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سمد

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

2 سمّدهُ ذ , (M, TA,) inf. n. تَسْمِيدٌ, (TA,) (assumed tropical:) He diverted him: (M, TA:) [and in like manner, ↓ اسمدهُ; for] one says to a slave-songstress, أَسْمِدِينَا, [in one of my copies of the S, erroneously, اسْمُدِينَا,] meaning Divert thou us by singing. (S, O, L, TA.) -A2- سمّد الأَرْضَ, (M, Msb, K,) inf. n. as above, (S, Msb, K,) He manured the land with سَمَاد [q. v.]: (S, Msb, K:) he dunged, or manured, the land; syn. زَبَّلَهَا. (M. [So in a copy of the M: in the TA زبلها, without teshdeed; and thus only, I believe, correctly; though it is commonly pronounced with teshdeed in the present day.]) -A3- سمد شَعَرَهُ, (M,) or الشَّعَرَ, (K,) inf. n. as above, (TA,) He removed utterly his hair, or the hair; (M, K, TA;) taking the whole of it [ in shaving ]: a dial. var. of سبّد. (TA.) تَسْمِيدُ الرَّأْسِ is The removing utterly the hair of the head [ by shaving ]: a dial. var. of تَسْبِيد. (S.) ― -b2- And تَسْمِيدٌ is also used [alone, the objective complement being app. meant to be understood,] as meaning The leaving off, or neglecting, the anointing of oneself [or of one's hair ], and washing: and so تَسْبِيدٌ. (A 'Obeyd, TA in art. سبد.)

Derived headwords

سمّدهُverb
  1. 1.
سمّد الأَرْضَ
سمد شَعَرَهُ
تَسْمِيدُ الرَّأْسِ