سمح
Root entry · 1 derived lemma6 تسامحوا ذ They acted in an easy, or a gentle, manner, one with another. (S, A, K.) ― -b2- [Hence] تَسَامُحٌ [as a conventional term in lexicology, or in relation to language,] is [ A careless, or defective, manner of expression, ] when the meaning of a sentence is not known, and, in order to its being understood, requires another word or phrase to be supplied: (KT:) [or the using a careless mode of expression, relying upon the understanding of the reader or hearer; as also ↓ تَسَمُّحٌ: or] a deficiency in what a speaker says, relying upon [ the knowledge of ] the person addressed. (Marginal note in a copy of the KT, subsigned سمع [app. to denote that the authority is Isma'eel Hakkee].) [See also تَسَاهُلٌ, which is often used as though it were syn. with تَسَامُحٌ.] ― -b3- The primary meaning of تَسَامُحٌ and ↓ تَسَمُّحٌ is [said to be] The being wide, or ample: whence the phrase فِى الحَقِّ مَسْمَحٌ [expl. below]. (Msb.)
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