Lane's Lexicon (Edward Lane, 1863)

أَسْمَحُ ذ [ More, and most, liberal, bountiful, munificent, or generous ]. See an ex. voce لَافِظْ.

عَلَيْكَ بِالحَقِّ فَاـِنَّ فِيهِ لَمَسْمَحًا ذ , (A, Msb, * K, *) Keep thou to the truth, for verily in it is ample scope for avoiding falsity; expl. by مَتَّسَعًا, (A, Msb, K,) and مَنْدُوحَةً عَنِ البَاطِلِ. (A, Msb.)

مِسْمَحٌ ذ : see سَمْحٌ, first sentence.

مِسْماح ذ : see سَمْحٌ, first sentence.

سَمْحَجٌ ذ , applied to a she-ass and to a mare, (S, O, K,) but not to a male, (AO, S, O,) and sometimes to a she-camel, (TA,) Long in the back; (S, O, K;) as also ↓ سِمْحَاجٌ (O, K) and ↓ سَمْحُوجٌ: (O:) [see an ex. in a verse cited voce شَغَبَ:] pl. of the last but one, or of the last, not of the first as it is asserted to be by A'Obeyd and by Kr, سَمَاحِيجُ: (TA:) and the first, a mare slender in the body, or lean in the belly, but thick in the part between the shoulder and shoulder-blade, (O, K, TA,) having thick and strong flesh: (TA:) applied only to females. (K.) ― -b2- Also, applied to a bow, Long. (O, K.)

سَمْحَجَةٌ ذ Length in anything. (T, O, K.)

سِمْحَاجٌ ذ : see سَمْحَجٌ.

سُمْحُوجٌ ذ : see سَمْحَجٌ. ― -b2- Also Tall and hateful or hated; (O, K;) applied in this sense to a man. (O.)

سِمْحَاقٌ ذ [The pericranium; i. e.] the thin skin, (T, Mgh, Msb,) or thin integument, (S, Mgh, K,) above the skull: (T, S, Mgh, Msb, K:) and any thin skin resembling that; (Msb;) or [the periosteum of any bone; i. e.] the skin that is between the bone and the flesh, above the bone and beneath the flesh; every bone having what is thus termed: (TA:) [pl. سَمَاحِيقُ. ― -b2- Hence,] one says, عَلَى ثَرْبِ الشَّاةِ سَمَاحِيقُ مِنْ شَحْمٍ, (S, K, TA,) i. e. (tropical:) [ Upon the fat that covers the stomach and bowels of the sheep or goat is or are ] a thin integument [or thin integuments of fat ]. (TA.) ― -b3- And سَمَاحِيقُ السَّمَاآءِ (tropical:) The [ strata or] thin portions of cloud. (S, K, TA.) ― -b4- سِمْحَاقٌ also signifies [The cicatrix which is ] the mark of circumcision. (TA.) ― -b5- And A wound by which the head is broken (شَجَّةٌ [q. v.]) reaching to the thin skin, or integument, thus called. (T, S, Msb, K.)

سُكْحُوقٌ ذ Tall; applied to a palm-tree; (S, O, K;) as also سَحُوقٌ: (S:) or tall and thin: (Lth, TA:) not known to Az on any other authority than that of Lth. (TA.) [J held the م in each of these words, as he says, to be augmentative; and has therefore mentioned them in art. سحق.]

1 سَمَدَ ذ , (S, M, &c.,) aor. سَمُدَ , (M, L,) inf. n. سُمُودٌ, He (a man, IAar) was, or became, high, or elevated. (IAar, S, M, L, K. [عَلاءً in the CK is a mistake for عَلا.]) ― -b2- He raised his head; (L; [and the same is implied in the S; see سَامِدٌ;]) and so سَمِدَ: (M, L:) [and] he raised his head in pride. (S, L, K.) And in the former sense it is said of a camel, in his going along. (Bd in liii. 61.) ― -b3- Also He (a man) stood, raising his head, and with his breast erect; like as the stallion [camel] does when excited by lust: (A:) [for] it is said of a stallion [camel] when thus excited. (L.) ― -b4- And hence, (A,) (tropical:) He sang: (M, A, L:) because the singer raises his head and erects his breast: (A:) but Th says that this is rare: (M:) accord. to I'Ab, سُمُودٌ signifies the act of singing in the dial. of Himyer. (L.) ― -b5- Also, (M, K,) aor. as above, (TA,) and so the inf. n., (S, M,) (assumed tropical:) He diverted himself, sported, or played. (S, M, K, TA. [For لَهِىَ in the CK, I read لَهَا, as in the M, and in MS. copies of the K, and in the TA; and agreeably with the S, in which the inf. n. is expl. as syn. with لَهْوٌ.]) ― -b6- He was, or became, negligent, inattentive, inadvertent, inconsiderate, or heedless; and went away from, or relinquished, or left, a thing. (L.) ― -b7- He was, or became, confounded, perplexed, or amazed, and unable to see his right course; or affected with wonder; or cut short, or silent, being confounded, or perplexed, and unable to see his right course; syn. بُهِتَ: inf. n. as above: (M:) [or] he stood confounded, or perplexed, and unable to see his right course; syn. قَامَ مُتَحَيِّرًا. (K. [After this explanation and لَهَا immediately following it, it is said in the K, والسُّمُودُ يَكُونُ حُزْنًا وَسُرورًا: meaning that it is by reason of grieving, or mourning, as signifying the “ standing confounded ” &c.; and by reason of rejoicing, or being happy, as signifying the “ diverting oneself ” &c. See as an ex. of its usage in a case of grief the verses which I have cited at the close of the first paragraph of art. رد, and which are cited in the present art. in the L and TA.]) ― -b8- Also He kept constantly, or continually, (M, L,) to an affair, (M,) or upon the ground, or in the land. (L.) ― -b9- He strove laboured, or exerted himself, or he wearied himself, in work, (K, TA,) and in journeying. (TA.) And سَمَدَتِ الاـِبِلُ (S, M, K) فِى سَيْرِهَا, (S,) aor. and inf. n. as above, (M,) The camels strove, laboured, or exerted themselves, in their journeying: (S, K:) or knew not fatigue, or weariness. (M.) [See also سَمْدٌ, (which is likewise, perhaps, an inf. n. of the same verb,) below.] -A2- سَمَدَهُ, inf. n. سَمْدٌ, i. q. قَصَدَهُ [ He tended, repaired, betook himself, or directed himself or his course or aim, to, or towards, him, or it; or endeavoured to reach, or attain, or obtain, him, or it; &c.]; like صَمَدَهُ. (M.) -A3- And سَمَدَ الأَرْضَ, inf. n. سَمْدٌ, He made the land, or ground, plain, or smooth, or soft. (M.)

2 سمّدهُ ذ , (M, TA,) inf. n. تَسْمِيدٌ, (TA,) (assumed tropical:) He diverted him: (M, TA:) [and in like manner, ↓ اسمدهُ; for] one says to a slave-songstress, أَسْمِدِينَا, [in one of my copies of the S, erroneously, اسْمُدِينَا,] meaning Divert thou us by singing. (S, O, L, TA.) -A2- سمّد الأَرْضَ, (M, Msb, K,) inf. n. as above, (S, Msb, K,) He manured the land with سَمَاد [q. v.]: (S, Msb, K:) he dunged, or manured, the land; syn. زَبَّلَهَا. (M. [So in a copy of the M: in the TA زبلها, without teshdeed; and thus only, I believe, correctly; though it is commonly pronounced with teshdeed in the present day.]) -A3- سمد شَعَرَهُ, (M,) or الشَّعَرَ, (K,) inf. n. as above, (TA,) He removed utterly his hair, or the hair; (M, K, TA;) taking the whole of it [ in shaving ]: a dial. var. of سبّد. (TA.) تَسْمِيدُ الرَّأْسِ is The removing utterly the hair of the head [ by shaving ]: a dial. var. of تَسْبِيد. (S.) ― -b2- And تَسْمِيدٌ is also used [alone, the objective complement being app. meant to be understood,] as meaning The leaving off, or neglecting, the anointing of oneself [or of one's hair ], and washing: and so تَسْبِيدٌ. (A 'Obeyd, TA in art. سبد.)

4 أَسْمَدَ see 2, first sentence.

9 اـِسْمَدَّ see Q. Q. 4, in two places.

11 اـِسْمَاْدَّ see what next follows.

Q. Q. 4 اِسْمَأَدَّ ذ , (S, M, L,) inf. n. اِسْمِئْدَادٌ, (S,) He, or it, became swollen: (M, L:) or became much swollen: (AZ, M, L:) or he (a man) became swollen with anger; (S, L;) or so ↓ اِسْمَادَّ, inf. n. اِسمِيدَادٌ; and ↓ اِسْمَدَّ, inf. n. اِسْمِدَادٌ. (K.) One says, اسمأدّت يَدَهُ His arm, or hand, became swollen: and اسمأدّت رِجْلُهَا Her leg, or foot, became inflated and swollen. (L, TA.) ― -b2- Also, said of anything, It went, or passed, away: or perished; and so ↓ اسمدّ. (L, TA.) And اسمأدّ مِنَ الغَضَبِ He perished by reason of anger. (L.)

سَمْدٌ ذ Continuing, or unceasing, journeying. (M, L.) [Perhaps an inf. n.: see سَمَدَتِ الاـِبِلُ, and what next precedes it, in the latter part of the first paragraph.] ― -b2- هُوَ لَكَ سَمْدًا, (K, TA,) or ↓ سَمَدًا, (M,) [in my copy of the Mgh سمدًا, and in the O سَمدًا,] He, or it, is thine ever, or for ever; syn. سَرْمَدًا, (Th, M, Mgh, O, K,) and أَبَدًا. (Th, M, Mgh.) And لَا أَفْعَلُ ذٰلِكَ سَمْدًا or ↓ سَمَدًا, (M,) I will not do that ever. (M, TA.)

سَمَدًا ذ : see the next preceding paragraph, in two places.

سَمَادٌ ذ A compost, or manure, consisting of سِرْجِين, (S, Mgh, Msb,) or سِرْقِين, (K,) [both meaning dung of beasts, such as horses, camels, sheep and goats, wild oxen, and the like, ] with ashes, (S, K,) or with earth or dust: (Mgh, Msb:) or a manure consisting of strong earth. (M.)

سَمِيدٌ ذ i. q. حُوَّارَى (A, K) [app. as meaning White, or whitened, flour: but said in the TK to mean fine bread ]: accord. to Kr, i. q. طَعَامٌ [app. as meaning wheat ]; and said by him to be with the unpointed د: (K:) but more chastely, (K,) and better known, (TA,) with ذ. (K, TA.) [In the present day, applied to Semoulia; a kind of paste made of very fine wheat-flour, reduced to small grains. See also اـِسْمِيدٌ, below.]

سَامِدٌ ذ Any [man or animal] raising his head [in pride or otherwise]. (S, M, L.) ― -b2- A man standing: (IAar; and so in a copy of the S:) or standing, raising his head, and with his breast erect; (A, IAth;) as the stallion [camel] does when excited by lust. (A.) ― -b3- [And hence, as is indicated in the A, (see 1,)] (assumed tropical:) A singer; or singing. (M, L; and so in two copies of the S.) And the latter is said to be the meaning of the pl. in the Kur liii. 61. (M, L.) ― -b4- [Hence also,] Behaving proudly. (I 'Ab in explanation of the pl. in the Kur liii. 61; and IAar.) ― -b5- Diverting himself; playing; or sporting. (IAar, S, M; and Bd in liii. 61,) ― -b6- Negligent, inattentive, inadvertent, inconsiderate, or heedless. (Lth, IAar A.) Thus the pl. is said by Lth to mean in the Kur liii. 61. (TA.) ― -b7- Standing in a state of confusion, perplexity, or amazement: (Mgh:) and so the pl. is said to mean in the Kur liii. 61: (TA:) or confounded, perplexed, or amazed, by reason of inordinate exultation. (IAar.) ― -b8- And Silent. (So in a copy of the S.) ― -b9- And Grieving, or mourning, and lowly, humble, or submissive. (So, too, in a copy of the S.) ― -b10- In the saying of Ru-beh, (K,) describing camels, (TA,) سَوَامِدُ اللَّيْلِ خِفَافُ الأَزْوَادْ the meaning is, Continuing journeying, (K,) or striving, labouring, or exerting themselves, or wearying themselves, [ during the night, ] having no fodder in their bellies: (L:) F says that J has erred in saying that the meaning is, “ having no fodder in their bellies: ” but this is the explanation of the words خفاف الازواد, as IM and others have expressly stated; and this necessarily indicates that سوامد has the meaning assigned to it in the K; so that no error is attributable to J in this case: or, as some say, خفاف الازواد means not having upon their backs [ much ] provision for the riders. (TA.) ― -b11- سَامِدٌ as an epithet applied to a وَطْب [or skin in which milk is put] means (tropical:) Full, [ so as to be ] standing upright. (A, TA.)

اـِسْمِيدٌ ذ What is called in Persian سِمِدٌ [app. a mistranscription for شَمَذْ, i. e. white bread ]; an arabicized word: [so says ISd; and he adds,] I know not whether it be the same as سَمِيدٌ expl. by Kr as signifying طَعَامٌ, or not. (M.)

مِسْمَدٌ ذ i. q. زَبِيلٌ [i. e. A basket of palm-leaves; probably one used for carrying سَمَاد, or manure ]: so says Lh; adding that one should not say مِسْمَدَةٌ. (M.)

Q. 4 اـِسْمَدَرَّ accord. to the M and K, اِسْمَدَرَّ: and

سُمْدُورٌ ذ and سَمَادِيرٌ: and

مُسْمَدِرٌّ ذ : see art. سدر.

سَمَيْدَعٌ ذ , (S, K, &c.,) of the measure فَعَيْلَلٌ, (Sb, TA,) so accord. to the grammarians, but Aboo-Usámeh Junádeh El-Azdee says that it is of the measure فَمَيْعَلٌ, from سَدْعٌ as syn. with ذَبْحٌ and بَسْطٌ, (Sgh, TA,) pronounced by the vulgar سُمَيْدَع, with damm to the س, (IDrst, TA,) which is a mistake, (Th, IDrst, S, K, &c.,) for there is not in the language of the Arabs a noun of the measure فُعَيْلَلٌ, (IDrst, TA,) A lord, master, chief, prince, or man of rank or quality; ('Eyn, S, O, K;) to which Et-Teiyánee adds, from As, on the authority of Munteji' Ibn-Nebhán, (TA,) of easy nature or disposition, generous, and very hospitable, or in whose vicinity his companion has power or authority or dignity, not being harmed nor inconvenienced; (S, K, TA;) and thus expl. by AHát also; (TA;) generous; noble, or elevated in rank; liberal, bountiful, or munificent: (O, K:) and also (K) courageous: (Lth, K:) and goodly, and stout, bulky, or corpulent: (AZ, EtTeiyánee:) pl. سَمَادِعُ. (IJ.) ― -b2- The lion. (Ibn-Ed-Dahhán, T, S, O.) ― -b3- And hence, [accord. to SM, but the reverse I think more probable,] (tropical:) A chief, or person of authority. (TA.) ― -b4- The wolf; (En-Nadr, K;) because of his swiftness. (En-Nadr.) ― -b5- And hence, (TA,) (tropical:) A man active, agile, or prompt, in accomplishing his wants. (K, TA.) ― -b6- And A sword. (K.)

سَمِيذٌ ذ i. q. سَمِيدٌ [q. v.]; (K:) [said to be] more chaste than the latter: (K in art. سمد:) [but] accord. to Kr, it is with the unpointed د. (M in that art.)

1 سَمَرَ ذ , (S, M, K,) aor. سَمُرَ , (S, M,) inf. n. سَمْرٌ and سُمُورٌ, (M, K,) He held a conversation, or discourse, by night: (S:) or he waked; continued awake; did not sleep: (M, K:) and ↓ اسمر may signify the same; or may be of the same class as أَهْزَلَ and أَسْمَنَ, and thus signify he had, or came to have, a سَمَر [or conversation, or discourse, by night ]. (M.) [See also 3.] ― -b2- سَمَرَتِ المَاشِيَةُ, aor. سَمُرَ , inf. n. سُمُورٌ, (assumed tropical:) The cattle pastured by night without a pastor; or dispersed themselves by night: (M, TA:) [or simply pastured by night; for] one says, اـِنَّ اـِبِلَنَا تَسْمُرُ, meaning (assumed tropical:) Verily our camels pasture by night: (TA:) and سَمَرَتِ الاـِبِلُ لَيْلَتَهَا كُلَّهَا (tropical:) The camels pastured during their night, the whole of it. (A.) And سَمَرَتِ المَاشِيَةُ النَّبَاتَ (assumed tropical:) The cattle pastured upon the herbage; (M, K;) aor. as above: (M:) [or pastured upon the herbage by night: like as one says,] سَمَرَ الخَمْرَ (assumed tropical:) He drank mine, or the mine, (K, TA,) by night: (TA:) and بَاتُوا يَسْمُرُونَ الخَمْرَ (tropical:) They passed, or spent, their night drinking wine, or the wine. (A.) ― -b3- See also سَمِيرٌ, in three places. -A2- سَمُرَ, (S, M, Msb, K,) aor. سَمُرَ ; (K;) and سَمِرَ, (S, K, in a copy of the M سَمَرَ,) aor. سَمَرَ ; inf. n. of each سُمْرَةٌ; (K;) and ↓ اسمارّ, (S, M, K,) inf. n. اِسْمِيرَارٌ; (S;) He, or it, was, or became, [ tawny, brownish, dusky, or dark in complexion or colour; i. e.,] of the colour termed سُمْرَة [expl. below]. (S, M, Msb, K.) -A3- سمَرَهُ: see 2, first signification. ― -b2- [Hence,] سمَرَ عَيْنَهُ i. q. سَمَلَهَا, (M, K,) which signifies He put out, or blinded, (فَقَأَ,) his eye with a heated iron instrument: (S and Msb in art. سمل:) or he put out, or blinded, (كَحَلَ,) his eye with a مِسْمَار [or nail ] (Mgh, Msb, TA) of iron (TA) made hot (Mgh, Msb, TA) in fire: (Msb:) or [simply] he put out, or blinded, his eye; syn. فَقَأَهَا. (K.) -A4- سَمَرَ اللَّبَنَ: -A5- and سَمَرَ سْمَهُ: see 2.

2 سمّرهُ ذ , (S, M, Mgh, Msb, K,) inf. n. تَسْمِيرٌ; (S;) and ↓ سَمَرَهُ, (S, M, Mgh, &c.,) aor. سَمُرَ (M, Msb, K) and سَمِرَ , (M, K,) inf. n. سَمْرٌ; (M, Msb;) or the former has an intensive signification; (Msb;) [ He nailed it; i. e.] he made it fast, firm, or strong, (M, Mgh, K,) with a nail [or nails ]; (S, * M, * Mgh, Msb, K; *) namely, a door [&c.]. (Mgh, Msb.) [See also سَرْدٌ.] -A2- سمّر اللَّبَنَ, (M, TA,) inf. n. تَسْمِيرٌ; (S;) and ↓ سَمَرَهُ, (K, TA,) aor. سَمُرَ ; (TA;) He made the milk thin with water; (S;) made it to be what is termed سَمَار [q. v.]. (M, K.) -A3- سمّر, inf. n. as above, is also syn. with شَمَّرَ (S, M, K) and أَرْسَلَ. (M, K.) You say, سمّر سَهْمَهُ He discharged, or shot, his arrow; (M, TA;) as also ↓ سَمَرَهُ: (K, TA:) or the former, he discharged it, or shot it, hastily; (K;) opposed to خَرْقَلَ; for one says, سَمِّرْ فَقَدْ أَخْطَبَكَ الصَّيْدُ [ Discharge, or shoot, thine arrow quickly, for the game has become within thy power ], and خَرْقِلْ حَتَّى يُخْطِبَكَ [Discharge, or shoot, deliberately, in order that it may become within thy power]. (IAar, TA.) One says also, سمّر جَارِيَتَهُ He dismissed his female slave, or let her go free. (S and M, from a trad.) A 'Obeyd says that this is the only instance in which سمّر, with س, has been heard [in this sense: but several other instances have been mentioned]. (TA.) You also say, سمّر الاـِبِلَ He let the camels go, or left them: and he hastened them; syn. كَمَّشَهَا; as also ↓ أَسْمَرَهَا; originally with ش: (TA:) or he sent them, or left them, to pasture by themselves, without a pastor, by night [which is perhaps the more proper meaning (see 1)] or by day; syn. أَهْمَلَهَا. (M, TA.) And سمّر السَّفِينَةَ He sent off, or launched forth, the ship; let it go; or let it take its course. (M, TA.)

3 سامرهُ ذ , (M,) inf. n. مُسَامَرَةٌ, (S, A,) He held a conversation, or discourse, with him by night. (S, M.) [See also 1, first sentence.]

4 أَسْمَرَ see 1: ― -b2- and سَمِيرٌ, in four places: -A2- and see also 2.

11 اسمارّ ذ : see 1, in the latter half of the paragraph.

سَمَرٌ ذ Conversation, or discourse, by night; (S, M, K;) as also مُسَامَرَةٌ. (S, A. *) It is said in a trad., السَّمَرُ بَعْدَ العِشَاآءِ, or, accord. to one relation, السَّمْرُ, Conversation or discourse by night is after nightfall. (TA.) And you say, لَا أَفْعَلُهُ السَّمَرَ وَالقَمَرَ I will not do it as long as men hold conversation or discourse in a night when the moon shines: (S:) or as long as men hold conversation or discourse by night, and as long as the moon rises: (Lh, M:) or ever. (M.) [See also below. The pl., أَسْمَارٌ, is often used as meaning Tales related in the night, for amusement: but this usage is probably post-classical.] ― -b2- (tropical:) Conversation, or discourse, by day. (TA.) ― -b3- A place in which people hold conversation or discourse by night; or in which they make, or remain awake; (M, K;) as also ↓ سامِرٌ; (S, * M, K;) which latter is expl. by Lth as signifying a place in which people assemble for conversation or discourse by night. (TA.) ― -b4- A people's assembling and holding conversation or discourse in the dark. (TA.) ― -b5- And hence, (TA,) The dark; or darkness. (As, M, K, TA.) So in the saying حَلَفَ بِالسَّمَرِ وَالقَمَرِ He swore by the darkness and the moon. (As.) ― -b6- Night: (M, K:) you say, أَتَيْتُهُ سَمَرًا I came to him in the night. (A.) ― -b7- A night in which there is no moon: hence the saying لَا أَفْعَلُ ذٰلِكَ السَّمَرَ وَالقَمَرَ I will not do that when the moon does not rise nor when it does rise. (Fr.) [See also above.] ― -b8- The shade of the moon. (M, K.) ― -b9- The light of the moon; moonlight; accord. to some, the primary signification; because they used to converse, or discourse, in it. (TA.) ― -b10- The time of daybreak: you say, طُرِقَ القَوْمُ سَمَرًا The people were come to at daybreak. (AHn, M.) ― -b11- See also سَمِيرٌ.

سَمُرٌ ذ A certain kind of tree, (M, K,) well known; (K;) i. q. طَلْحٌ [the gum-acacia-tree; acacia, or mimosa, gummifera ]; (Msb;) or [ a species ] of the طَلْح, (S,) of the kind called عِضَاه, (Mgh, Msb,) having small leaves, short thorns, and a yellow fruit (بَرَمَة) which men eat: there is no kind of عضاه better in wood: it is transported to the towns and villages, and houses are covered with it: (M:) its produce is [ a pod ] termed حُبْلَةٌ [q. v.]: (TA in art. حبل:) [the mimosa unguis cati of Forskål (Flora Aegypt. Arab., pp. cxxiii. and 176:)] n. un. سَمُرَةٌ: (M, Mgh, Msb, K:) [in the S, سَمُرٌ is said to be pl. of سَمُرَةٌ: but it is a coll. gen. n.:] the pl. of سَمُرَةٌ is سَمُرَاتٌ, and أَسْمُرٌ, a pl. of pauc., of which the dim. is ↓ أُسَيْمِرٌ. (S.) It is said in a prov., أَشْبَهَ شَرْجٌ ↓ شَرْجًا لَوْ أَنَّ أُسَيْمِرًا [ Sharj would resemble Sharj if a few gum-acacia-trees were found there: Sharj is a certain valley of El-Yemen: for the origin of this prov., see Freytag's Arab. Prov., i. 662]. (S.) يَا أَصْحَابَ السَّمُرَةِ [ O people of the gumacacia-tree ], in a saying of the Prophet, was addressed to the persons meant in the Kur xlviii. 18. (Mgh.)

سُمرَةٌ ذ [ A tawny, or brownish, colour, of various shades, like the various hues of wheat; (see أَسْمَرُ;) duskiness; darkness of complexion or colour; ] a certain colour, (S, Msb,) well known, (Msb,) between white and black, (M, K,) in men and in camels and in other things that admit of having it, but in camels the term أُدْمَةٌ is more common, and accord. to IAar it is in water also; (M;) in men, the same as وُرْقَةٌ [ in camels ]; (IAar, TA;) a colour inclining to a faint blackness; (T, TA;) the colour of what is exposed to the sun, of a person of whom what is concealed by the clothes is white: (IAth:) from سَمَرٌ signifying the “ shade of the moon. ” (TA.)

السَّمَرَةُ ذ : see السَّامِرَةُ.

اـِبِلٌ سَمُرِيَّةٌ ذ Camels that eat the tree called سَمُر. (AHn, M, K.)

سَمَرْمَرَةٌ ذ The [ demon called ] غُول. (Sgh, K.)

سَمَارٌ ذ Thin milk: (S:) milk containing much water: (Th, M, K:) or [ diluted ] milk of which water composes two thirds: n. un. with ة, signifying some thereof. (M.) ― -b2- [See also a tropical usage of this word in a prov. cited voce رَبَضٌ.] -A2- [In the present day it is also applied to A species of rush, growing in the deserts of Lower and Upper Egypt, of which mats are made for covering the floors of rooms; the juncus spinosus of Forskål, (Flora Aegypt. Arab., p. 75,) who writes its Arabic name “ sammar; ” the juncus acutus β of Linn.]

سَمُورٌ ذ , applied to a she-camel, (K, TA,) Swift: (K:) or generous, excellent, or strong and light, and swift. (TA.)

سَمِيرٌ ذ i. q. ↓ مُسَامِرٌ; (M, A, K;) i. e. A partner in conversation, or discourse, by night. (TA.) You say, أَنَا سَمِيرُهُ and ↓ مُسَامِرُهُ [ I am his partner &c.]. (A.) ― -b2- Afterwards used unrestrictedly [as signifying (assumed tropical:) A partner in conversation, or discourse, at any time ]. (TA.) ― -b3- [Golius and Freytag add the meaning of A place of nocturnal confabulation; as from the K; a sense in which this word is not there found.] ― -b4- اِبْنُ سَمِيرٍ The night in which is no moon: [ contr. of اِبْنُ ثَمِيرٍ:] a poet uses the phrase ا@بْنُ سَمِيرٍ ↓ مَا أَسْمَرَ, meaning As long as the moonless night allows the holding conversation, or discourse, in it. (M. [See also another explanation of this phrase in what follows.]) ― -b5- سَمِيرٌ is also syn. with دَهْرٌ [as meaning Unlimited time, or time without end ]; (Lh, S, M, K;) as also ↓ سَمَرٌ, (Fr, M, K,) whence the saying فُلَانٌ عِنْدَ فُلَانٍ السَّمَرَ Such a one is with, or at the abode of, such a one ever, or always. (M.) Hence, or because people hold conversation, or discourse, in them, (S,) اِبْنَا سَمِيرٍ means The night and the day. (S, M, K.) You say, ا@بْنَا سَمِيرٍ ↓ لَا أَفْعَلُهُ مَا سَمَرَ, (S, K,) and لَا اآتِيكَ الخ, (M,) and ا@بْنُ سَمِيرٍ ↓ مَا سَمَرَ, and السَّمِيرُ ↓ مَا سَمَرَ, (M, K,) and ا@بْنَا سَمِيرٍ ↓ مَا أَسْمَرَ, and ا@بْنُ ↓ مَا أَسْمَرَ سَمِيرٍ, (Lh, M, K,) and السَّمِيرُ ↓ مَا أَسْمَرَ, (K,) i. e. [ I will not do it, and I will not come to thee, ] ever, (S,) or in all time, (M,) or while night and day alternate. (K.) And لَا أَفْعَلُهُ سَمِيرَ اللَّيَالِى (S, M) [ I will not do it ] to the end of the nights. (M.) ― -b6- اِبْنَا جَالِسٍ وَسَمِيرٍ is expl. by AHeyth, in his handwriting, as meaning Two roads that differ, each from the other. (Az, TA.)

سُمَيْرِيَّةٌ ذ A certain kind of ships. (S.) [سُمَيْرِىٌّ signifies the same, (Golius on the authority of Meyd.,) applied to A single ship of that kind. ] ― -b2- IAar mentions the saying, أَعْطَيْتُهُ سُمَيْرِيَّةً مِنْ دَرَاهِمَ كَأَنَّ الدُّخَانَ يَخْرُجُ مِنْهَا, without explaining it: [ISd says,] I think he meant, [ I gave him ] دَرَاهِم سُمْر, i. e. dusky dirhems, as though smoke were issuing from them by reason of their duskiness: or dirhems of which the whiteness was fresh. (M.)

سَمُّورٌ ذ [The sable; mustela zibellina, or viverra zibellina; ] a certain beast, (Mgh, K,) or animal, (Msb,) well known, (Mgh,) found in Russia, beyond the country of the Turks, resembling the ichneumon; in some instances of a glossy black; and in some, of the [ reddish ] colour termed شُقْرَة: (Msb, TA:) costly furred garments are made of its skin: (K, TA:) pl. سَمَامِيرُ. (Msb.) ― -b2- Also A جُبَّة [or any garment ] made with its fur. (TA.)

سِمِّيرٌ ذ A companion of [or one who habitually indulges in ] conversation, or discourse, by night. (M, K.)

سَامِرٌ ذ A man holding, or who holds, a conversation, or discourse, by night: (S:) pl. سُمَّارٌ (S, M, K) and سُمَّرٌ. (TA.) It is also a quasi-pl. n., (M, K,) [as such occurring in a verse cited voce مُرِمٌّ, in art. رم,] and is syn. [as such] with سُمَّارٌ, signifying persons holding, or who hold, conversation, or discourse, by night: (S, M:) or persons waking, continuing awake, not sleeping; as also ↓ سَامِرَةٌ [a fem. sing., and therefore applicable as an epithet to a broken pl. and to a quasi-pl. n. and to a coll. gen. n.]: (M, K:) سَامِرٌ is a pl. [or rather quasi-pl. n.] applicable to males and to females: (T, TA:) or it is a sing., and, like other sings., is used as a qualificative of a pl. only when the latter is determinate; as in the phrase تَرَكْتُهُمْ سَامِرًا [ I left them holding a conversation & c.]. (Lh, M.) ― -b2- Also A camel pasturing by night. (TA.) ― -b3- See also سَمَرٌ.

سَامِرَةٌ ذ : see سَامِرٌ. -A2- السَّامِرَةُ (M, Msb, K) and ↓ السَّمَرَةُ (TA) [ The Samaritans; a people said to be ] one of the tribes of the Children of Israel; (M;) or a sect, (Msb,) or people, (K,) of the Jews, differing from them (Msb, K) in most, (Msb,) or in some, (K,) of their institutes: (Msb, K:) Zj says, they remain to this time in Syria, and are known by the appellation of ↓ السَّامِرِيُّونَ: (M:) most of them are in the mountain of n-Nábulus: (TA:) ↓ سَامِرِىٌّ is the rel. n. of السَّامِرَةُ. (M, Msb, K.)

سَامِرِىٌّ ذ , and its pl.: see the next preceding paragraph.

أَسْمَرُ ذ [ Tawny, or brownish; dusky; dark-complexioned or dark-coloured; ] of the colour termed سُمْرَةٌ [q. v.]: (S, M, K, & c.:) fem سَمْرَاآءُ: (Msb, & c.:) and pl. سُمْرٌ. (A.) You say بَعِيرٌ أَسْمَرُ A camel of a white colour inclining to شُهْبَة [which is a hue wherein whiteness predominates over blackness ]. (M.) And قَنَاةٌ سَمْرَاآءُ [ A tawny spearshaft ]. (M.) And حِنْطَةٌ سَمْرَاآءُ [ Tawny wheat ]. (M.) ― -b2- [Hence,] السَّمْرَاآءُ Wheat: (S, Msb, K:) because of its colour. (Msb.) And الأَسْمَرَانِ Wheat and water: (AO, S, K:) or water and the spear. (S, K.) ― -b3- الأَسْمَرُ, also, signifies Milk: (M:) or milk of the gazelle: (IAar, M, K:) app. because of its colour. (M.) ― -b4- And [for the same reason] السَّمْرَاآءُ signifies also Coarse flour, or flour of the third quality, full of bran; syn. خُشْكَارٌ. (K.) You say السَّمْرَاآءُ Bread made of such flour. (L in art. خُبْزُ السَّمْرَاآءِ.) ― -b5- And The [ kind of milking-vessel called ] خرج. (Sgh, K.) ― -b6- And عَامٌ أَسْمَرُ (assumed tropical:) A year of drought, in which is no rain. (M.)

أُسَيْمِرٌ ذ dim. of أَسْمُرٌ: see سَمُرٌ, in two places.