طَعْمٌ
Root: طعم
Full Definition
طَعْمٌ
[as an Verbal.Noun: see 1.
2 As a simple subst.,] Taste, flavour, or savour; sweetness, and bitterness, and a quality [of any kind] between these two, in food and in beverage: pl. طُعُومٌ. One says, طَعْمُهُ مُرٌّ [Its taste is bitter], and حُلْوٌ [sweet], and حَامِضٌ [acid]: and تَغَيَّرَ طَعْمُهُ Its taste became altered from its natural quality.
3 And [Relish, i. e.] a desired quality of food. One says, لَيْسَ لَهُ طَعْمٌ [It has no relish]: and لَيْسَ لِلْغَثِّ [What is lean has no relish]: and طَعَمٌ signifies the same in the dial. of Kiláb.
4 [Hence,
5 Also A thing that is swallowed easily or agreeably, whether solid, as grains [&c.], or liquid, as expressed juice and oil and vinegar [&c.]; differing from طُعْمٌ, which does not apply to liquids.
2 As a simple subst.,] Taste, flavour, or savour; sweetness, and bitterness, and a quality [of any kind] between these two, in food and in beverage: pl. طُعُومٌ. One says, طَعْمُهُ مُرٌّ [Its taste is bitter], and حُلْوٌ [sweet], and حَامِضٌ [acid]: and تَغَيَّرَ طَعْمُهُ Its taste became altered from its natural quality.
3 And [Relish, i. e.] a desired quality of food. One says, لَيْسَ لَهُ طَعْمٌ [It has no relish]: and لَيْسَ لِلْغَثِّ [What is lean has no relish]: and طَعَمٌ signifies the same in the dial. of Kiláb.
4 [Hence,
5 Also A thing that is swallowed easily or agreeably, whether solid, as grains [&c.], or liquid, as expressed juice and oil and vinegar [&c.]; differing from طُعْمٌ, which does not apply to liquids.
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