سمر

Root entry · 18 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns nighttime conversation and related activities. It extends to concepts of time, specific colors, plants, and objects like nails, with some metaphorical extensions.

Derived headwords

سَمَرَverb

1.
a verb of the 'naṣara' class (to talk at night)both
a verb of the 'naṣara' class (to talk at night)
2.
to be brown (verb form)both
to be brown (verb form)
3.
plural of sumurahboth
plural of sumurah
4.
he nailed the thing (verb form)both
he nailed the thing (verb form)
5.
he nailed it (verb form)both
he nailed it (verb form)

المُسَامَرَةnoun

1.
night talkboth
night talk

سَامِرnoun

1.
he is a night talkerboth
he is a night talker

السَّامِرnoun

1.
night conversationalistsclassical
A group of people who are conversing at night.
2.
nighttime gatheringclassical
The place where people gather for nighttime conversation.

ابنا سَمِيرname

1.
night and dayclassical
A metaphorical name for the night and the day, as people converse during both.

السَّمِيرnoun

1.
eternityclassical
A term signifying the passage of time, often used in oaths.

السَّمَارnoun

1.
the people who talk at nightboth
the people who talk at night

تَسْمِير اللبنnoun

1.
diluting milkclassical
The act of thinning milk by adding water to it.

تَسْمِيرnoun

1.
sending forthclassical
To send something out or release it, possibly a variant of 'tashmeer'.

السُّمْرَةnoun

1.
the color brownboth
the color brown
2.
a type of acacia treeboth
a type of acacia tree

السَّمْرَاءnoun

1.
wheatboth
wheat

الأَسْمَرَانnoun

1.
water and wheatboth
water and wheat
2.
and it is said: water and windboth
and it is said: water and wind

السَّمُرnoun

1.
night talkboth
night talk

أَسْمَرnoun

1.
a plural of paucity for sumurahboth
a plural of paucity for sumurah

أُسَيْمِرnoun

1.
diminutive of Acaciaclassical
The diminutive form of 'samur', referring to a small Acacia tree.

المِسْمَارnoun

1.
known (a nail)both
known (a nail)

سَمَّرَverb

1.
a verb of the 'naṣara' class (to talk at night)both
a verb of the 'naṣara' class (to talk at night)
2.
to be brown (verb form)both
to be brown (verb form)
3.
plural of sumurahboth
plural of sumurah
4.
he nailed the thing (verb form)both
he nailed the thing (verb form)
5.
he nailed it (verb form)both
he nailed it (verb form)

السَّمِيرِيَّةnoun

1.
a type of shipboth
a type of ship

Parallel reading

المسامرة، وهو الحديث بالليل.

Al-musamarah, which is nighttime conversation.

وقد سمر يسمر، فهو سامر.

And he conversed at night, he converses, so he is a night talker.

والسامر أيضا: السمار، وهم القوم يسمرون كما يقال للحجاج جاج.

And al-samir also means al-summar, who are the people conversing at night, just as 'hujjaj' is said for pilgrims.

وسامر طال فيه اللهو والسمر

And a nighttime gathering in which amusement and conversation were prolonged.

وابنا سمير: الليل والنهار، لأنه يسمر فيهما.

And the two sons of Samir: the night and the day, because one converses in them.

يقال: لا أفعله ما سمر ابنا سمير، أي أبدا.

It is said: I will not do it as long as the two sons of Samir exist, meaning never.

ويقال: السمير الدهر. وابناه: الليل والنهار.

And it is said: Al-samir is eternity. And its two sons are the night and the day.

ولا أفعله السمر والقمر، أي ما دام الناس يسمرون في ليلة قمراء.

And I will not do it during the night conversation and the moon, meaning as long as people are conversing on a moonlit night.

ولا أفعله سمير الليالي.

And I will not do it during the companion of the nights.

والسمار بالفتح: اللبن الرقيق.

And al-sammar (with fatha) is thin milk.

وتسمير اللبن: ترقيقه بالماء.

And tasmeer al-laban is thinning it with water.

لئن ورد السمار لنقتلنه

If al-sammar (a place name) comes, we will surely kill him.

والتسمير كالتشمير.

And tasmeer is like tashmeer.

فمن شاء فليمسكها ومن شاء فليسمرها

So whoever wishes may keep her, and whoever wishes may send her forth.

تقول: سمر، بالضم. وسمر أيضا بالكسر.

You say: sumrah (with damma). And samrah also (with kasra).

والسمراء: الحنطة.

And al-samra' is wheat.

والأسمران: الماء والبر.

And al-asmaran are water and grain.

والسمرة بضم الميم، من شجر الطلح، والجمع سمر وسمرات بالضم، وأسمر في أدنى العدد.

And al-samurah (with damma on the mim) is from the Talh trees, and the plural is samur and samarat (with damma), and asmar for the smallest number.

وتصغيره أسمير.

And its diminutive is usaymir.

لو أن أسيمرا

If it were usaymir.

والمسمار: واحد مسامير الحديد.

And al-mismar is one of the iron nails.

سمرت الشئ تسميرا، وسمرته أيضا.

I nailed the thing with a nail, and I also nailed it.

والحلق المضاعف المسمورا

And the reinforced throat, nailed.

والسميرية: ضرب من السفن.

And al-samiriyyah is a type of ship.