مَعْسِمٌ
Root: عسم
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مَعْسِمٌ
A thing that is, or that is to be, coveted; syn. مَطْمَعٌ; as also
عَسَمٌ ; or this latter signifies coveting, or covetousness; and عَشَمٌ, with ش, is a dial. var. of it. (TA in this art. and in art. عشم.) So the former signifies in the saying مَا لَكَ فِى بَنِى فُلَانٍ مَعْسِمٌ [There is not for thee, in the sons of such a one, anything that is, or is to be, coveted]. [Freytag has written this word مَعْسَم, as from the K, in which I do not find it; and has expl. it as signifying desire.]
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