or to, a book.]
3 See also تَامٌّ, in two places.

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