طَعْم
taste
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Highlights
Plural
أَطْعِمَة
Most common words from the same root
طَعَام in English
Noun · masculine
- food uncountable
- prepared meal uncountable
- feeding
وَلَا تَحَاضُّونَ عَلَى طَعَامِ ٱلْمِسْكِينِAnd ye urge not on feeding the poor.609–632 CE, Qur'an, 89:18
- wheat al-Andalus, uncountable
وقيل إن نضح بقدر جرة من ماء الزيتون قدر مائة جرة من الطعام لم يفسد ولم تصبه آفة وإن نضح عليه ماء الأفسنتين بقي ولم يفسد.It is said that when a jar of wheat is dampened with a jar of amurca it does not suffer decay nor damage, and if it is dampened with absinthe water, it stays and does not rot.c. 1200, يحيى بن محمد بن أحمد بن العوام [yaḥyā ibn muḥammad ibn ʔaḥmad ibn al-ʕawwām], edited by José Antonio Banqueri, كتاب الفلاحة [Book on Agriculture], volu
- grain, cereal uncountable
Word origin
Cognate with Hebrew טַעַם (ṭāʿām).
Words from the root ط-ع-م
Arabic verbs come in forms; each form's nouns are listed under its verb. See the whole root on one page →
طَعَّمَ
· present يُطَعِّمُ
Form II · Causative or intensive
to insert, to inoculate, to graft, to introduce; to put bait on
تَطْعِيم
مُطَعِّم
مُطَعَّم
طَاعَمَ
· present يُطَاعِمُ
Form III · Done to or with someone
to eat with; to bill, to insert the oral orifice into; to insert, to inoculate, to graft, to introduce
مُطَاعَمَة
مُطَاعِم
مُطَاعَم
to feed, to give food, to give to eat
إِطْعَام
مُطْعِم
مُطْعَم
طَعَام: plural and other forms
| Singular | طَعَام |
|---|---|
| Plural | أَطْعِمَة |
طَعَام in a sentence
Dictionary examples
feeding
وَلَا تَحَاضُّونَ عَلَى طَعَامِ ٱلْمِسْكِينِAnd ye urge not on feeding the poor.609–632 CE, Qur'an, 89:18
wheat
وقيل إن نضح بقدر جرة من ماء الزيتون قدر مائة جرة من الطعام لم يفسد ولم تصبه آفة وإن نضح عليه ماء الأفسنتين بقي ولم يفسد.It is said that when a jar of wheat is dampened with a jar of amurca it does not suffer decay nor damage, and if it is dampened with absinthe water, it stays and does not rot.c. 1200, يحيى بن محمد بن أحمد بن العوام [yaḥyā ibn muḥammad ibn ʔaḥmad ibn al-ʕawwām], edited by José Antonio Banqueri, كتاب الفلاحة [Book on Agriculture], volu
From a fully vowelled text
وَجَمِيعَهُمْ أَكَلُوا طَعَامًا وَاحِدًا رُوحِيًّا،And did all eat the same spiritual meat;1 Corinthians 10:3, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
أَعْطَى خَائِفِيهِ طَعَامًا. يَذْكُرُ إِلَى الأَبَدِ عَهْدَهُ.He hath given meat unto them that fear him: he will ever be mindful of his covenant.Psalms 111:5, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
فَتَكْرَهُ حَيَاتُهُ خُبْزًا، وَنَفْسُهُ الطَّعَامَ الشَّهِيَّ.So that his life abhorreth bread, and his soul dainty meat.Job 33:20, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
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