مطعام

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Arabic

Root
ط ع م (ṭ ʕ m)
7 terms

Pronunciation

Adjective

مِطْعَام (miṭʕām) (feminine مِطْعَام (miṭʕām), common plural مَطَاعِيم (maṭāʕīm))

  1. having the tendency to feed
    • a. 588 CE, Adi ibn Zayd al-Ibadi, edited by محمّد جبار المعيبد‎, ديوان عَديّ بن زيد العِباديّ‎, Baghdad: شركة دار الجمهورية‎, published 1965, →OCLC, page 98:
      وَفِتْيَةٍ كَٱلسُّيُوفِ أَحْضُرُهُمْ / لَا عَاجِزٌ فِيهِمْ، وَلَا وَكَلُ
      بِيضٍ مَطَاعِيمَ فِي ٱلشِّتَاءِ، وَإِنْ / أَخْلَفَ نَوْءٌ عَنْ وَبْلِهِ وَبَلُوا
      wafityatin kas-suyūfi ʔaḥḍuruhum / lā ʕājizun fīhim, walā wakalu
      bīḍin maṭāʕīma fī š-šitāʔi, waʔin / ʔaḵlafa nawʔun ʕan wablihi wabalū
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

References

  • Doha Dictionary
  • أحمد مختار عمر‎ (2008) معجم اللغة العربية المعاصرة‎, Cairo: عالم الكتب‎, →ISBN, page 1401