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تَامٌّ تام [part. n. of 1 in the first of the senses explained above]: (T, M, K, &c.:) Complete, entire, whole, or full; without, or free from, deficiency: and consummate, or perfect: (MF, TA:) as also ↓ تَمَامٌ , [which see above,] (M, * KL,) [and ↓ تِمَامٌ , of which see three exs. voce تَمَامٌ,] and ↓ تِمٌّ , (Kh, T, Har p. 82,) and ↓ تَمَمٌ . (TA.) Thus تَامُّ الخَلْقِ signifies Complete, or perfect, in make, or formation; without any deficiency in his members; applied to a man; (MF, TA;) [and, thus applied, signifying also full-grown, as does, sometimes, تَامٌّ alone: and likewise applied to a new-born child, meaning fully formed or developed:] and ↓ تَمِيمٌ signifies the same, (M, K,) applied to a man and to a horse, (M,) and ↓ تَمَمٌ also; and in like manner is used the phrase ↓ خَلْقٌ تَمَمٌ [a complete, or perfect, make or formation]. (TA.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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