Arabic edit

Root
ط ع م (ṭ-ʕ-m)

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

أَطْعَمَ (ʔaṭʕama) IV, non-past يُطْعِمُ‎ (yuṭʕimu)

  1. (ditransitive) to feed, to give to eat
    Synonym: أَكَّلَ (ʔakkala)
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 26:79:
      وَٱلَّذِي هُوَ يُطْعِمُنِي وَيَسْقِينِ
      wallaḏī huwa yuṭʕimunī wa-yasqīni
      And it is He who feeds me and gives me drink
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 76:8:
      وَيُطْعِمُونَ الطَّعَامَ عَلَىٰ حُبِّهِ مِسْكِينًا وَيَتِيمًا وَأَسِيرًا
      wa-yuṭʕimūna aṭ-ṭaʕāma ʕalā ḥubbihi miskīnan wayatīman waʔasīran
      And they give food in spite of love for it to the needy, the orphan, and the captive

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Descendants edit

  • Maltese: tema’

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