صم

الصِّمُّ ذ a name for (assumed tropical:) Calamity, or misfortune; (S, TA;) as also ↓ الصِّمَّةُ, (TA,) and so ↓ صَمَامِ, like قَطَامِ, in a phrase mentioned in the first paragraph, q. v. (S, K. [See also this last word below.]) ― -b2- And (assumed tropical:) The lion; (S, M, K;) as also ↓ الصِّمَّةُ, (M, Msb, K,) thus called because of his courage, [i. e. from the latter word as signifying “ courageous, ” but accord. to the Msb the reverse is the case,] (M,) and so ↓ الصُّمَصِمُ and ↓ الصُّمَاصِمُ: (K:) the pl. of ↓ صِمَّةٌ is صِمَمٌ. (TA.)