سمت

سَمْتٌ ذ inf. n. of 1 [q. v.]. (M, TA.) ― -b2- Also A road, or way; syn. طَرِيقٌ, (S, M, A, Mgh, Msb, K,) and مَحَجَّةٌ, (Th, S,) and نَحْوٌ: (A:) [pl. سُمُوتٌ.] One says, اِلْزَمْ هٰذَا السَّمْتَ Keep thou to this road, or way. (TA.) ― -b3- And [hence,] (assumed tropical:) The way, or course, that one pursues in his religion and his worldly affairs: (TA:) (assumed tropical:) a way, mode, or manner, of acting or conduct or the like: (S, TA:) (tropical:) the mode, or manner, [of life,] syn. هَيْئَة, (S, A, Mgh, Msb, K, TA,) of good people, (S, A, Mgh, K, TA,) in respect of religion, not in respect of goodliness of person: (TA:) a metaphorical meaning, from the same word as signifying “ a road, ” or “ way. ” (Mgh.) One says, اـِنَّهُ لَحَسَنُ السَّمْتِ (assumed tropical:) Verily he is good in respect of the way, or course, that he pursues in his religion and his worldly affairs: (TA:) or هُوَحَسَنُ السَّمْتِ means (assumed tropical:) he is good in his هَيْئَة [i. e., as here used, mode, or manner, of life ]. (Msb.) And مَا أَحْسَنَ سَمْتَهُ (tropical:) How good is his way, mode, or manner, of acting or conduct or the like! (S, A, * Mgh, * TA.) ― -b4- [Hence,] (assumed tropical:) Gravity, staidness, steadiness, sedateness, or calmness. (Msb.) ― -b5- السَّمْتُ also signifies The region, or quarter, to which, or towards which, the course, or aim, is directed. (M.) ― -b6- [And hence, The bearing, or direction, of an object by the compass. And more particularly, The azimuth. ― -b7- And سَمْتُ الرَّأْسِ The zenith; or vertical point in the heavens. (“ Zenit ” appears to have been, as Golius observes, a mistranscription for “ zemt, ” or “ semt. ”) ― -b8- سَمْتُ الشَّمْسِ The path of the sun; the ecliptic: from سَمْتٌ signifying “ a road, ” or “ way. ” ― -b9- سَمْتُ الاِعْتِدَالِ The equinoctial colure. And سَمْتُ الاِنْقِلَابِ The solstitial colure. ]