سمن

سَمْنٌ ذ Clarified butter; ghee; i. e. سِلَاآء of fresh butter, (M, L, K,) or of milk; (L;) it is of the cow, and sometimes of the goat: (S, L:) what comes forth, (Mgh,) or is made, (Msb,) [or clarified, by cooking it, or boiling it, sometimes with an admixture of سَوِيق (or meal of parched barley or wheat ), or dates, or globules of gazelles' dung, (see خُلَاصَةٌ, and قِشْدَةٌ, and قِلْدَةٌ,)] from the milk of cows, and of goats, (Mgh, Msb,) or sheep: (Msb:) [n. un. with ة:] pl. [of mult.] سُمْنَانٌ (S, M, L, Msb, K, in the CK [erroneously] سِمْنَانٌ) and سُمُونٌ and [of pauc.] أَسْمُنٌ: (M, L, K:) it counteracts all poisons, clears away the filth from foul ulcers, matures all tumours, and removes the [ discoloration and spots termed ] كَلَف and نَمَش from the face, applied as a liniment. (K.) ― -b2- سَمْنُ الهَبِيدِ [ Decocted juice of the colocynth, or of its pulp, or seed ]. (TA voce خَوْلَعٌ, q. v.)