[1]
طَعِمَهُ , aor.
طَعَمَ , inf. n. طَعْمٌ and طَعَامٌ, He ate
it; namely, food: (K, * TA:) and طَعِمَ, aor. as
above, inf. n. طُعْمٌ, with damm, he tasted [a
thing]: (K:) or طَعِمَ, aor. as above, (S, Mgh, *
Msb,) inf. n. طُعْمٌ, with damm, (S,) or طَعْمٌ,
with fet-h, (Msb,) or both, (Mgh,) and مَطْعَمٌ
also is an inf. n. of the same verb, (TA,) signifies
he ate, (S, Mgh, Msb, *) a thing, (Mgh,) and
[app. also he swallowed, for it is said that] it
applies to anything that is swallowed easily or
agreeably, even to water: (Msb:) and he tasted
(S, Mgh, Msb) a thing; (Mgh, Msb;) as also
↓ تطعّم; (S, Mgh, K;) [i. e.] this latter verb
signifies he tasted food in order that he might
know its flavour; and so ↓ استطعم: (Msb:) and
طَعِمَ as meaning he tasted may be used in relation
to that which is eaten and to that which is drunk.
(L.) Hence, in the Kur [xxxiii. 53], فَإِذَا طَعِمْتُمْ
فَٱنْتَشِرُوا And when ye shall have eaten [disperse
yourselves]. (S, * TA.) And you say, فُلَانٌ قَلَّ
طُعْمُهُ, meaning [Such a one,] his eating [was, or
became, little]. (S.) The saying in the Kur [ii.
250], وَمَنْ لَمْ يَطْعَمْهُ فَإِنَّهُ مِنِّى means But whoso
does not taste it, (S, Msb, * TA,) he is of my
followers, (Bd, Jel,) or is at one, or in union,
with me: (Bd:) or, accord. to Zj, the meaning
is, لَمْ يَتَطَعَّمْ ↓ بِهِ [app. meaning does not refresh
himself with it as though with food]: (TA:) or,
as some say, the passage in which it occurs
denotes a prohibition to take aught save as much
as is laded out with the hand; and when water
has with it something that is chewed, one says of
it يُطْعَمُ. (Er-Rághib, TA.) تَطَعَّمْ ↓ تَطْعَمْ i. e.
Taste thou, (S, Mgh, K,) then thou wilt have
desire, or appetence, (Mgh,) or so that thou
mayest have desire, or appetence, and mayest
eat; (S, K;) or taste thou the food, for it will
induce thee to eat it; (IB, TA;) is a prov.,
(IB, Mgh, TA,) said to him who refrains from
an affair; meaning, commence it, for thy doing
so will invite thee to finish it. (IB, TA.) ―
2-b2-
الطَّعْمُ signifies also The eating with the central
incisors: one says, إِنَّهُ لَيَطْعَمُ طَعْمًا حَسَنًا [Verily
he eats well with the central incisors]. (TA.) ―
2-b3-
مَا يَطْعَمُ آكِلُ هٰذَا الطَّعَامِ, (K, * TA,) a phrase
mentioned by ISh, (TA,) means (tropical:) The eater of
this food does not become satisfied in stomach.
(K, * TA.) ―
2-b4- طَعِمَ said of a branch, or shoot,
(tropical:) It received ingraftment. (ISh, K, TA.) ―
2-b5- And
[hence, perhaps,] طَعِمَتْ عَيْنُهُ (assumed tropical:) [His eye had a
mote cast into it: see 4]. (TA.) ―
2-b6- طَعِمَ عَلَيْهِ,
(K, TA,) inf. n. طُعْمٌ, (K, * TA,) which, in the
K, is improperly disjoined from its verb, [as
though it were a simple subst.,] (TA,) i. q. قَدَرَ
[i. e. He had power over him, or it; or he had
power, or ability, to do it, &c.]. (K, TA.)