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سمل
Root entry · 1 derived lemma2 سمّل الحَوْضَ ذ : see 1. -A2- سمّل الحَوْضُ, (M, K,) inf. n. تَسْمِيلٌ, (K,) The watering-trough, or tank, yielded but little water. (Lh, M, K.) And in like manner, (K,) سمّلت الدَّلْوُ, (M, K,) inf. n. as above, (K,) The bucket yielded, (M,) or produced [from the well], only what is termed السَّمَلَة, (K,) i. e., (TA,) little water; (M, TA;) as also ↓ سَمَلَت, (K,) inf. n. سَمْلٌ; but the former verb is said by Fr to be preferable. (TA.) -A3- سمّل فُلَانًا بِالقَوْلِ He was soft, or tender, or easy and sweet, or elegant, graceful, or ornate, to such a one, (رَقَّقَ لَهُ, in the CK رَفَّقَ له,) in speech. (K.) -A4- And accord. to IDrd, تَسْمِيلٌ signifies A laxness of the ذَكَر on the occasion of جِمَاع. (TA.)
Derived headwords
سمّل الحَوْضَverb
- 1.
سمّل الحَوْضُ
سمّلت الدَّلْوُ
فُلَانًا بِالقَوْلِ
رَقَّقَ لَهُ
رَفَّقَ له