مَزْعَمٌ
Root: زعم
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مَزْعَمٌ
A thing, or an affair, -in which no confidence is to be placed; this saying, or asserting, it to be thus, and this saying, or asserting, it to be thus: [pl. مَزَاعِمُ.] One says, فِى قَوْلِهِ مَزَاعِمُ i. e. [In his saying are things in which no confidence is to be placed; or] no confidence is to be placed in his saying. And هٰذَا أَمْرٌ فِيهِ مَزَاعِمُ
This is an affair that is not right; [wherein are things] respecting which there is dispute. And زَعَمَ غَيْرَ
مَزْعَمٍ
He said that which was not good, or right, or just; and asserted what was impossible.
def.2 Also A thing that is, or is to be, coveted, or eagerly desired; syn. مَطْمَعٌ. See two exs. near the end of the first paragraph.
def.2 Also A thing that is, or is to be, coveted, or eagerly desired; syn. مَطْمَعٌ. See two exs. near the end of the first paragraph.
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