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تَغَنَّمَ

Root: غنم

Form: 5

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تَغَنَّمَV see 8.
2 One says also, هُوَ يَتَغَنَّمُ الأَمْرَ, meaning He eagerly desires the affair like as one eagerly desires spoil.

def.2 And تغنّم, or تغنّم غَنَمًا, (AZ, T and TA in art. ابل,) He took for himself, got, gained, or acquired, sheep or goats or both: like as one says تأبّل إِبِلًا. (AZ, T and TA in art. ابل; and TA * in the present art.)
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