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سمن

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

2 سمّنهُ ذ , (S, M, L, Msb, K,) inf. n. تَسْمِينٌ; (K;) He, or it, rendered him fat, or plump; (S, M, L, K; *) or caused him to have much flesh and fat: (Msb:) and ↓ اسمنهُ signifies the same. (M, L, Msb.) It is said in a prov., سَمِّنْ كَلْبَكَ يَأْكُلْكَ [ Fatten thy dog, and he will eat thee ]. (S, L, Msb. [See Freytag's Arab. Prov., i. 609.]) ― -b2- سَمَّنَهُمْ, (S, M, L,) inf. n. as above, (S, L,) He furnished them with سَمْن for travelling-provision, &c. (S, M, L.) ― -b3- See also 1, in two places. -A2- تَسْمِينٌ also signifies The act of cooling, (S, M, L, K,) in the dial. of Et-Táïf (S, M, L) and ElYemen. (S.) A fish was brought to El-Hajjáj, (S, M, L,) broiled, (L,) and he said to the cook, (S,) or to the man who brought it, (M, L,) سَمِّنْهَا, (S, M, L,) meaning Cool it: (S:) the man who brought it knew not what he meant; so 'Ambeseh Ibn-Sa'eed said to him, He says to thee Cool it (M, L) a little. (L.)

Derived headwords

سمّنهُverb
  1. 1.
سَمِّنْ كَلْبَكَ يَأْكُلْكَ