שׁוּמָן, (שָׁמַן) fat. Sot. IX, 12 (with the destruction of the Temple) ניטל שׁוּמַן הפירות the fruits lost their fatness. Ib. 13 המעשרות נטלו את ש׳ הדגן when the tithes ceased, the corn lost its fatness. Bekh. 18ᵃ ש׳ יהא ביניהן the fatter of the two animals remains under litigation, v. שָׁמַן. Y. B. Kam. IX, beg. 6ᵈ מחזיר לו את הש׳ he must make restitution for the fat animal (as it was before it deteriorated); a. fr.—Esp. the permitted fat of animals, contrad. to חֵלֶב. Ker. IV, 1 ש׳ וחלב לפניו if a person had before him permitted fat and forbidden fat. Lev. R. s. 22 את החלב התרתי לך את הש׳ (I forbade thee) ḥeleb, and (as an offset) I allowed thee shuman; a. fr.—Ab. Zar. 35ᵇ ש׳ חזיר lard; Ḥull. 91ᵃ שַׁמְנוֹ (Ms. M. שׁוּמְנוֹ) the fat on the sinew of the hip; ib. 92ᵇ (Ms. M. שומ׳, a. once שמ׳); Pes. 83ᵇ שמ׳.