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• طَمِعَ Form 1

  طَمِعَI and بِهِ, Present.T ـَ Verbal.Noun طَمَعٌ and طَمَاعَةٌ, accord. to all the copies of the K [and my copy of the Msb] طَمَاعٌ, but this is wrong, and طَمَاعِيَةٌ, without teshdeed, and طَمَاعِيَّةٌ, with teshdeed,…

• طَمَّعَ Form 2

  طَمَّعَII see what next follows. 2 3 [See also تَطْمِيعٌ below.]…

• طَمَعٌ

  طَمَعٌ an Verbal.Noun of طَمِعَ. It is said in a trad. of 'Omar, الطَّمَعُ فَقْرٌ وَاليَأْسُ غِنًى [meaning Coveting, or covetousness, or greed, is a cause of poverty, and despair is a cause of freedom from want]. And on…

• طَمُعٌ

  طَمُعٌ : see the next paragraph.…

• طَمِعٌ

  طَمِعٌ and طَامِعٌ and طَمُعٌ and طَمَّاعٌ and طَمُوعٌ epithets from طَمِعَ: [the first and second signify Coveting, &c.: and the rest, coveting &c. much, or very covetous &c.:] pl. [of the first] طَمِعُونَ and [of the s…