سمر

2 سمّرهُ ذ , (S, M, Mgh, Msb, K,) inf. n. تَسْمِيرٌ; (S;) and ↓ سَمَرَهُ, (S, M, Mgh, &c.,) aor. سَمُرَ (M, Msb, K) and سَمِرَ , (M, K,) inf. n. سَمْرٌ; (M, Msb;) or the former has an intensive signification; (Msb;) [ He nailed it; i. e.] he made it fast, firm, or strong, (M, Mgh, K,) with a nail [or nails ]; (S, * M, * Mgh, Msb, K; *) namely, a door [&c.]. (Mgh, Msb.) [See also سَرْدٌ.] -A2- سمّر اللَّبَنَ, (M, TA,) inf. n. تَسْمِيرٌ; (S;) and ↓ سَمَرَهُ, (K, TA,) aor. سَمُرَ ; (TA;) He made the milk thin with water; (S;) made it to be what is termed سَمَار [q. v.]. (M, K.) -A3- سمّر, inf. n. as above, is also syn. with شَمَّرَ (S, M, K) and أَرْسَلَ. (M, K.) You say, سمّر سَهْمَهُ He discharged, or shot, his arrow; (M, TA;) as also ↓ سَمَرَهُ: (K, TA:) or the former, he discharged it, or shot it, hastily; (K;) opposed to خَرْقَلَ; for one says, سَمِّرْ فَقَدْ أَخْطَبَكَ الصَّيْدُ [ Discharge, or shoot, thine arrow quickly, for the game has become within thy power ], and خَرْقِلْ حَتَّى يُخْطِبَكَ [Discharge, or shoot, deliberately, in order that it may become within thy power]. (IAar, TA.) One says also, سمّر جَارِيَتَهُ He dismissed his female slave, or let her go free. (S and M, from a trad.) A 'Obeyd says that this is the only instance in which سمّر, with س, has been heard [in this sense: but several other instances have been mentioned]. (TA.) You also say, سمّر الاـِبِلَ He let the camels go, or left them: and he hastened them; syn. كَمَّشَهَا; as also ↓ أَسْمَرَهَا; originally with ش: (TA:) or he sent them, or left them, to pasture by themselves, without a pastor, by night [which is perhaps the more proper meaning (see 1)] or by day; syn. أَهْمَلَهَا. (M, TA.) And سمّر السَّفِينَةَ He sent off, or launched forth, the ship; let it go; or let it take its course. (M, TA.)