زَنِمٌ
1.
A camel having a
زَنَمَة, i. e. a thing [or portion] of the ear cut (S, K) and left hanging down [therefrom], (S,) which is done to camels of generous race (S, K) only; (S;) as also
أَزْنَمُ and
مُزَنَّمٌ: feminine زَنِمَةٌ and
زَنْمَاءُ and
مُزَنَّمَةٌ: (S, K:) plural of pauc. أَزْنُمُ and زَنِمَاتٌ. (Yákoot, TA.) [See also أَزْلَمُ.]
2.
ضَايءِنَةٌ زَنِمَةٌ (assumed tropical:) A ewe that is held in high estimation; [not signifying having a زَنَمَة, as meaning “ having a kind of wattle; ”] for [it is asserted that] the sheep has no زَنَمَة; that pertaining only to the goat. (S. [But see زَنَمَةٌ.])