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سمع
Root entry · 1 derived lemmaسَمَعْمَعٌ ذ (of the measure فَعَلْعَلٌ, S) Small in the head, (S, K,) and in the body; for او اللِّحْيَةِ in the K is a mistranscription for وَالجُثَّةِ: (TA:) cunning, or very cunning: (K, TA:) light of flesh, quick in work, wicked, and clever: (TA:) or [simply] light and quick: and applied as an epithet to a wolf. (K.) ― -b2- Also A woman that grins and frowns in thy face when thou enterest, and wails after thee when thou goest forth. (K, * TA.) ― -b3- And A tall and slender man: (K, TA:) fem. in this sense with ة. (TA.) ― -b4- And A wicked, deceitful, or crafty, devil. (TA.)
Derived headwords
سَمَعْمَعٌ
- 1.
او اللِّحْيَةِ