سمر

أَسْمَرُ ذ [ Tawny, or brownish; dusky; dark-complexioned or dark-coloured; ] of the colour termed سُمْرَةٌ [q. v.]: (S, M, K, & c.:) fem سَمْرَاآءُ: (Msb, & c.:) and pl. سُمْرٌ. (A.) You say بَعِيرٌ أَسْمَرُ A camel of a white colour inclining to شُهْبَة [which is a hue wherein whiteness predominates over blackness ]. (M.) And قَنَاةٌ سَمْرَاآءُ [ A tawny spearshaft ]. (M.) And حِنْطَةٌ سَمْرَاآءُ [ Tawny wheat ]. (M.) ― -b2- [Hence,] السَّمْرَاآءُ Wheat: (S, Msb, K:) because of its colour. (Msb.) And الأَسْمَرَانِ Wheat and water: (AO, S, K:) or water and the spear. (S, K.) ― -b3- الأَسْمَرُ, also, signifies Milk: (M:) or milk of the gazelle: (IAar, M, K:) app. because of its colour. (M.) ― -b4- And [for the same reason] السَّمْرَاآءُ signifies also Coarse flour, or flour of the third quality, full of bran; syn. خُشْكَارٌ. (K.) You say السَّمْرَاآءُ Bread made of such flour. (L in art. خُبْزُ السَّمْرَاآءِ.) ― -b5- And The [ kind of milking-vessel called ] خرج. (Sgh, K.) ― -b6- And عَامٌ أَسْمَرُ (assumed tropical:) A year of drought, in which is no rain. (M.)