سم

سُمْسُمٌ ذ ; and its fem., with ة: see سَمَامٌ, last sentence, in three places. -A2- Also, the former, and ↓ سِمْسِمٌ, or the latter is a mistake, [ascribed in the K to J,] Red ants: n. un. with ة: (K:) or سُمْسُمَةٌ (M) and سِمْسِمَةٌ (S, M) signify a certain insect, (M,) a red ant; (S, M;) as also ↓ سَمَامَةٌ: (M:) accord. to Lth, an insect of the form of the اكلة [app. a mistranscription for نَمْلَة, i. e. ant ], of a red colour: Az says, I have seen it in the desert, and it bites, or stings, painfully: (TA:) pl. سَمَاسِمُ, (S, TA,) said by Aboo-Kheyreh to be certain things found in El-Basrah, that bite vehemently, having longish heads, and the colours of which incline to redness. (TA.) See سَمَاسِمُ below.