سم

1 سَمَّهُ ذ , (S, Msb, K,) aor. سَمُ3َ , inf. n. سَمٌّ, (Msb,) He put poison into it; [ poisoned it; infected it with poison; ] namely, food. (S, Msb, K.) And He gave him to drink poison. (S, K.) And سَمَّتْهُ الهَامَّةُ The هامّة [or venomous reptile or the like ] smote him with its poison. (M.) ― -b2- [Hence, perhaps, He suggested it, اـِلَيْهِ to him: a signification mentioned by Freytag, but without any indication of the authority.] ― -b3- [And, app., It perforated it; transpierced it; or pierced, or passed, through it: for it is said that] مَسَمٌّ may be an inf. n. of the verb [signifying نَفَذَ], and may also signify a place of نُفُوذ. (Msb.) ― -b4- And, (K,) aor. سَمُ3َ , (S, TA,) inf. n. سَمٌّ, (TA,) (tropical:) He probed it; namely a case, or an affair; and examined, or endeavoured to learn, its depth. (S, K, TA.) ― -b5- Also, inf. n. سَمٌّ i. q. شَدَّهُ [ He made it firm, fast, or strong; &c.]: (M:) [or this may be a mistranscription for سَدَّهُ; for] you say, سَمَمْتُ القَارُورَةَوَنَحْوَهَا, (S, K, *) inf. n. as above, (TA,) meaning سَدَدْتُ [i. e. I closed, stopped, or stopped up, the flask, or bottle, and the like ]. (S, K. *) ― -b6- Also, (M, K,) aor. سَمُ3َ , inf. n. سَمٌّ, (TA,) i. q. أَصْلَحَهُ [ He rectified it; or put it into a good, sound, right, or proper, state; &c.]; namely, a thing. (M, K.) And سَمَّ بَيْنَ القَوْمِ, (S, M,) or سَمَّ بَيْنَهُمَا, (K,) aor. سَمُ3َ , [for the verb is trans., الأَمْرَ being understood, or بَيْنَ meaning ذَاتَ البَيْنِ,] (M,) inf. n. سَمٌّ, (S, M,) i. q. أَصْلَحَ [ He rectified, or reformed, or amended, the circumstances subsisting between the people, or between them two; or he effected a rectification of affairs, or an agreement, a harmony, or a reconciliation, between the people, or between them two ]. (S. M, K.) ― -b7- And سَمٌّ الوَدَعَ He strung the وَدَع [or cowries ]; which, when strung, are termed سُمَّةٌ and سُمٌّ (M.) ― -b8- سَمَّهُ, inf. n. سَمٌّ, signifies also He appropriated it to a particular, peculiar, or special, object. (M.) You say, سَمَّ النِّعْمَةَ He so appropriated the benefit, or bounty. (K.) And سَمَّتِ النِّعْمَةُ The benefit, or bounty, was, or became, particular, peculiar, or special, as to its object: (S, K:) the verb being intrans. as well as trans. (K.) El-'Ajjáj says, هُوَ الَّذِى أَنْعَمَ نُعْمَى عَمَّتْ عَلَى الَّذِينَ أَسْلَمُوا وَسَمَّتْ (S,) or the latter hemistich is عَلَى البِلَادِ رَبُّنَا وَسَمَّتْ (M,) [ He is the Being who has bestowed bounty that has been general and that has been particular upon those who have become Muslims, or upon the countries, namely, our Lord ]: he means that it has reached all. (S.) ― -b9- [And i. q. قَصَدَهُ:] you say, سَمَمْتُ سَمَّكَ, i. e. قَصَدْتُ قَصْدَكَ [which means I tended, repaired, betook myself, or directed my course, towards thee; or I have tended, &c.: and also I pursued, or have pursued, thy way, or course, doing like thee ]. (S.) -A2- [سُمَّ It was smitten by the wind called سُمُوم; applied to a plant; and in like manner to a man: see its part. n., مَسْمُومٌ. And] سُمَّ يَوْمُنَا, with damm [to the س], Our day was, or became, attended with the wind called سَمُوم. (S, K.)