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طَعْم
taste /tˤaʕm/
nounB1#1948 most common
Also: flavor, sense of taste
Example sentences
طَعْمُهُ حُلْو.
Its taste is sweet.
هٰذَا الطَّعَامُ لَهُ طَعْمٌ لَذِيذٌ.
This food has a delicious taste.
لَا أُحِبُّ طَعْمَ هٰذَا الدَّوَاءِ.
I do not like the taste of this medicine.
فَقَدْتُ حَاسَّةَ الطَّعْمِ بَعْدَ الْمَرَضِ.
I lost my sense of taste after the illness.
لِلْقَهْوَةِ بِدُونِ سُكَّرٍ طَعْمٌ مُرٌّ يُفَضِّلُهُ الْبَعْضُ.
Coffee without sugar has a bitter taste that some people prefer.
كَانَ لِلنَّصْرِ طَعْمٌ خَاصٌّ بَعْدَ سَنَوَاتٍ مِنَ الْجُهْدِ وَالتَّعَبِ.
Victory had a special taste after years of effort and fatigue.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | طَعْمٌ | طُعُومٌ |
| Genitive | طَعْمٍ | طُعُومٍ |
| Accusative | طَعْماً | طُعُوماً |
| Vocative | يَا طَعْمُ | يَا طُعُومُ |
Word family
Etymology
The word derives from the triliteral Semitic root ط-ع-م (ṭ-ʿ-m), which carries the sense of eating and tasting. The same root gives طَعَام (food) and the verb طَعِمَ (to taste, to eat). The concept links the physical act of eating with the perception of flavor.
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