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طَعام
food /tˤaˈʕaːm/
nounA1#378 most common
Also: meal, dish, nourishment
Example sentences
الطَّعامُ لَذيذٌ.
The food is delicious.
أُحِبُّ الطَّعامَ العَرَبِيَّ.
I like Arabic food.
نَتَناوَلُ الطَّعامَ مَعَ العائِلةِ كُلَّ مَساءٍ.
We eat the meal with the family every evening.
لا يَنبَغي إهدارُ الطَّعامِ في المُناسَباتِ الكَبيرةِ.
Food should not be wasted at large occasions.
يَرتَبِطُ الطَّعامُ في الثَّقافةِ العَرَبيّةِ بِالكَرَمِ وَحُسنِ الضِّيافةِ.
In Arab culture, food is tied to generosity and good hospitality.
لَم يَكُنِ الطَّعامُ الَّذي قُدِّمَ في المَأدُبةِ سِوى ذَريعةٍ لِعَقدِ تَحالُفاتٍ سِياسيّةٍ خَفِيّةٍ.
The food served at the banquet was nothing but a pretext for forging hidden political alliances.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | طَعامٌ | أَطْعِمةٌ |
| Genitive | طَعامٍ | أَطْعِمةٍ |
| Accusative | طَعامًا | أَطْعِمةً |
| Vocative | يا طَعامُ | يا أَطْعِمةُ |
Word family
Etymology
طَعام comes from the Semitic root ṭ-ʿ-m, which carries the sense of tasting and eating. The same root gives the verb طَعِمَ, to taste or eat, and the noun طَعْم, taste or flavor. It is cognate with the Hebrew word for taste.
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