شحم

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Arabic[edit]

Root
ش ح م (š-ḥ-m)

Noun[edit]

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[edit]

  • Maltese: xaħam
  • Portuguese: acém

Verb[edit]

شَحُمَ (šaḥuma) I, non-past يَشْحُمُ‎ (yašḥumu)

  1. to be fat, to become fat

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Verb[edit]

شَحَمَ (šaḥama) I, non-past يَشْحَمُ‎ (yašḥamu)

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

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Verb[edit]

شَحَّمَ (šaḥḥama) II, non-past يُشَحِّمُ‎ (yušaḥḥimu)

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

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Adjective[edit]

شَحِم (šaḥim)

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

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References[edit]

  • 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