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ثَمَّهُ

Root: ثم

Form: 1

Full Definition

ثَمَّهُI , Present.T ثَمُمَ Verbal.Noun ثَمٌّ, He repaired it; or put it into a good, sound, or right, state; [by filling up its interstices, &c.,] with ثُمَام [q. v.]. Hence the saying, ثَمَمْتُ أُمُورِى I put my affairs into a good, sound, right, or proper, state; restored them to such a state; or set them right, or in order. And hence also the saying, كُنَّا أَهْلَ ثَمِّهِ وَرَمِّهِ [We were the fit persons to put it into a good, sound, right, or proper, state; &c.]; occurring in a trad.; accord. to the relaters thereof, وَرُمِّهِ; but A 'Obeyd holds the former reading to be the right.
2 He spread ثُمَام for it, namely, a skin of milk, and put it [ثمام] above it, in order that the sun might not strike it, and its milk become consequently decomposed, or curdled.
3 [He stuffed it, either with ثُمَام or absolutely: for] ثُمَّ signifies it was stuffed.
4 He collected it together; namely, a thing; mostly used in relation to dry herbage. You say, ثُمَّ لَهَا, i. e. Collect thou [for them; namely, the cattle &c.; like ثِمْ لَهَا from وَثَمَ]. And هُوَ يَثُمُّهُ وَيَقُمُّهُ He sweeps it, and collects the good and the bad.
5 ثَمَّ الطَّعَامَ, [Present.T and] Verbal.Noun as above, He ate the good of the food and the bad thereof; as also قَمَّهُ.
6 ثَمَّتْةُ, Present.T and Verbal.Noun as above, She pulled it, or plucked it, up, or out, with her mouth; namely, a thing, or a plant, and anything by which she passed.
7 ثَمَّ يَدَهُ بِالحَشِيشِ, or بِالأَرْضِ, [Present.T and] Verbal.Noun as above, He wiped his hand with the dry herbage, or upon the ground.
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