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سمن

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

1 سَمِنَ ذ , (S, M, L, Msb, K,) aor. سَمَنَ ; (L, Msb, K;) and سَمُنَ, aor. سَمُنَ ; (Msb;) inf. n. of the former سِمَنٌ (S, M, L, K) and سَمَانَةٌ, (M, L, K,) or the former is a simple subst. (Msb) [and the latter by rule inf. n. of the latter verb]; He was, or became, fat, or plump; (S, M, L;) or in the condition of having much flesh and fat: (Msb:) and ↓ تسمّن has a like meaning [i. e. he was, or became, fattened, rendered plump, or made to have much flesh and fat ]. (S, L. *) A poet says, رَكِبْنَاهَا سَمَانَتَهَا فَلَمَّا بَدَتْ مِنْهَا السَّنَاسِنُ وَالضُّلُوعُ (IAar, M, L,) meaning We rode her during her state of fatness, or plumpness, [ but when the edges of her vertebræ, and the ribs, became apparent, ...] (M, L.) ― -b2- [Hence,] سَمِنَ البُرُّ, inf. n. سِمَنٌ, (assumed tropical:) The wheat became full in the grain. (A in art. صفر.) -A2- سَمَنَهُ, (S, M, L, K,) aor. سَمُنَ , inf. n. سَمْنٌ, (S, M, L,) He made it, [or prepared it, ] namely, food, with سَمْن [q. v. infrà]; (M, L, K;) as also ↓ سمّنه, and ↓ اسمنهُ: (K:) or the first signifies, (S,) or signifies also, and so ↓ the second and ↓ third, (M, L,) he moistened it, and stirred it about, (S, M, L,) namely, food, (S, L,) or bread, (M, L,) with سَمْن, (S, M, L,) لَهُمْ for them. (S.) ― -b2- Also, and ↓ اسمنهُ, (L,) or سَمَنَ القَوْمَ, (M, K,) aor. and inf. n. as above, (M,) He fed him, or the people, or party, with سَمْن. (M, L, K.) ― -b3- And سَمَنْتُ لَهُ I seasoned his bread for him with سَمْن. (L.)

Derived headwords

سَمِنَverb
  1. 1.
رَكِبْنَاهَا سَمَانَتَهَا فَلَمَّا
بَدَتْ مِنْهَا السَّنَاسِنُ وَالضُّلُوعُ
سَمِنَ البُرُّ
سَمَنَ القَوْمَ
سَمَنْتُ لَهُ