Edward William Lane, An Arabic-English Lexicon, ن

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نم

1 نَمَّ ذ He [uttered calumny: or] excited discord, or dissension, and made known discourse in a mischievous manner; or embellished speech with falsehood. (M, K.) You say, نَمَّ بِهِ and عَلَيْهِ, inf. n. نَمٌّ and نَمِيمَةٌ and نَمِيمٌ, or this last is pl. of نَمِيمَةٌ, (M,) meaning, He calumniated him; or misrepresented him. ― -b2- نَمَّ الحَدِيثَ He made known, divulged, or told, conversation, in a malicious or mischievous manner, so as to occasion discord, dissension, or the like. (TA, art. قت; and Msb. *) R. Q. 1 نَمْنَمَ ذ He variegated a thing: he decorated or embellished it. (S, K.) نَمِيمَةٌ ذ The sound of the bow-string. (Kr.) ― -b2- نَمِيمَةٌ Malicious and mischievous misrepresentation; calumny; slander; (S, K;) the embel-lishment of speech with falsehood. (Kr.) نَمَانِمُ ذ The sutures of the skull; as resembling lines of writing; see شَأْنٌ. نَمَّامٌ ذ now commonly applied to Wild thyme, thymus serpyllum: see شَبَهَانٌ. نَامَّةٌ ذ The artery in the head: see أَبْهَرُ. مُنَمْنَمٌ ذ A garment, or piece of cloth, figured with marks resembling writing, or otherwise. See مَذَبَّرٌ.