صمد

1 صَمَدَهُ ذ , (S, M, A, Mgh,) aor. صَمُدَ , (S, Mgh,) inf. n. صَمْدٌ; (S, M, Mgh, K;) and صَمَدَ اـِلَيْهِ; (M, A; *) He tended, repaired, betook himself, or directed himself or his course or aim, to, or towards, him, or it; or endeavoured to reach, or attain, or obtain, him, or it; or had recourse to him, or it; syn. قَصَدَهُ: (S, M, A, Mgh, K: *) and so سَمَدَهُ. (M in art. سمد.) One says, صَمَدَ اـِلَيْهِ فِى الحَوَائِجِ He repaired, betook himself, or had recourse, to him in exigencies; syn. قَصَدَ. (M.) And صَمَدَ الأَمْرَ, (A,) or صَمَدَ صَمْدَ الأَمْرِ, (M,) He betook himself to the thing, or affair; aimed at it; sought it, or endeavoured after it; or intended, or purposed, it; syn. اِعْتَمَدَهُ; (A;) or قَصَدَ قَصْدَهُ. (M.) And ↓ تصمّد لَهُ بِالعَصَا He betook himself to him or towards him, or aimed at him, with the staff, or stick; syn. قَصَدَ. (M.) And رَأْسَهُ بِالعَصَا ↓ تصمّد He aimed (عَمَدَ) at the main part of his head with the staff, or stick. (M.) ― -b2- Hence, صَمَدَ لَهُ He faced it directly; directed his face exactly towards it. (Mgh.) ― -b3- And He pointed towards it. (Mgh.) ― -b4- And صَمَدْتُ لَهُ حَتَّى أَمْكَنَتْنِى مِنْهُ غِرَّةٌ I sprang and betook myself towards him, watching until heedlessness on his part made me to have him within my power. (L, from a trad. respecting the slaying of Aboo-Jahl.) ― -b5- And صَمَدَهُ بِالعَصَا, (A,) inf. n. صَمْدٌ, (K,) He struck him, or beat him, with the staff, or stick. (A, K. *) -A2- الصَّمْدُ also signifies النَّصْبُ [ The setting up, or erecting, a thing]: (K:) one says صَمَدَهُ He set it up, or erected, it. (TK.) -A3- And صَمَدَتِ الشَّمْسُ وَجْهَهُ, (TK,) inf. n. صَمْدٌ, (K,) The sun scorched his face. (K, * TK.) -A4- صَمَدَ القَارُورَةَ, (M, K,) aor. صَمِدَ , (M,) or صَمَدَ , (K,) but this is strange, for there is no faucial letter, nor any other reason for it, (MF,) He put a صِمَاد [q. v.] over, or into, the mouth of the flask, or bottle. (M, K.)