عٞاطَم
ˁéṭam (yaˁáṭom/ľaˁṭóm)
basic morphological information

v. (Ib)

to be fat
быть жирным
سَمِنَ
LS 332; CSOL I 502; CSOL II 419; Naumkin et al. 2016b:62-63
text examples

a. wa-gédaḥ ṭad wa-ḳóľib ṭad méʸhen ˁö́mor έhɛ deʰ ˁéṭam wa-zéˁiš 'A man came and started inspecting one (male goat). He said: “This one is fat.” And he took him' ( CSOL I 27:14 )

b.  ḷέbin déḥem wa-šin faḳḥ di-ˀέˀɛfo yaˁágeb ľaˁṭém 'There, in far-off lands, people are very fat and want to become thin. And in our land there are some people who want to become fat' ( CSOL II  8:4 )

 

morphological notes

perfect 3 sg. f.  ˁiṭámoʰ

root
derivates
etymology

As argued in Kogan 2015 :537, from PS *ˁaṯ̣m- 'bone' with a non-trivial, but typologically feasible semantic shift (“bone” > “to be massive” > “to be thick, fat” or similar).

continental MSA