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طِعْمَةٌ

Root: طعم

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طِعْمَةٌ A way, mode, or manner, of eating: Lh explains it as meaning a way, mode, or manner, of acting or conduct, without saying in eating or in any other thing. One says, فُلَانٌ حَسَنُ الطِّعْمَةِ وَالشِّرْبَةِ [Such a one is good, or comely, in respect of the way, mode, or manner, of eating and of drinking]. And فُلَانٌ طَيِّبُ الطِّعْمَةِ [Such a one is accustomed to eat nothing but what is lawful], and خَبِيثُ الطِّعْمَةِ accustomed to eat nothing but what is unlawful. See also طُعْمَةٌ.
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