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سَمَامٌ ذ A sort of bird, (T, S, M,) less than the species called قَطًا, in make, (T, TA,) like the سُمَانَى [or quail ]: (M, TA:) [accord. to explanations of سَمَامَةٌ in the MA, mountain-swallows: or, accord. to the same and Meyd, birds like swallows: accord. to Dmr, as stated by Golius, i. q. طير ابابيل: but this is app. said in relation to an assertion of 'Áïsheh, mentioned in art. ابل in the Msb, that the birds termed أَبَابِيل in the Kur cv. 3 were most like to swallows:] the word is a pl., (S,) [or rather a coll. gen. n.,] and the sing. [or n. un.] is with ↓ ة, (S, M,) pl. سَمَائِمُ: (Meyd:) see سَمَاسِمُ. ― -b2- And hence, as being likened thereto, A banner, an ensign, or a standard; syn. لِوَاآءٌ: (M:) or so ↓ سَمَامَةٌ. (K.) ― -b3- And [hence, also, perhaps, without ة, as in a verse cited by IB and in the TA, for the coll. gen. n. may be used as a sing.,] A swift she-camel: (S, IB, TA:) [pl. سَمَائِمُ, mentioned by Freytag, from Reiske, as signifying swift she-camels. ] ― -b4- Also, and ↓ سَمْسَامٌ and ↓ سُمَاسِمٌ and ↓ سُمْسُمَانٌ and ↓ سُمْسُمَانِىٌّ, applied to anything, [of men and of beasts &c.,] Light, active, or agile, and slender, and swift; (M, K;) and so ↓ سَمْسَمَةٌ: (M: [thus there written; not سَمَامَةٌ nor سَمْسَامَةٌ, though both of these are app. correct:]) or ↓ سَمْسَامٌ and ↓ سُمْسُمَانِىٌّ, applied to a man, signify light, or active, or agile, and swift, or quick; (S;) and ↓ سُمْسُمٌ so applied, and ↓ سُمْسُمَةٌ and ↓ سَمَامَةٌ, applied to a woman, signify light, or active, or agile, and slender: (TA:) or ↓ سُمْسُمٌ, applied to a man, signifies [simply] light, or active, or agile. (K.)