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شحم

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Arabic

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Root
ش ح م (š ḥ m)
3 terms

Noun

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شَحْم (šaḥmm (plural شُحُوم (šuḥūm))

  1. verbal noun of شَحَمَ (šaḥama) (form I)
  2. grease, fat, lard, suet, schmaltz; also greasy pulp like of the colocynth or pomegranate

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Descendants

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  • Maltese: xaħam
  • Portuguese: acém

Verb

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شَحِمَ (šaḥima) I (non-past يَشْحَمُ (yašḥamu), verbal noun شَحَم (šaḥam))

  1. to be desirous of (eating) fat (of a person)
  2. to become plump and full (of fruit)

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Verb

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شَحُمَ (šaḥuma) I (non-past يَشْحُمُ (yašḥumu), verbal noun شَحَامَة (šaḥāma))

  1. to be fat, to become fat (of a person)

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شَحَمَ (šaḥama) I (non-past يَشْحَمُ (yašḥamu), verbal noun شَحْم (šaḥm))

  1. to feed fat
  2. to become desirous of fat

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شَحَّمَ (šaḥḥama) II (non-past يُشَحِّمُ (yušaḥḥimu), verbal noun تَشْحِيم (tašḥīm))

  1. to grease, to smear with fat, to oil

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Adjective

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شَحِم (šaḥim)

  1. desirous of fat
  2. pappy, mushy, of a texture resembling fat

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References

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  • Freytag, Georg (1833) “شحم”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum[1] (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 399
  • Lane, Edward William (1863) “شحم”, in Arabic-English Lexicon[2], London: Williams & Norgate, page 1513
  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “شحم”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 534