فَأَمَ

, [or فَأَمَ العُشْبَ, as is shown by an example in the S and TA,] aorist فَاَءَ , [verbal noun فَأْمٌ, TK,] He (a camel) filled his mouth with herbage; (IAar, S, K;) as also فَيءِمَ, (K, TA,) like فَرِحَ; (TA; [in the CK فَأَّمَ;]) and ↓ تَفَاءَمَ. (AA, T, K, TA.)

And فَأَمَ, (T,) or فَأَمَ مِنَ المَاءِ, aorist as above, (K,) He satisfied his thirst with drinking of water. (T, K.)

And فَأَمَ فِى الشَّرَابِ He drank with his mouth, not with his hand nor with any other thing, a gulp, or a draught, (نَفَسًا,) of the wine, or beverage; (T, TA;) said of a man: (TA:) apparently from أَفْأَمَ signifying “ he filled ” a vessel: and صَأَمَ signifies the same. (T, TA.)

-A2- See also 4.