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زَكَمَ

Root: زكم

Form: 1

Full Definition

زَكَمَI , Verbal.Noun زَكْمٌ, He filled a water-skin: and زَكْبٌ signifies the same as زَكْمٌ, i. e. the act of filling: this is the primary meaning.
2 See also 4.
3 زَكَمَ بِنُطْفَتِهِ He emitted his sperma genitale like the discharge of mucus from the nose of the مَزْكُوم.
4 زَكَمَتْ بِهِ أُمُّهُ His mother brought him forth [in an absolute sense , or], accord. to IAar, easily. One says, لَعَنَ ٱللّٰهُ أُمًّا زَكَمَتْ بِهِ [May God curse a mother that brought him forth].

def.2 زُكِمَ He was, or became, affected with زُكَام: [it is app. from زَكَمَهُ; but is thought to be] from أَزْكَمَهُ, q. v.; [and therefore] anomalous.
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