Lane's Lexicon (Edward Lane, 1863)

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.)

4 اسمن ذ He (a man, M, L) was fat, or plump, by nature. (M, L, K.) ― -b2- He (a man, S, M, L) possessed a thing that was fat, or plump: (S, M, L, K:) or bought such: (M, L, K:) or gave such (S, M, L, K) to another. (S.) And اسمن القَوْمُ The people, or party, became in the state of those whose cattle had become fat, or plump. (M, L, K. *) ― -b3- Also He bought سَمْن. (L.) ― -b4- And اسمنوا They became in the condition of having much سَمْن. (M, L, K.) -A2- اسمنهُ: see 2: ― -b2- and see also 1, in three places.

5 تَسَمَّنَ see 1. ― -b2- [Hence,] تسمّن also signifies (assumed tropical:) He prided himself in the abundance of his wealth, and collected it but did not expend it: (TA in art. هنأ:) or he made a boast of abundance of goodness, or goods, which he did not possess; and laid claim to nobility that was not in him: or collected wealth for the purpose of attaining to the condition of the noble: or loved to indulge himself largely in eatables and drinkables that are the causes of fatness, or plumpness. (L.)

10 استسمنهُ ذ He deemed, or reckoned, (S, L, Msb, K,) or he found, (M, L, K,) it, or him, (namely, a thing, M, L, and flesh-meat, L, or a man, K,) to be fat, or plump, (S, M, L, K,) or to have much flesh and fat: (Msb:) or he sought it, or demanded it, fat, or plump. (M, L.) -A2- And جَاؤُوا يَسْتَسْمِنُونَ They came seeking, or demanding, that سَمْن [in the CK السَّمِين i. e. that which was fat or plump ] should be given to them. (S, M, L, K. *)

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.)

سِمَنٌ ذ Fatness, or plumpness; contr. of هُزَالٌ; (M, L;) or the condition of having much flesh and fat. (Msb.) [See 1, first sentence.]

سَمْنَةٌ ذ , (M, L,) or ↓ سُمْنَةٌ, with damm, (K,) A certain herb, (M, L, K,) having leaves, and slender twigs, and a white flower: said by AHn to be of the [ kind called ] جَنْبَة, (M, L,) which grows forth بِنُجُومِ الصَّيْفِ [which may mean either by the influence of the stars of the season called الصيف, i. e., of its rains, or with the herbs of that season, in either case in spring or summer, ] and is evergreen. (M, L, K.)

سُمْنَةٌ ذ A medicine for fattening, or rendering plump: (M, L, K:) or a medicine by which women are fattened, or rendered plump. (T, S, L.) ― -b2- See also سَمْنَةٌ.

السُّمَنِيَّةُ ذ A certain sect of idolaters, who assert the doctrine of metempsychosis, and deny that knowledge comes from informations; (S, Msb;) a certain people, of the Indians, who hold that the duration of the present world is from eternity, or that it is everlasting, (M, L, K,) and assert the doctrine of metempsychosis: (K:) the word is said to be an irregular rel. n. from سُومَنَات, a town of India. (Msb.)

سَمِينٌ ذ Fat, or plump; (S, M, L, K; *) contr. of مُهْزُولٌ; (S, L;) or having much flesh and fat; (Msb;) and ↓ سَامِنٌ signifies the same: (M, L, K:) fem. with ة: (M, L, Msb:) [see سَاحّق:] pl. (of the first, and of its fem., Msb) سِمَانٌ, (Sb, M, L, Msb, K,) used instead of سُمَنَاآءُ, which they did not say: (Sb, M, L:) accord. to Lh, (M, L,) ↓ مُسْمِنٌ signifies fat, or plump, by nature; (M, L, K;) applied to a man: and some say اِمْرَأَةٌ ↓ مُسمِنَةٌ meaning a woman fat, or plump, syn. سَمِينَةٌ, (M, L,) or ↓ امرأة مُسْمَنَةٌ, like مُكْرَمَةٌ [in measure], meaning [ a woman rendered fat, or plump, ] by nature; (K;) and بِالأَدْوِيَةِ ↓ مُسَمَّنَةٌ [ rendered fat, or plump, by medicines ]; (M, L, K;) and woe, on the day of resurrection, by reason of languor in the bones, is denounced in a trad. against women who make use of medicine to render themselves thus. (L.) ― -b2- [Hence,] أَرْضٌ سَمِينَةٌ (assumed tropical:) [ Fat land; i. e.] land of good soil, with few stones, strong to foster plants or herbage: (M, L:) or land consisting of soil in which is no stone. (K.) ― -b3- And كَلَامٌ سَمِينٌ (assumed tropical:) Chaste, eloquent, or excellent, language. (L in art. قصد.) ― -b4- See also مَسْمُونٌ.

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.)

سَمَّانٌ ذ A seller of سَمْن. (S, M, L.) -A2- Also Certain dyes [or pigments ] with which one decorates, or embellishes. (M, L, K.) [See also سِمَّانٌ, in art. سم.] -A3- سَمَّانُ, the name of A certain plant, see in art. سم.

سَامِنٌ ذ : see سَمِينٌ. ― -b2- Also A possessor of سَمْن: (M, L, K:) like لَابِنٌ and تَامِرٌ as meaning “ a possessor of milk ” and “ of dates. ” (L.)

أَسْمَانٌ ذ Waist-wrappers; syn. أُزُرٌ [pl. of اـِزَارٌ]: and old and worn-out garments or pieces of cloth: (L:) or old and worn-out أُزُر. (K.)

مُسْمَنٌ ذ : see its fem., with ة, voce سَمِينٌ.

مُسْمِنٌ ذ ; and its fem., with ة: see سَمِينٌ. ― -b2- قَوْمٌ مُسْمِنُونَ A people, or party, whose cattle have become fat, or plump. (L.)

طَعَامٌ مَسْمَنَةٌ لِلْجِسْمِ ذ [ Food that is a cause of fattening to the body ]. (M, L, K: * in the CK [erroneously] مُسْمِنَةٌ.) [See also an ex. voce كِظَّةٌ.]

مُسَمَّنٌ ذ : see its fem., with ة, voce سَمِينٌ.

مَسْمُونٌ ذ Food made [or prepared ] with سَمْن: (L:) or moistened, and stirred about, therewith: (S:) [and ↓ سَمِينٌ signifies the same; for] a rájiz says, لَحْمُ جَزُورٍ غَثَّةٍ سَمِينَةْ فَبَا كَرَتْنَا جَفْنَةٌ بَطِينَهٌ [ And a capacious bowl came to us early in the morning, flesh of a slaughtered camel, lean, prepared with clarified butter ]: i. e. فَبَاكَرَتْنَا جَفْنَةٌ بَطِينَةْ, from السَّمْنُ, not from السِّمَنُ. (S, L.)

سَمَنْدَلٌ ذ [The phenix; ] a certain bird that is in India; that enters into the fire without having its plumage burned: (Kr, M, K: * [mentioned in the M as a quadriliteral-radical word; the ن being regarded by ISd as augmentative:]) also called سَبَنْدَلٌ, with ب [in the place of م]: it is said that when it becomes extremely aged, and is without offspring, it casts itself into burning coals, and returns to its youthful state. (TA.) [See also سَنْدَلٌ, in art. سدل.]

سَمَهْدَرٌ ذ Fat, as an epithet, (S, K,) applied to a boy, in praise of his fleshiness; (Fr, S;) a boy fat and fleshy. (TA.) ― -b2- (tropical:) The penis, (K,) as likened to a fat, or fat and fleshy, boy. (TA.) ― -b3- Applied to a country, or region, (بَلَدٌ,) Ample, (S, K,) wide, or far-extending, in its limits: or in which the sight is perplexed by its levelness. (TA.) ― -b4- A land far-extending; that causes one to lose his way in it. (K, TA.)

Q. 1 سَمْهَرَ ذ , said of seed-produce, It did not multiply; as though every grain [ of the seed ] had its [ single ] head. (T, K.)

Q. 4 اِسْمَهَرَّ ذ It (a spear, TA) was, or became, hard. (S, K.) ― -b2- It (a thorn) was, or became, dry, or tough, and hard. (S.) ― -b3- It was, or became, strong; (said of a rope; TA;) or pressing, or severe, or difficult; (said of an affair; TA;) or intense; (S, K;) said of darkness: (S, TA:) and, said of darkness, it became disagreeable, and intense. (K.) ― -b4- He (a man) became vehement in fight. (S.) ― -b5- It (a penis) became straight and erect. (K, TA.)

رُمْحُ سَمْهَرِىٌّ ذ , (S, K,) and قَنَاةٌ سَمْهَرِيَّةٌ, (S,) A hard spear, (S, K,) and a hard spear-shaft: (S:) or so called in relation to a man named سَمْهَرٌ, (S, K,) husband of رُدَيْنَةُ, (K,) who (as well as his wife, K) used to straighten spears: (S, K:) or in relation to a town or village of Abyssinia, (K,) called سَمْهَرٌ: so says Ez-Zubeyr Ibn-Bekkár, but Sgh distrusts this; and the former opinion is the more common. (TA.) You say also رِمَاحٌ سَمْهَرِيَّةٌ [ Hard spears; &c.]. (S.) ― -b2- وَتَرْ سَمْهَرِىٌّ A strong bow-string. (TA.) ― -b3- قَدٌّ سَمْهَرِىٌّ A straight stature. (TA.)

مُسْمَهِرٌّ ذ A tough thorn. (TA.) ― -b2- A penis hard and strong; or distended and erect and hard: (L, TA: [but in both, عود, as an epithet applied to ذَكَرٌ, is put by mistake for عَردٌ]:) or the penis [itself]. (K.) ― -b3- Straight. (AZ.)

1 سَمَا ذ , (S, M, Msb, K,) first pers. سَمَوْتُ, like عَلَوْتُ, (S,) aor. يَسْمُو, (Msb, TA,) inf. n. سُمُوٌّ; (S, M, K;) and سَمِىَ, first pers. سَمِيتُ, (Th, S, TA,) like عَلِيتُ; (S;) He, (a man, Th, S,) or it, (a thing, M,) was, or became, high, lofty, raised, upraised, uplifted, upreared, exalted, or elevated; it rose, or rose high: (S, M, Msb, K:) and ↓ تسامى signifies the same. (MA. [See also 5.]) ― -b2- سَمَالِىَ الشَّىْءُ The thing became raised from afar so that I plainly distinguished it: (K:) or, as in the S, سَمَا لِىَ الشَّخْصُ the form, or figure, seen from a distance, rose, or became raised, to me [i. e. to my view ] so that I plainly distinguished it. (TA.) ― -b3- سَمَا الهِلَالُ The moon near the change rose مُرْتَفِعًا [app. meaning upreared, not decumbent: see أَدْفَقُ]. (TA.) ― -b4- [سَمَا لَهُ or نَحْوَهُ He rose, and betook himself, to, or towards, him, or it. Hence,] مَاسَمَوْتُ لَكُمْ I will not [or (unless the phrase be an apodosis) I did not ] rise and hasten to fight you. (TA.) ― -b5- سَمَا بَصَرَهُ His sight, or eye, rose, or became raised. (S, TA.) [And سَمَاطَرْفُهُ lit. signifies the same; but means (assumed tropical:) His look was lofty; or he was proud: see سَامٍ, below.] ― -b6- سَمَا is also said of him who is termed حَسِيبٌ and شَرِيفٌ [i. e. it signifies He was, or became, noble; or high, or exalted, in rank ]. (TA.) ― -b7- سَمَتة هِمَّتُهُ اـِلَى مَعَالِى الأُمْورِ [ His ambition soared, or aspired, to high things, or the means of attaining eminence; ] he sought glory, or might, and eminence. (Msb, TA.) ― -b8- سَمَابِى شَوْقَ بَعْدَ أَنْ كَانَ أَقْصَرَ [ A yearning, or longing, of the soul arose in me after it had ceased ]. (TA.) ― -b9- هُمْ يَسْمُونَ عَلَى المِائَةِ They exceed [or are above ] the number of a hundred. (TA.) ― -b10- سَمَوْا, (S, K, TA,) and ↓ استموا, (S,) They went forth to pursue the animals of the chase (S, K, TA) in their deserts: (TA:) [or] one says of the hunter, or sportsman, يَسْمُو الوَحْشَ, and ↓ يَسْتَمِيهَا, meaning he sees, or looks to see, (يَتَعَيَّنُ,) the coming forth of the wild animals, and pursues them. (M. [See also 8 below.]) ― -b11- سَمَا الفَحْلُ, inf. n. سَمَاوَةٌ, The stallion sprang, or rushed, upon, (S,) or he overbore, (S, * M, K,) his she-camels that had passed seven or eight months since the period of their bringing forth. (S, M, K.) -A2- سَمَابِهِ: see 4. -A3- See also 2.

2 سمّاهُ فُلَانًا ذ and بِفُلَانٍ , (S, M, Msb, K,) accord. to Sb originally with ب, but Lh says that the former is that which is usual, (M,) [inf. n. تَسْمِيَةٌ,] and in like manner ↓ اسماهُ, (S,) i. e. اسماهُ فُلَانًا and بِفُلَانٍ, (M, K,) and accord. to Th, فُلَانًا ↓ سَمَاهُ and بِفُلَانٍ, (K, [in the correct copies of which the form of the verb first mentioned is without teshdeed, while in the CK the first and last are both alike with teshdeed, or, as is said in the M, Th has mentioned سَمَوْتُهُ, but none other has mentioned it,]) He named him, or called him, Such a one; (S, M, Msb, K;) as Zeyd; i. e., he made Zeyd to be his name, his proper name. (Msb.) ― -b2- [One says also, سمّى ا@للّٰهَ عَلَى شَىْءٍ, or simply سمّى عَلَيْهِ, which is the more common, meaning He pronounced the name of God, saying بِسْمِ ا@للّٰهِ ( In the name of God ), upon, or over, a thing; such as food, and an animal about to be slaughtered.] The Prophet said, سَمُّوا وَسَمِّتُوا وَدَنُّوا, [cited, with some variations, and expl., in arts. دنو and سمت,] meaning سَمُّوا ا@للّٰهَ [ Pronounce ye the name of God, &c.]; i. e. whenever ye eat, [before ye begin to do so, accord. to the general custom, or] between two mouthfuls. (M.)

3 ساماهُ ذ , (S, M, K, TA,) inf. n. مُسَامَاةٌ, (TA,) He vied, competed, or contended for superiority, in highness, loftiness, or eminence, or in glory, or excellence, [or in an absolute sense,] with him; syn. عَالَاهُ, (M,) or فَاخَرَهُ, and بَارَاهُ. (K.) It is said in the trad. respecting the lie [against 'Áïsheh], لَمْ تَكُنِ ا@مْرَأَةٌ تُسَامِيهَا غَيْرُ زَيْنَبَ, meaning There was not any woman that vied with her in eminence (تُفَاخِرُهَا and تُعَالِيهَا) except Zeyneb; المُسَامَاةُ meaning المُطَاوَلَةُ فِى الحُِظْوَةِ. (TA.) And one says, فُلَانٌ لَا يُسَامَى وَقَدْ عَلَا مَنْ سَامَاهُ [ Such a one will not be vied with in highness, &c.: and he has overcome him who vied with him, &c.]. (S.) And اـِنَّ أَمَامِى مَا لَا أُسَامِى, said when one fears an affair, or event, before him; on the authority of IAar; meaning [ Verily before me is an affair, or event, ] with which I cannot vie. (M.) A poet cited by Th says, بَاتَ ا@بْنُ أَدْمَاآءَ يُسَامِى الأَنْدَرَا سَامَى طَعَامَ الحَىِّ حَتَّى نَوَّرَا and he says that سَامَى means اِرْتَفَعَ, and صَعِدَ; but [it seems that the verse should be rendered, Ibn-Admà passed the night aspiring to reach the heap of reaped wheat: he aspired to attain the wheat of the tribe until it attained to maturity: for ISd says,] in my opinion he means, as the seed-produce rose by growth, he rose to it, until it attained to maturity, when he reaped it and stole it: and he cites also the saying, فَا@رْفَعْ يَدَيْكَ ثُمَّ سَامِ الحَنْجَرَا [ And raise thy hands, then endeavour to reach the windpipe ]; explaining سَامِ الحَنْجَرَ as meaning raise thy hands to his حَلْق [or throat, properly, fauces ]. (M.)

4 اسماهُ ذ He raised, upraised, uplifted, upreared, exalted, or elevated, him, or it; as also بِهِ ↓ سَمَا [lit. he rose, &c., with him, or it ]. (M, K.) ― -b2- أَسْمَيْتُهُ مِنْ بَلَدٍ I made him to go up, or away, from a town, or country. (TA.) ― -b3- اسمانا, (TA,) or ↓ اِسْتَمَانَا, (M,) He, or it, incited us to hunt, or chase: so says Th. (M, TA.) -A2- Also He looked at, or towards, his, or its سَمَاوَة [expl. immediately before the mention of this phrase in the M as meaning the form, or figure, seen from a distance, and the aspect, of anything]. (M, TA.) -A3- And اسمى He (a man) took the direction of, (S,) or came to, (M,) Es-Semáweh (السَّمَاوَة, S, M) a certain water in the desert (البَادِيَة, M) or a place between El-Koofeh and Syria, (K,) a well-known desert. (TA.) -A4- See also 2.

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.)

6 تَسَاْمَوَ see 1, first sentence. ― -b2- تَسَامَوْا عَلَى الخَيْلِ They mounted upon the horses. (TA.) ― -b3- And تساموا They vied, competed, or contended for superiority, [ in highness, loftiness, or eminence, or in glory, or excellence, or in an absolute sense, (see 3,)] one with another. (S, K.) -A2- And تساموا signifies also They called one another by their names. (TA.)

8 استمى ذ He (a hunter, or sportsman, [الصّاعِدُ in the CK being a mistranscription for الصَّائِدُ,]) attired himself with the socks, or stockings, called مِسْمَاة, (M, K, TA,) to protect himself from the heat of the burning ground, (TA,) for the hunting of gazelles, in the time of heat. (M.) And (M, in the K “ or ”) استماهُ He asked of him the loan of the socks, or stockings, above named, for that purpose, (M, K, *) i. e. for the hunting of gazelles at midday. (TA.) And استمى, (M, CK,) or استمى الظِّبَاآءَ, (so in some copies of the K and in the TA,) He sought, or pursued, the gazelles in their caves, or hiding-places, (فَى غِيرَانِهَا, M, and so in copies of the K, by the غِيرَان being meant the كُنُس, M,) or in what was not their time, or season, (فِى غَيْرِ ا@نِهَا, thus in some copies of the K,) at the auroral rising of Canopus (سُهَيْل [which rose aurorally, in Central Arabia, about the commencement of the era of the Flight, on the 4th of August, O. S.]): (M, K:) so says IAar. (M.) [Freytag says, on the authority of scholia to the Deewán of Jereer, as follows: In the time of the greatest heat, they drive out a wild animal repeatedly from its hiding-place, permitting it to return thither at night, when, thus disturbed, it does not issue from its place; in order that they may be able to strike it.] ― -b2- And He hunted, or chased, wild animals. (M.) ― -b3- See also 1, latter part, in two places. ― -b4- And see 4. -A2- اِسْتَمَيْتُهُ also signifies I made him the object of a visit: or I perceived in him good, or goodness, by a right opinion formed from its outward signs. (K.) ― -b2- And استماهُ He chose it, took it in preference, or selected it. (IAar, L voce اِقْتَرَحَ.) ― -b3- And IAar mentions the saying, البَكْرَةُ مِنَ الاـِبِلِ تُسْتَمَى بَعْدَ أَرْبَعَ عَشْرَةَ لَيْلَةً أَوْبَعْدَ اـِحْدَى وَعِشْرِينَ, as meaning [ The youthful she-camel ] is tested for the purpose of discovering whether or not she be pregnant [ after fourteen nights or after one and twenty ]: but Th disallows this, and says that the word is تُسْتَمْنَى, from المُنْيَةُ, which means “ the period by the end of which one knows whether or not the she-camel is pregnant. ” (M.)

10 استسمى ذ [or استسمى فُلَانًا, the word فلانا having app. been inadvertently omitted by a copyist,] He asked, or demanded, his [or such a one's ] name. (TA.)

سِمٌ ذ and سُمٌ and سَمٌ: see اِسْمٌ, in three places, near the beginning of the paragraph; and in four places near the end of the same.

سَمًا ذ : see سَمَاآءٌ: -A2- and see also اِسْمٌ, near the beginning of the paragraph.

سُمًا ذ and سِمًا: see اِسْمٌ, in two places, near the beginning of the paragraph; and in the last sentence but one of the same.

سَمَاآءٌ ذ The higher, or upper, or highest, or uppermost, part of anything: [in this sense] masc. (M.) ― -b2- [In its predominant acceptation,] a word of well-known meaning; (K, TA;) i. e. (TA) [The sky, or heaven; ] the canopy of the earth: (M, Msb, TA:) in this sense (M, Msb) masc. and fem.; (IAmb, S, M, Msb, K; *) sometimes fem.; (M;) rarely so, and thus as having the next but one of the significations here following: (Fr, Msb:) Az says that it is fem. because it is pl. [or coll. gen. n.] of سَمَاآءَةٌ: (TA:) or it is as though it were pl. of ↓ سَمَاوَةٌ, [or rather its coll. gen. n.,] like as سَحَابٌ is of سَحَابَةٌ: (Msb, TA:) Er-Rághib says that the سَمَاآء as opposed to the أَرْض is fem., and sometimes masc.; and is used as a sing. and as a pl.; as the latter in the Kur ii. 27 [where it is shown to apply to seven heavens]; and that it is like نَخْلٌ and شَجَرٌ and other [coll.] gen. ns.: (TA:) in this sense (M) the pl. is أَسْمِيَةٌ [a pl. of pauc.] (S, M, K) and سُمِىٌّ, (M, K,) the latter [originally سُمُوىٌ] of the measure فُعُولٌ, and both [also] pls. of سَمَاآءٌ in another sense, mentioned in what follows, (TA,) and سَمَاوَاتٌ or سَمٰوَاتٌ, (S, M, Msb, K,) and accord. to the K, [in which all of these are mentioned as though pls. of سَمَاآءٌ in all its senses,] ↓ سَمًا, [in the CK سُمًا,] but in the M سَمَاآءٌ [like the sing., as mentioned above], where it is said that it must be a pl. in the Kur ii. 27 for the reason already stated, as though pl. of سَمَاآءَةٌ or سَمَاوَةٌ; (TA;) and a poet assigns to سَمَاآءٌ the anomalous pl. سَمَاآءٍ, by his saying, سَمَاآءُ ا@لْاـِلٰهِ فَوْقَ سَبْعِ سَمَاآئِيَا [ The heaven of God, above seven heavens ]: (S, M:) the dim. is ↓ سُمّيَّةٌ. (Ham p. 452.) ― -b3- And Any canopy, or covering over-head, of a person. (S, Msb, * TA.) ― -b4- And hence, (S, TA,) The ceiling, or roof, (S, Msb, K, TA,) of a house, or chamber, or tent, (S, K, TA,) and of anything; (K, TA;) in this sense masc.; (Msb, TA;) and ↓ سَمَاوَةٌ also has this meaning. (S.) ― -b5- And The رِوَاق, (M, K,) i. e. the شُقَّة [or oblong piece of cloth ] that is beneath the upper, or uppermost, شُقَّةٌ, (M,) of a بَيْت [or tent]; (M, K;) in which sense it is fem., and sometimes masc.; (M;) as also ↓ سَمَاوَةٌ; (M, K;) [and so, app., ↓ سِمَايَةٌ; for] one says, أَصْلَحَ سِمَايَتَهُ, with kesr, [ He repaired his سماية,] meaning, his سَمَاوَة. (TA.) ― -b6- And The clouds; (Zj, K;) because of their height: (Zj, TA:) or a cloud. (Msb.) ― -b7- And Rain; (S, M, Msb, K;) because it comes forth from the سَمَاآء [i. e. sky or clouds]: (TA:) or a good rain (مَطْرَةٌ جَيِّدَةٌ): (K, TA:) or a new rain (مَطْرَةٌ جَدِيدَةٌ): (T, TA:) or, as some say, rain that has not fallen upon the earth; so called in consideration of what has been said above [of its meaning the “ clouds ” &c.]: (Er-Rághib, TA:) [but] one says, مَا زِلْنَا نَطَأُ السَّمَاآءَ حَتَّى أَتَيْنَاكُمْ [ We ceased not to tread upon the rain until we came to you ]: (S, TA:) applied to rain, it is masc., and fem. also because of its connexion with the سَمَاآء that canopies the earth; (M;) or it is fem., as meaning سَحَابَةٌ: (Msb:) the pl. [of mult.] is سُمِىٌّ (S, M, Msb, TA) and [of pauc.] أَسْمِيَةٌ. (S, TA.) بَنُو مَاآءِ السَّمَاآءِ is an appellation of The Arabs; [signifying the sons of the water of the heaven; ] because of their keeping much to the deserts which are the places of the falling of rain [by means of which they subsist]: or by مَاآء السماآء is meant Zemzem, which God made to well forth for the Arabs, who are therefore like the sons thereof. (TA.) ― -b8- [Hence, app., as being likened to rain by reason of the swiftness of his running,] a certain horse, (M, K,) belonging to Sakhr the brother of El-Khansà, (M,) was named السَّمَاآءُ. (M, K.) ― -b9- [Hence, likewise, as being likened to rain, (assumed tropical:) Bounty. ] One says, أَصَابَنِى بِرَشْحَةٍ مِنْ سَمَائِهِ (assumed tropical:) [ He gave me a gift from his store of bounty ]. (A in art. رشح.) ― -b10- Also (assumed tropical:) Herbage; because produced by the rain, which is thus called. (TA.) ― -b11- And The back of a horse; (S, Msb, K;) because of its height: coupled with [its opposite] أَرْضٌ [q. v.]. (S, TA.) ― -b12- And of a sandal, [in like manner opposed to أَرْضٌ,] The upper part [ of the sole, i. e. the upper surface thereof ], upon which the foot is placed. (M.) -A2- See also سَمَاوَةٌ.

سَمَاوٌ ذ : see سَمَاوَةٌ.

سَمِىٌّ ذ : see سَامٍ, in two places. ― -b2- [Also] A competitor, or contender for superiority, in highness, loftiness, or eminence, or in glory, or excel-lence; i. q. ↓ مُسَامٍ, (S, TA,) and مُطَاوِلٌ: (TA:) thus the word, in the accus. case, is said to signify in the Kur xix. 66: (S, TA:) or it there has the meaning here next following. (S, M, TA.) ― -b3- A like, or an equal: (S, M, K TA:) and this meaning the word, in the accus. case, is said by some to have in the Kur xix. 8: or in this instance it has the meaning here following. (M, TA.) ― -b4- A namesake of another. (S, M, K, TA.) ― -b5- The fem. is سَمِيَّةٌ. (M, TA.)

سُمَىٌّ ذ dim. of اِسْمٌ, q. v.

سُمَيَّةٌ ذ dim. of سَمَاآءٌ, q. v.

سِمَوِىٌّ ذ and سُمَوِىٌّ: see اِسْمِىُّ.

سَمَاوَةٌ ذ : see سَمَاآءٌ, in three places. ― -b2- Also The form, or figure, seen from a distance, (S, M, K, TA,) [or] such as is high, or elevated, (TA,) of anything; (S, M, K, TA;) and the aspect thereof: pl. [or rather coll. gen. n.] ↓ سَمَاآءٌ and ↓ سَمَاوٌ; the latter mentioned by Ks. (M, TA.) El-'Ajjáj says, سَمَاآوَةُ الهِلَالِ حَتَّى ا@حْقَوْقَفَا [ The form, &c., of the moon when near the change, until it became curved ]. (S.)

سِمَايَةٌ ذ : see سَمَاآءٌ, in the middle of the paragraph.

سَمَاآئِىٌّ ذ and سَمَاوِىٌّ [ Of, or relating to, the sky or heaven; heavenly; celestial; ] rel. ns. from سَمَاآءٌ. (Msb, TA.)

سَامٍ ذ [ High, or lofty; as also ↓ سَمِىٌّ: pl. of the former سَوَامٍ; applied to women as pl. of سَامِيَةٌ, whence the phrase سَوَامِى الطَّرْفِ in a verse cited voce بُضْعٌ; and to irrational animals, as in an instance here following]. One says القُرُومُ السَّوَامِى The stallions [meaning the stallion-camels high in their heads, or] raising their heads high. (S, TA.) And سَامِيَاتٌ, [pl. of سَامِيَةٌ,] applied to camels, That raise, or raise high, their eyes and their heads. (Ham p. 791.) And رَدَدْتُ مِنْ سَامِى طَرْفِهِ [app. an elliptical phrase, نَخْوَتَهُ (which is expressed in the explanation) or a similar word being understood; i. e. (assumed tropical:) I repelled the pride, or haughtiness, of him who was lofty in look; ] meaning I contracted to him [or to the lofty in look ] his soul, and annulled his pride, or haughtiness. (S, TA.) And الأَنْفِ ↓ سَمِىُّ [lit. Highnosed ] means (assumed tropical:) disdainful, or scornful. (T and K in art. انف.) ― -b2- [Also act. part. n. of 1 in all its senses. ― -b3- And hence,] سُمَاةٌ, (S, M, K,) of which it is the sing., (M,) signifies Hunters (S, M, K) going forth to the chase: (K:) an epithet in which the quality of a subst. predominates: or, as some say, hunters in the day-time, peculiarly: or hunters wearing the socks, or stockings, called مِسْمَاة. (M.)

اِسْمٌ أسام أسم أسمى اسم سام سم سما سمى وسم ٱسم , (S, M, Msb, K,) with the conjunctive ا, [i. e. written ا@سْمٌ,] but this is made disjunctive by poetic license [as well as when the word commences a sentence], (S,) usually with kesr [when the | is disjunctive], (Lh, M, TA,) and اُسْمٌ, (S, M, K,) of the dial. of Benoo-'Amr-Ibn-Temeem and of Kudá'ah, (M, TA,) mentioned by IAar, (TA,) and ↓ سِمٌ and ↓ سُمٌ (S, M, K) and ↓ سَمٌ, (K,) and ↓ سُمًا (M, K) and ↓ سِمًا and ↓ سَمًا, (K,) [The name of a thing; i. e.] a sign [ such as may be uttered or written ] conveying knowledge of a thing; syn. عَلَامَةٌ: and a word applied to denote a substance or an accident or attribute, for the purpose of distinction: (M, K:) [or a substantive in the proper sense of this term, i. e. a real substantive; and a substance in a tropical sense of this term, i. e. an ideal substantive: ] as expl. by El-Munáwee, in the “ Towkeef, ” the اسم is that which denotes a meaning in itself unconnected with any of the three times [ past and present and future ]: if denoting what subsists by itself, it is termed اِسْمُ عَيْنٍ; and if denoting what does not subsist by itself, [i. e. an accident or attribute, ] whether existent, as العِلْمُ [i. e. knowledge ], or non-existent, as الجَهْلُ [i. e. ignorance ], it is termed اِسْمُ مَعْنًى: (TA:) the pl. is أَسْمَاآءٌ [a pl. of pauc.] and أَسْمَاوَاتٌ, (S, M, K,) the latter said by Lh to be a pl. of اِسْمٌ, but it is rather a pl. of أَسْمَاآءٌ, for otherwise there is no way of accounting for it, (M,) and أَسَامٍ (S, M, K) and أَسَامِىُّ (M, K) are [likewise] pls. of أَسْمَاآءٌ: (K, * TA:) the word ا@سْمٌ [i. e. اِسْمٌ or اُسْمٌ] is derived from سَمَوْتُ, (S, TA,) or from السُّمُوُّ, (Msb, Er-Rághib, TA,) because the اسم is a means of raising into notice the thing denoted thereby, and making it known: (S, * Er-Rághib, TA:) it is of the measure اِفْعٌ [or اُفْعٌ, accord. to different dialects], the last radical, و, being wanting in it, (S, Msb, TA,) and the hemzeh [or rather |] being prefixed by way of compensation for it, accord to a general rule; (Msb, TA;) for it is originally سِمْوٌ (S, Msb, Er-Rághib, TA) or سُمْوٌ, (S, Msb, TA,) its pl. being أَسْمَاآءٌ, and its dim. being ↓ سُمَىٌّ [originally سَمَيْوٌ]: (S, Msb, Er-Rághib, * TA:) some of the Koofees hold that it is from الوَسْمُ, meaning العَلَامَةُ, the و, which is the primal radical, being rejected, and the hemzeh [or |] being substituted for it, so that its measure is اِعْلٌ [or اُعْلٌ]; but this is a weak opinion, for, were it so, the dim. would be وَسَيْمٌ and the pl. would be أَوْسَامٌ. (Msb, TA.) One says, اِسْمُ هٰذَا كَذَا [ The name of this is thus, or such a word ]; and if you will you may say, اُسْمُ هٰذا كذا; and in like manner, ↓ سِمُهُ and ↓ سُمُهُ: Lh says that اِسْمُهُ فُلَانٌ [ His name is Such a one ] is the [common] phrase of the Arabs; and he mentions اُسْمُهُ فُلَانٌ as heard from [the tribe of] Benoo-'Amr-Ibn-Temeem: and Ks cites, as heard from some of [the tribe of] Benoo-Kudá'ah, the saying, ↓ بِا@سْمِ ا@لَّذِى فِى كُلِّ سُورَةٍ سُمُهْ [ In the name of Him whose name is in every chapter of the Kur-án ], and ↓ سِمُهْ as heard from others, not of Kudá'ah. (M.) سِرْ عَلَى ا@سْمِ ا@للّٰهِ is an elliptical phrase [for سِرْ مُعْتَمِدًا عَلَى ذِكْرِ ا@سْمِ ا@للّٰهِ Journey thou relying upon the mention of the name of God ]. (IJ, M in art. دل: see دَلِيلٌ.) ― -b2- [Hence,] ا@سْمٌ signifies also (assumed tropical:) Fame, renown, report, or reputation, of a person: (TA:) and so ↓ سُمًا, in relation to good, (K, TA,) not to evil; mentioned by Az. (TA.) One says, ذَهَبَ ا@سْمُهُ فِى النَّاسِ, i. e. His fame &c. [ went, or spread, among mankind, or the people ]. (TA.)

اِسْمِىٌّ ذ [ Of, or relating to, a name or noun or substantive; ] rel. n. from اِسْمٌ; as also ↓ سِمَوِىٌّ and ↓ سُمَوِىٌّ. (S, TA.) [Hence, جُمْلَةٌ ا@سْمِيَّةٌ A nominal proposition or phrase; as distinguished from فِعْليَّةٌ, or verbal.]

[ اِسْمِيَّةٌ ذ The quality of a name or noun or substantive. ]

مِسْمَاةٌ ذ The socks, or stockings, worn by a hunter, (M, K, TA,) to protect him from the heat of the burning ground. (TA.)