سمن

سُمَانَى ذ [accord. to those who make the alif to be a sign of the fem. gender] or سُمَانًى [accord. to those who make that letter to be one of quasicoordination] A certain bird, (S, M, L, Msb, K,) well known; (Msb;) [the quail; tetrao coturnix: so called in the present day: and also called سَلْوَى:] used as a pl. and as a sing.; (M, L, K;) sometimes as a sing.: (M, L:) [or] the n. un. is سُمَانَاةٌ: (S, M, L, K:) pl. سُمَانَيَاتٌ: (S:) one should not say سُمَّانى, with teshdeed. (S, L.)