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نَمَّ

Root: نم

Form: 1

Full Definition

نَمَّI He [uttered calumny: or] excited discord, or dissension, and made known discourse in a mischievous manner; or embellished speech with falsehood. You say, نَمَّ بِهِ and عَلَيْهِ, Verbal.Noun نَمٌّ and نَمِيمَةٌ and نَمِيمٌ, or this last is pl. of نَمِيمَةٌ, meaning, He calumniated him; or misrepresented him.
2 نَمَّ الحَدِيثَ He made known, divulged, or told, conversation, in a malicious or mischievous manner, so as to occasion discord, dissension, or the like. (TA, art. قت; and Msb. *)


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