زنم2 تَزْنِيمٌ [inf. n. of زنّم] The cutting a small portion of the ear of a camel or other animal, and leaving it hanging thereto. (KL. [See زَنَمَةٌ.]) b2:  [And hence,] The act of marking with a sign or token. (KL. [See also the same word as a subst. properly so termed, expl. below.]) b3: And The conjoining any one with a people, or party, to which he does not belong. (KL.) b4: زَنَّمُوا إِلَىَّ هٰذَا الخَصْمُ, (inf. n. تَزْنِيمٌ, TA,) They  sent to me this adversary in order that he might contend in an altercation, dispute, or litigate, with me. (K.) 4 ازنم الشَّجَرُ (tropical:)  The tress had a ↓ زَنَمَة (K, TA) [i. e. an excrescence] resembling the زَنَمَة of the شَاة [app. here meaning sheep as well as goat; though sheep are said in the S, and in one place in the TA, to have no زَنَمَة]. (TA.) زَنَمٌ The [projecting] thing that is behind the cloven hoof; also called زَلَمٌ; (S, K;) of which it is a dial. var. (S.) زَنِمٌ 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: fem. زَنِمَةٌ and ↓ زَنْمَآءُ and ↓ مُزَنَّمَةٌ: (S, K:) pl. of pauc. أَزْنُمُ and زَنِمَاتٌ. (Yákoot, TA.) [See also أَزْلَمُ.] b2:  ضَائِنَةٌ 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.]) هُوَ العَبْدُ زَنْمَةً and ↓ زُنْمَةً and ↓ زَنَمَةً and ↓ زُنَمَةً (S, K) i. q. زَلْمَةً &c., (K,) He is one whose proportion, or conformation, is that of the slave: or, as Ks says, (or Lh, TA,) the meaning is, truly. (S.) [See also زَلْمَة.] b2:  زَنْمَتَا الفُوقِ: see زَنَمَةٌ.زُنْمَة: see what next precedes.A2:  زُنْمَةٌ also signifies A certain tree, having no leaves, as though it were the زَنَمَة of the شَاة [app. here meaning sheep as well as goat: see زَنَمَةٌ]. (TA.) زَنَمَةٌ of the ear of a camel: see زَنِمٌ: but accord. to El-Ahmar, it is a mark made by cutting off a portion of the ear. (TA.) b2:  [Of the ear of a man, it is app. The antitragus and also a small prominence of the antihelix immediately above the antitragus: for it is said that] زَنَمَتَا الأُذُنِ signifies two small things (هَنَتَانِ) next to the شَحُمَة [or lobule], opposite to the وَتَرَة [an evident mistranscription for وَتِدَة i. e. tragus]. (K. [So in all the copies that I have seen.]) b3:  Also [A kind of wattle, i. e.] a thing, (Msb,) or piece of flesh, (TA,) hanging from the حَلْق [here meaning throat, externally], (Msb, TA,) beneath each ear, (S and A and K in art. رعث,] of the شَاة [i. e., app., sheep as well as goat; though it is said in the S that “ the sheep has no زَنَمَة; that pertaining only to the goat; ” app. because it is uncommon in sheep]. (TA.) [See also زَلَمَةٌ; and see رَعِثَتْ and رَعْثَةٌ and رَعْثَآءُ.] b4:  To this is likened the زَنَمَة of a tree: see 4. (TA.) b5:  And [as the زَنَمَة of the ear of a camel, or of a goat or sheep, serves to distinguish it,] it signifies also (assumed tropical:)  A mark, sign, or token. (TA.) b6:  زَنَمَتَا الفُوقِ (tropical:)  The two edges [or cusps] of the notch of an arrow, (Msb, K, TA,) between which is put the bow-string; (Msb, TA;) as also الفوق ↓ زَنْمَتَا; (K;) but the former is the more chaste: (TA:) also called شَرْخَا الفُوقِ. (S in art. شرخ, and A and TA.) b7: See also أُذُنَا القَلْبِ, voce أُذُنٌ. b8:  الزَّنَمَةُ also signifies (assumed tropical:)  A certain herb, or leguminous plant, (K, TA,) of which AHn had heard mention made, but remembered not any description: it is said to grow in plain, or soft, tracts, and in the form of the زَنَمَة of the ear; to have leaves; and to be one of the worst of plants. (TA.) b9: See also زَنْمَة.زُنَمَة: see زَنْمَة.زُنَامٌ A calamity, misfortune, or evil accident. (K.) A2:  See also زُنَامِىٌّ.زَنِيمٌ, applied to a goat, [and app. to a sheep also,] Having [two wattles, such as are termed]زَنَمَتَانِ [of which see the sing., زَنَمَةٌ]; as also ↓ مُزَنَّمٌ. (TA.) b2:  Also, and ↓ مُزَنَّمٌ, (tropical:)  One adopted among a people to whom he does not belong, (Fr in explanation of the former word as used in the Kur lxviii. 13, and S and K,) to which some add, (TA,) not being needed; as though he were a زَنَمَة among them: (S, TA:) and i. q. دَعِىٌّ [as meaning likewise one who is adopted among a people or by a person (though understood in some other sense by F)]; (Mbr, Mgh, Msb, TA;) conjoined [with them or him]: thus the former was expl. by I 'Ab as used in the Kur ubi suprà: (Mbr, TA:) but Az says that the latter word has only the meaning assigned to it above, voce زَنِمٌ as an epithet applied to a camel. (TA.) And the former word, (tropical:)  Base, ignoble, or mean; known by his baseness, ignobleness, or meanness, (S, K, TA,) or his evil character, (K, TA,) like as the شَاة [i. e. sheep or goat] is known by its زَنَمَة: (S, TA: [in the latter of which is added, “because the cutting of the ear is a mark: ” but by its زنمة is here meant “ its wattle; ” for the cutting of the ear of the camel is a mark of generous race:]) thus expl. by 'Ikrimeh as used in the Kur ubi suprà. (S.) And (assumed tropical:)  The son of an adulteress or a fornicatress. (TA.) b3:  Also A commissioned agent, a factor, or a deputy. (TA.) b4:  الأَبَدُّ الزَّنِيمُ The lion. (M and K in art. بد, q. v.) نَاىٌ زُنَامِىٌّ A ناى [or flute], so called because invented by ↓ زُنَام, a skilful زَمَّار [or player upon the musical reed] in the service of Er-Rasheed and El-Moatasim and El-Wáthik: vulgarly called زُلَامِىّ; said by Esh-Shereeshee to be thus miscalled by the common people of the West. (TA.) أَزْنَمُ, and its fem. (زَنْمَآءُ): see زَنِمٌ. b2:  الأَزْنَمُ الجَذَعُ i. q. الأَزْلَمُ الجَذَعُ [q. v.]; (K, TA;) meaning (tropical:)  Time, or fortune, to which trials are appendant: or, as some say, hard, or rigorous, in its course. (TA.) A2:  See also what next follows.أَزْنَمِىٌّ A camel of those called الأَزْنَمِيَّةُ; thus  called in relation to [a sub-tribe (بَطْن) of بَنُو يَرْبُوعٍ or of تَمِيم named] ↓ بَنُو أَزْنَمَ. (IAar, TA.) تَزْنِيمٌ inf. n. of 2 [q. v.]. (TA.) b2:  And also a subst. like تَنْبِيتٌ and تَمْتِينٌ, signifying A certain mark of camels. (TA.) مُزَنَّمٌ, and its fem. (with ة): see زَنِمٌ. b2: See also زَنِيمٌ, in two places. b3:  Also Small in body; like مُزَلَّمٌ. (IAar, TA in art. زلم.) b4:  Also The young ones of camels. (S, K.) b5:  And A certain stallion [-camel]; (S, K;) accord. to some, who read thus, in a verse of Zuheyr, مَغَانِمُ شَتَّى مِنْ إِفَالِ مُزَنَّمِ [Sundry spoils consisting of the young camels the offspring of Muzennem]: (S:) thus A'Obeyd  read, instead of إِفَالٍ مُزَنَّمِ, in which the latter word is used for مُزَنَّمَةٍ, [by poetic license,] because إِفَالٌ is of a measure common to masc. and fem. words. (EM p. 120.)