سمل

سَمَلٌ ذ : see سَمَلَةٌ, in three places. -A2- Applied to a garment, or piece of cloth, Old, and worn out; (S, M, K;) as also ↓ سَمَلَةٌ and ↓ سَمِيلٌ and ↓ سَمُولٌ (M, K) and ↓ سَمِلٌ and ↓ مُسْمَئِلٌّ: (K:) the pl. of سَمَلٌ is أًسْمَالٌ: (A'Obeyd, TA:) and one says also ثَوْبٌ أَسْمَالٌ, (S, M, K,) like رُمْحُ أَقْصَادٌ and بُرْمَةٌ أَعْشَارٌ. (S.) The phrase سَمَلُ قَطِيفَةٍ occurs in a trad. [as meaning An old and worn-out garment of the kind called قطيفة]: and in another trad., أَسْمَالُ مُلّيَّتَيْنِ [meaning two old and wornout small garments of the kind called مُلَاآءَة]; مُلَيَّةٌ being a dim. of مُلَاآءَةٌ. (TA.) And ↓ سَوْمَلٌ signifies [in like manner] An old and worn-out [ garment of the kind called ] كِسَاآء, on the authority of Ez-Zejjájee. (M.) ― -b2- Also, (i. e. سَمَلٌ,) applied to a ewe, Having ragged wool: ― -b3- and سَمَلْ سَمَلْ is A cry by which a ewe is called to be milked. (O, TA.)