افأم
Root: فأم
Form: 4
Full Definition
افأمIV
He widened, and added to, a [camel's saddle such as is called] قَتَب, and [such as is called] a رَحْل, or a [woman's camel-vehicle such as is called] هَوْدَج, in its lower part; and
فأّم , Verbal.Noun تَفْئِيمٌ, signifies the same: and the epithets
مُفْأَمٌ and
مُفَأَّمٌ are then applied thereto.
2 [And He widened a leathern water-bag by inserting a third skin between the two other skins: see the pass. part. n. below, and see also شَعِيبٌ.]
3 And He filled a vessel or a leathern bucket: and so أَفْعَمَ.
4 أُفْئِمَ حَارِكُهُ His withers became full of fat: [or] so حَارِكُهُ, like فَرِحَ [in measure], accord. to the K, but correctly فُئِمَ, like عُنِىَ: [or the latter verb is app. : for] the epithets applied thereto [whether to the camel or to the withers is not clearly shown] are مُفْأَمٌ and مُفَأَّمٌ , meaning fat, and wide within: in the K, erroneously, مِفْأَمٌ and مِفْآمٌ, like مِنْبَرٌ and مِحْرَابٌ.
2 [And He widened a leathern water-bag by inserting a third skin between the two other skins: see the pass. part. n. below, and see also شَعِيبٌ.]
3 And He filled a vessel or a leathern bucket: and so أَفْعَمَ.
4 أُفْئِمَ حَارِكُهُ His withers became full of fat: [or] so حَارِكُهُ, like فَرِحَ [in measure], accord. to the K, but correctly فُئِمَ, like عُنِىَ: [or the latter verb is app. : for] the epithets applied thereto [whether to the camel or to the withers is not clearly shown] are مُفْأَمٌ and مُفَأَّمٌ , meaning fat, and wide within: in the K, erroneously, مِفْأَمٌ and مِفْآمٌ, like مِنْبَرٌ and مِحْرَابٌ.
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