سمو

5 تسمّى ذ [expl. by Golius, first, as meaning Altus fuit, eminuit; like سَمَا; but for this he names no authority, and I find none for it. -A2- ] He named himself. (KL.) ― -b2- تسمّى بِزَيْدٍ He was named Zeyd: (S, * M, * Msb, K: *) تسمّى بِكَذَا means Such a thing became his name: it is quasi-pass. of سَمَّاهُ and أَسْمَاهُ. (TA.) ― -b3- And تسمّى بِبَنِى فُلَانٍ, (M,) or بِالقَوْمِ, (K,) and اـِلَيْهِمْ, (M, K,) He asserted his relationship to the sons of such a one [ by the assumption of a name of relationship to them ], or to the people. (M, K.)