صوم

1 صَامَ ذ , (S, M, &c.,) aor. يَصُومُ, (Msb,) inf. n. صَوْمٌ, and صِيَامٌ; (S, M, Mgh, Msb, K;) and ↓ اِصْطَامَ; (M, K;) He abstained, (Msb, TA,) in an absolute sense: (Msb:) this is the primary signification: (TA:) [or] this is said to be the signification in the proper language of the Arabs: (Msb:) and in the language of the law, (Msb, TA,) he observed a particular kind of abstinence; (Msb;) i. e. (TA) he abstained from food (S, M, K, TA) and drink (M, K, TA) and coïtus: (M, K:) and (S, * M, &c.) by a tropical application, (TA,) (tropical:) from speech: (S, * M, Mgh, Msb, * K, TA:) or صَوْمٌ in the proper language of the Arabs signifies a man's abstaining from eating: and by a secondary application, a particular serving of God [ by fasting ]; (Mgh;) [i. e.] the abstaining from eating and drinking and coïtus from daybreak to sunset: (KT:) accord. to Kh, it signifies [properly] the standing without work. (S.) صام الشَّهْرَ means صام فِى الشَّهْرِ [ He fasted during the month ]: agreeably with what is said in the Kur ii. 181. (TA.) And it is said (S, M) by I'Ab (S) that the saying, in the Kur [xix. 27], (S, M,) اـِنِّى نَذَرْتُ لِلرَّحْمٰنِ صَوْمًا means (assumed tropical:) [ Verily I have vowed unto the Compassionate ] an abstaining from speech. (S, M, Msb.) One says also, صام الفَرَسُ, inf. n. صَوْمٌ (S, M) and صِيَامٌ, (M,) (assumed tropical:) The horse stood without eating of fodder; (S;) or abstained from the eating of fodder. (M, A, Mgh.) And صام عَنِ السَّيْرِ (tropical:) He abstained from going along, or journeying. (TA.) ― -b2- [Hence,] صامت الشَّمْسُ (assumed tropical:) The sun became [ apparently ] stationary [ in the mid-heaven ]: (T, TA:) or attained its full height. (M, TA.) ― -b3- And صام النَّهَارُ, (inf. n. صَوْمٌ, S,) (tropical:) The day reached its midpoint. (S, M, Mgh, K, TA.) ― -b4- And صامت الرِّيحُ, (M, TA,) inf. n. صَوْمٌ, (S, K,) (tropical:) The wind became still, or calm. (S, M, K, TA.) ― -b5- And صام المَاآءُ, [inf. n. صِيَامٌ (see صُلَاقَةٌ) and probably صَوْمٌ also,] (assumed tropical:) The water became still, or motionless; syn. قَامَ and دَامَ. (TA.) ― -b6- And صام النَّعَامُ, (M, K,) inf. n. صَوْمٌ, (M,) (tropical:) The ostrich cast forth its dung; (M, K, TA;) and in the same sense the verb is used in relation to the domestic fowl; because each stands still in doing this, or because each becomes tranquil by reason of the passing forth of that which occasions annoyance: and accord. to [some one or more of the copies of] the M, صام النَّهَارُ, inf. n. صَوْمٌ, The نهار, by which is here meant the young one of the كَرَوَان, [or rather of the bustard called حُبَارَى,] cast forth what was in its belly. (TA.) -A2- صام مَنِيَّتَهُ i. q. ذَاقَهَا [ He tasted, or experienced, his death ]. (K.) -A3- And صَامَ He (a man) shaded himself by means of the tree called صَوْم. (K.)