زَعُومٌ
Root: زعم
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زَعُومٌ
, a fem. epithet, applied to a she-camel, and to a sheep or goat, Of which one doubts whether there be in her fat or not, and which is therefore felt with the hands, in order that one may know if she be fat or lean: or a sheep or goat of which one knows not whether there be in her fat or not: or, as some say, of which men assert that there is in her marrow. And, as a fem. epithet, Having little fat: and having much fat: thus bearing two contr. senses: as also ↓مُزْعَمَةٌ [app. in both senses]: and ↓مَزْعُومَةٌ also signifies having little fat; of which people, when they eat of her, say to her owner, “ Didst thou assert her to be fat? ” applied to a she-camel.
def.2 Also Impotent in speech; and so ↓زُعْمُومٌ.
def.2 Also Impotent in speech; and so ↓زُعْمُومٌ.
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