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طَعِم
to taste /ˈtˤɑʕɪma/
verbB2#4133 most common
Also: to eat, to partake of (food or drink), to experience
Example sentences
طَعِمَ الوَلَدُ التُّفَّاحَةَ.
The boy tasted the apple.
لَمْ أَطْعَمْ شَيْئًا مُنْذُ الصَّبَاحِ.
I haven't eaten anything since the morning.
طَعِمْنَا الطَّعَامَ اللَّذِيذَ فِي الحَفْلَةِ.
We tasted the delicious food at the party.
وَمَن لَّمْ يَطْعَمْهُ فَإِنَّهُ مِنِّي.
And whoever does not taste it belongs with me.
لَمْ يَطْعَمُوا طَعَامًا هَنِيئًا مُنْذُ أَيَّامٍ بِسَبَبِ الحِصَارِ.
They had not tasted wholesome food for days because of the siege.
مَا طَعِمَ الرَّاحَةَ مُنْذُ أَنْ فَقَدَ وَلَدَهُ، فَظَلَّ يَتَجَرَّعُ مَرَارَةَ الحُزْنِ لَيْلًا وَنَهَارًا.
He had not tasted peace since he lost his son, and kept swallowing the bitterness of grief night and day.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أَطْعَمُ | طَعِمْتُ | سَأَطْعَمُ |
| 2sg | تَطْعَمُ | طَعِمْتَ | سَتَطْعَمُ |
| 3sg | يَطْعَمُ | طَعِمَ | سَيَطْعَمُ |
| 1pl | نَطْعَمُ | طَعِمْنَا | سَنَطْعَمُ |
| 2pl | تَطْعَمُونَ | طَعِمْتُمْ | سَتَطْعَمُونَ |
| 3pl | يَطْعَمُونَ | طَعِمُوا | سَيَطْعَمُونَ |
Word family
طَعَام (ṭaʿām)food
مَطْعَم (maṭʿam)restaurant
أَطْعَمَ (aṭʿama)to feed someone
طُعْم (ṭuʿm)bait, lure
طَعْم (ṭaʿm)taste, flavor
Etymology
The verb comes from the Semitic root ط-ع-م, which carries the core idea of tasting or taking in food. The same root appears across Semitic languages with closely related senses of flavor and eating. In Arabic the root split into a plain verb meaning to taste or eat and a family of nouns tied to food and feeding.
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