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طَعُومٌ

Root: طعم

Full Definition

طَعُومٌ and طَعِيمٌ , applied to a slaughtered camel or she-camel, Such as is between the lean and the fat: or the former, so applied, signifies fat: and each, applied to a sheep or goat (شاة), having somewhat of fat: and the former, as also مُطَعِّمٌ and مُطَّعِمٌ [in the CK مُطَّعَمٌ], signifies thus, applied to a he-camel and to a she-camel, as also طَعِيمٌ : or a she-camel having in her a little marrow: or in the flesh of which is found the flavour of fat, by reason of her fatness. Accord. to Aboo-Sa'eed, one says, لَكَ غَثُّ هٰذَا وَطَعُومُهُ i. e. [Thine is, or shall be, the lean of this] and the fat thereof. And مُخٌّ طَعُومٌ means Marrow in which is found the flavour of fatness.
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