زَعَمَ
Root: زعم
Form: 1
Full Definition
زَعَمَI
, Present.T
ـُ Verbal.Noun زَعْمٌ and زُعْمٌ and زعْمٌ, the first of the dial. of El-Hijáz, the second of the dial. of [the tribe of] Asad, or Benoo-Temeem, and the third of the dial. of some of [the tribe of] Keys; [generally best rendered He asserted; for it mostly relates to a thing not certainly known: or] he said; as in the phrases زَعَمَتِ
الحَنَفِيَّةٌ [The Hanafees said or asserted, or have said or asserted,] and زَعَمَ سِيبَوَيْهِ [Seebaweyh said or asserted, or has said or asserted]; [and زَعَمَ أَنَّهُ كَذَا
He said, or asserted, that it was thus;] either truly or falsely: mostly used in relation to a thing respecting which there is doubt, and which is not certainly known: or it is mostly used in relation to that which is false, or that respecting which there is doubt, or suspicion: or, as those skilled in the language of the Arabs say, in relation to a thing of which the speaker doubts, and does not know whether it may not be false: or زَعَمَ زَعْمًا means he related a piece of information not knowing whether it were true or false. Hence the saying, زَعَمَ مَطِيَّةُ الكَذِبِ [i. e.
2 [Sometimes] زَعَمَهُ signifies He described him, or it.
3 And sometimes زَعَمَ signifies He promised: whence the saying of ' Amr Ibn-Sha-s,
4 الزَّعْمُ is used also in the sense of الظَّنُّ: one says, فِى زَعْمِى كَذَا [In my opinion it is thus]. [Hence, likewise,] زَعَمْتَنِى كَذَا, Present.T تَزْعُمُنِى, Thou thoughtest me to be thus. Aboo-Dhu-eyb says,
5 It is also used in the sense of الاِعْتِقَادُ: whence the saying in the Kur [lxiv. 7], زَعَمَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُو أَنْ لَنْ يُبْعَثُوا [They who have disbelieved our revelations have believed, or firmly believed, that they shall not be raised from the dead].
6 Sometimes, also, زَعَمَ is used in the sense of شَهِدَ: as in the saying of En-Nábighah,
def.2 زَعَمَ بِهِ, Present.T ـُ and ـَ Verbal.Noun زَعْمٌ and زَعَامَةٌ, or the latter is a simple subst., He was, or became, responsible, answerable, amenable, surety, or guarantee, for it; namely, property.
2 And زَعَمَ, like قَتَلَ, or زَعُمَ, like كَرُمَ, Present.T ـُ Verbal.Noun زَعَامَةٌ, He was, or became, chief, lord, master, or prince, of a people, or عَلَى قَوْمٍ [over a people]; or spokesman of a people.
def.3 See also 4, in two places.
def.4 زَعِمَ, Present.T ـَ Verbal.Noun زَعَمٌ and زَعْمٌ, He coveted, or eagerly desired. [Like its syn. طَمِعَ, it is trans. by means of فِى.] One says, زَعِمَ فُلَانٌ فِى غَيْرِ , i. e. طَمِعَ فى غَيْرِ مَطْعَمٍ [Such a one coveted a thing not to be coveted; meaning, a thing of which the attainment was remote, or improbable: see art. طمع]. And ' Antarah says,
2 [Sometimes] زَعَمَهُ signifies He described him, or it.
3 And sometimes زَعَمَ signifies He promised: whence the saying of ' Amr Ibn-Sha-s,
[Thou sayest, or she says, “ We perish if thou perish: ” but verily upon God lie the means of subsistence of mankind, i. e. it lies upon Him to supply these, as He has promised].تَقُولُ هَلَكْنَا إِنْ هَلَكْتَ وَإِنَّمَا عَلَىٱللّٰهُ أَرْزَاقُ العِبَادِ كَمَا زَعَمْ
4 الزَّعْمُ is used also in the sense of الظَّنُّ: one says, فِى زَعْمِى كَذَا [In my opinion it is thus]. [Hence, likewise,] زَعَمْتَنِى كَذَا, Present.T تَزْعُمُنِى, Thou thoughtest me to be thus. Aboo-Dhu-eyb says,
[And if thou think me such that I used to be ignorant, or to act ignorantly, among you, knowفَإِنْ تُزْعُمِينِى كُنْتُ أَجْهَلُ فِيكُمُ فَإِنِّى شَرَيْتُ الحِلْمَ بَعْدَكِ بِالجَهْلِ
5 It is also used in the sense of الاِعْتِقَادُ: whence the saying in the Kur [lxiv. 7], زَعَمَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُو أَنْ لَنْ يُبْعَثُوا [They who have disbelieved our revelations have believed, or firmly believed, that they shall not be raised from the dead].
6 Sometimes, also, زَعَمَ is used in the sense of شَهِدَ: as in the saying of En-Nábighah,
[app. meaning The magnanimous chief bore witness that her mouth was cool].زَعَمَ الهُمَامُ بِأَنَّ فَاهَا بَارِدٌ
def.2 زَعَمَ بِهِ, Present.T ـُ and ـَ Verbal.Noun زَعْمٌ and زَعَامَةٌ, or the latter is a simple subst., He was, or became, responsible, answerable, amenable, surety, or guarantee, for it; namely, property.
2 And زَعَمَ, like قَتَلَ, or زَعُمَ, like كَرُمَ, Present.T ـُ Verbal.Noun زَعَامَةٌ, He was, or became, chief, lord, master, or prince, of a people, or عَلَى قَوْمٍ [over a people]; or spokesman of a people.
def.3 See also 4, in two places.
def.4 زَعِمَ, Present.T ـَ Verbal.Noun زَعَمٌ and زَعْمٌ, He coveted, or eagerly desired. [Like its syn. طَمِعَ, it is trans. by means of فِى.] One says, زَعِمَ فُلَانٌ فِى غَيْرِ , i. e. طَمِعَ فى غَيْرِ مَطْعَمٍ [Such a one coveted a thing not to be coveted; meaning, a thing of which the attainment was remote, or improbable: see art. طمع]. And ' Antarah says,
i. e. I became enamoured of her unintentionally, [or accidentally,] while I was slaying her people; eagerly desiring her love: by the life of thy father, I swear, this is not a [fit] occasion for eager desire: i. e. I can not attain to holding communion of love with thee, [or with her,] any day, while there is this conflict and hostility between the two tribes: لَيْسَ بِمَزْعَمٍ meaning لَيْسَ بِمَطْمَعٍ : or, [as some relate it,]عُلِّقْتُهَا عَرَضًا وَأَقْتُلُ قَوْمَهَا زَعَمًا لَعَمْرُ أَبِيكَ لَيْسَ بِمَزْعَمِ
[eagerly desiring: by the Lord of the House , &c.]. (TA. [زَعْمًا is there expressly said to be thus: but the measure does not require its being so.])زَعْمًا وَرَبِّ البَيْتِ لَيْسَ بِمَزْعَمِ
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