سمت

1 سَمْتٌ ذ [as an inf. n.] is syn. with قَصْدٌ [in an intrans. sense], (S, * Msb,) and هُدًى [in the sense of رَشَادٌ], and اِسْتِقَامَةٌ: (Msb:) or حُسْنُ نَحْوٍ: (M, K:) you say, سَمَتَ, aor. سَمُتَ , (S, M, K,) and سَمِتَ , (K,) or in this case the former only, (TA,) inf. n. سَمْتٌ, (M, TA,) He pursued a right course; syn. قَصَدَ: (S, TA:) or (assumed tropical:) he followed a good direction (M, K, * TA *) in the way of religion [&c.]. (TA.) Accord. to Khálid Ibn- Dabbeh, it signifies (assumed tropical:) The following the truth and the right way or direction, and being a good neighbour, and doing little harm. (TA.) [But more commonly, or primarily, it relates to the course that one pursues in journeying.] An Arab of the desert, of [the tribe of] Keys, says, سَوْفَ تَجُوبِينَ بِغَيْرِ نَعْتِ تَعَسُّفًا أَوْ هٰكَذَا بِالسَّمْتِ i. e. [ Thou shalt traverse (addressing a woman), or, more probably, ye shall traverse (addressing camels or other beasts), a land without a description ], journeying without any sign of the way and without any track [ for guidance ], such being the meaning of تعسّفا, or thus, pursuing a right course, السَّمْتُ meaning القَصْدُ. (TA.) Accord. to Sh, السَّمْتُ signifies The seeking, searching, or inquiring, for, or after, the right way or direction. (TA.) ― -b2- السَّمْتُ also signifies قَصدُ الطَّرِيقِ [i. e. سَمْتُ الطَّرِيقِ signifies The road's having a right, or direct, tendency ]: (M:) or [سَمْتُ الشَّىْءِ] signifies قَصْدُ الشَّىْءِ [i. e. The thing's having a right, or direct, tendency ]. (K.) [This last explanation has been misunderstood by the Turkish translator of the K; who has hence been led to assert that one says, سَمَتَ الشَّىْءَ as well as سَمَتَ نَحْوَهُ, meaning قَصَدَهُ: it is تَسَمَّتَهُ that (like سَمَتَ نَحْوَهُ) signifies قَصَدَهُ; not سَمَتَهُ, for سَمَتَ is always intrans.] ― -b3- Also The journeying (S, M, K) upon the road (M, K) [ guided only ] by opinion (S, M, K) and conjecture: (S:) or, as some say, the journeying by conjecture and opinion, not upon a [ known ] road. (TA.) A poet says, ↓ لَيْسَ بِهَا رِيعٌ لِسَمْتِ السَّامِتِ [ There is not, or was not, in it, a road of any kind (see رِيعٌ) for the journeying by opinion and conjecture of him who so journeys ]. (S, TA.) ― -b4- And The pursuing a course, or direction, [ of any kind, ] and [particularly] (assumed tropical:) in religion and in worldly affairs. (TA.) You say, هُوَ يَسْمُتُ سَمْتَهُ (assumed tropical:) He pursues his [another's] way, or course, doing as he [the latter] does. (TA.) [سَمْتَهُ is here an absolute (not an objective) complement of يَسْمُتُ; like سَيْرَهُ in the phrase هُوَيَسِيرُ سَيْرَهُ. See also سَمْتٌ below.] ― -b5- Also سَمَتَ, aor. سَمُتَ , inf. n. سَمْتٌ, (assumed tropical:) He (a man) was, or became, grave, staid, steady, sedate, or calm. (Msb.) ― -b6- And سَمَتَ لَهُمْ, aor. سَمِتَ , (Fr, K,) inf. n. سَمْتٌ, (Fr, TA,) (assumed tropical:) He prepared, arranged, or disposed, for them, the mode, or manner, of speech, and of judging, or forming an opinion, (Fr, K, TA,) and of work, or action. (Fr, TA.)