Note 621 — TALE OF HIMSELF TOLD BY THE KING.[608]
Richard Francis Burton translation · Edition 2
In text “Yatama’ash min-hu.” [A denominative of the 5th form from “Ma’ásh,” livelihood. It usually has the meaning of “earning one’s living,” but occurs in Makkari’s Life of Ibn al-Khatíb also in the sense of “feeding or glutting upon,” although applied there not to victuals but to books.—St.]