صمغ

صَمْغٌ ذ (S, O, Msb, K) and ↓ صَمَغٌ, (K,) the latter mentioned by ISd on the authority of AHn, (TA,) [ Gum; i. e.] the fluid that exudes from the trees called عِضَاه and the like of these: (Msb:) it is of many sorts: (S, O:) that which is called الصَّمْغُ العَرَبِىُّ is the صَمْغ of the طَلْح, (S, O, Msb,) which is said to be the same [tree] that is called أُمُّ غَيْلَانَ: (Msb:) or the mucilage (غِرَاآء) of the [ tree called ] قَرَظ [and more commonly سَنْط, i. e. the mimosa Nilotica, also called acacia Nilotica ]; and this is what is called الصَّمْغُ العَرَبِىُّ; not the صَمْغ of the طَلْح; J [and others] having erred [in asserting it to be this]: [but] every tree also has صَمْغ: (K: [this last assertion, however, is questionable; for صَمْغ seems to signify properly gum, or juice that exudes from certain trees and concretes: ]) the n. un., (Msb, TA,) or term applied to a portion thereof, (S, O,) is صَمْغَةٌ (S, O, Msb, TA) and صَمَغَةٌ: (TA:) and the pl. is صُمُوغٌ: (S, O, Msb, K:) among صُمُوغ [i. e. sorts of صَمْغ], the مُقْل [q. v.] is said to be included; but this is not known. (AHn, TA.) It is said in a prov., تَرَكْتُهُ عَلَى مِثْلِ مَقْرِفِ الصَّمْغَةِ [ I left him in a condition like that of the place where the piece of gum has been pared off ]: this is when one has left a person nothing; for the صمغة is plucked off from its tree until there remains not upon it what would retain one's life: (S, O:) or, as some relate it, عَلَى مِثْلِ مَقْلَعِ الصَّمْغَةِ [ in a condition like that of the place where the piece of gum has been plucked off ]; (O, and so Meyd;) meaning, without anything remaining to him; because, when the gum is plucked off, there remains not any trace of it. (Meyd.) And in a trad. of El-Hajjáj occurs the saying, لَأَقْلَعَنَّكَ قَلْعَ الصَّمْغَةِ [ I will assuredly pluck thee away with the plucking away of the piece of gum ]; meaning I will assuredly extirpate thee. (TA.) [― -b2- Also Resin; see عِلْكٌ.]