صمم

Root entry · 15 derived lemmas

The root صمم (ṣmm) primarily relates to concepts of blockage, deafness, hardness, and intensity. It extends to meanings of sealing, being deaf, solidness, and severe or extreme situations, as well as the essence or core of something.

Derived headwords

صَمَّverb

1.
its stopperboth
its stopper
2.
he becomes deafboth
he becomes deaf

صَمَّمَverb

1.
to sealboth
To block or seal something, such as a container.
2.
to strike and cutclassical
To strike with a sword and cut through bone or solid material.
3.
to proceed forcefullyclassical
To move forward with determination in walking or other actions.
4.
to bite and not releaseclassical
To bite and hold on without letting go.

صِمَامnoun

1.
that which does not bendboth
that which does not bend

أَصَمَّverb

1.
hard, solidboth
hard, solid
2.
meaning 'he became deaf'both
meaning 'he became deaf'
3.
clearly deafboth
clearly deaf

أَصَمّadjective

1.
hard, solidboth
hard, solid
2.
meaning 'he became deaf'both
meaning 'he became deaf'
3.
clearly deafboth
clearly deaf

صَمَّاءnoun

1.
severeboth
severe
2.
plural of sa'wa (bird)both
plural of sa'wa (bird)

صَمَمnoun

1.
deafnessboth
The condition of being unable to hear.
2.
lionclassical
One of the names for a lion.
3.
calamityclassical
A great disaster or misfortune.

صِمَّةnoun

1.
brave manclassical
A courageous and valiant man.
2.
male snakeclassical
The male of certain types of snakes.

صَمِيمnoun

1.
coreboth
The innermost or essential part of something.
2.
extremeboth
The most intense part of heat or cold.

صَمْصَامnoun

1.
sharp swordclassical
A very sharp and unyielding sword.

صَمْصَامَةnoun

1.
sharp swordclassical
A very sharp and unyielding sword.

تَصَامَّverb

1.
he pretended to be deaf when he was notboth
he pretended to be deaf when he was not

صَمْصَمadjective

1.
hardyclassical
Strong, unyielding, and resolute.
2.
boldclassical
Daring and forward-moving.

الصُّمَانname

1.
a place nameclassical
A specific location situated next to the sands of 'Alij.

اشْتِمَال الصَّمَّاءother

1.
to cover one's entire body with a garment or loinclothboth
to cover one's entire body with a garment or loincloth

Parallel reading

صمام القارورة: سدادها.

The stopper of the bottle: its seal.

يقال: صمعت القارورة، أي سددتها.

It is said: 'I sealed the bottle,' meaning I plugged it.

وأصمعت القارورة، أي جعلت لها صماما.

And 'I made the bottle have a stopper,' meaning I fitted it with a stopper.

وحجر أصم: صلب مصمت.

And a solid stone: hard and dense.

والصماء: الداهية.

And 'al-ṣammā' is: the calamity.

وقيل: فتنة صماء: شديدة.

And it is said: a severe tribulation: intense.

ورجل أصم بين الصمم فيهن.

And a deaf man among them, with deafness.

وكان أهل الجاهلية يسمون رجبا شهر الله الأصم.

And the people of the pre-Islamic era used to call Rajab the deaf month of God.

إنما سمي بذلك لأنه كان لا يسمع فيه صوت مستغيث، ولا حركة قتال، ولا قعقعة سلاح، لأنه من الأشهر الحرم.

It was only named so because no sound of a petitioner was heard in it, nor the movement of fighting, nor the clatter of weapons, because it is one of the sacred months.

ويقال للداهية: صمى صمام، مثال قطام، وهي الداهية، أي زيدي.

And for a calamity, it is said: 'ṣamā ṣammām,' like 'qaṭṭām,' meaning the calamity, i.e., be firm.

ويقولون: " صمي ابنة الجبل ".

And they say: 'ṣammī, daughter of the mountain.'

ويقال: صمام صمام، أي تصاموا في السكوت.

And it is said: 'ṣammām ṣammām,' meaning they feigned deafness in silence.

وصمه بالعصا، أي ضربه بها.

And 'he struck him with the stick,' meaning he hit him with it.

وصمه بحجر.

And he struck him with a stone.

وصم صداه، أي هلك.

And his echo perished, meaning he was destroyed.

واشتمال الصماء: أن تجلل جسدك بثوبك، نحو شملة الأعراب بأكسيتهم، وهو أن يرد الكساء من قبل يمينه على يده اليسرى وعاتقه الأيسر، ثم يرده ثانية من خلفه على يده اليمنى وعاتقه الأيمن، فيغطيهما جميعا.

And 'ishmilāl al-ṣammā': is to cover your body with your garment, like the Arabs' cloak with their outer garments, which is to wrap the garment from your right side over your left hand and left shoulder, then wrap it again from behind over your right hand and right shoulder, covering both.

هو أن يشتمل بثوب واحد ليس عليه غيره ثم يرفعه من أحد جانبيه فيضعه على منكبه فيبدو منه فرجة.

It is to wrap oneself in a single garment with nothing else on, then lift it from one side and place it on the shoulder, revealing an opening.

فإذا قلت: اشتمل فلان الصماء كأنك قلت. اشتمل الشملة التي تعرف بهذا الاسم، لان الصماء ضرب من الاشتمال.

And when you say: 'So-and-so wrapped himself in al-ṣammā', it is as if you said: he wrapped himself in the cloak known by this name, because al-ṣammā' is a type of wrapping.

والصم بالكسر: اسم من أسماء الأسد والداهية.

And 'al-ṣamm' (with kasra): is a name for the lion and the calamity.

والصمة: الرجل الشجاع، والذكر من الحيات، وجمعه صمم.

And 'al-ṣammah': is the brave man, and the male of snakes, and its plural is 'ṣamam'.

وقول جرير: سعرت (1) عليك الحرب تغلى قدورها فهلا غداة الصمتين تديمها

And the saying of Jarir: I ignited the war against you, its pots boiling, why then on the day of the two 'ṣammān' did you not sustain it?

أراد الصمة أبا دريد، وعمه مالكا:

He meant al-Ṣammah, Abu Durayd, and his uncle Malik:

وصميم الشئ: خالصه.

And the core of a thing: its essence.

يقال: هو في صميم قومه.

It is said: He is from the core of his people.

وصميم الحر وصميم البرد: أشده.

And the peak of heat and the peak of cold: their most intense.

قال خفاف بن ندبة: وإن تك خيلي قد أصيب صميمها فعمدا على عين تيممت مالكا

Khaffaf ibn Nadbah said: And if my horses have had their core struck, then deliberately, with intent, I aimed for Malik.

وكان صميم خيله يومئذ معاوية أخو خنساء، قتله دريد وهاشم ابنا حرملة المريان.

And the core of his horses that day was Mu'awiyah, the brother of Khansa', whom Durayd and Hashim, the sons of Harmalah al-Murri, killed.

والصماء من الارض: الغليظة.

And 'al-ṣammā'' from the earth: the hard, dense ground.

والصمان: موضع إلى جنب رمل عالج.

And al-Ṣammān: a place next to the sands of 'Alij.

والصمصام والصمصامة: السيف الصارم الذي لا ينثنى.

And al-ṣamṣām and al-ṣamṣāmah: the sharp sword that does not bend.

والصمصام: اسم سيف عمرو بن معد يكرب.

And al-Ṣamṣām: the name of the sword of 'Amr ibn Ma'd Yakrib.

وصمم في السير وغيره، أي مضى.

And he proceeded in walking and other things, meaning he moved forward.

قال حميد: وحصحص في صم الصفا ثفناته وناء بسلمى نوأة ثم صمما

Humayd said: And he settled on the hard rocks, his knees, and he moved with Salma, a camel's load, then proceeded.

وصمم، أي عض ونيب فلم يرسل ما عض.

And he bit, meaning he gnawed and bit without releasing what he bit.

وصمم السيف، إذا مضى في العظم وقطعه.

And the sword cut, when it went into the bone and severed it.

فأما إذا أصاب المفصل وقطعه يقال طبق.

But if it struck the joint and severed it, it is said to have 'ṭabaqa'.

قال الشاعر يصف سيفا: يصمم أحيانا وحينا يطبق

The poet said, describing a sword: It cuts through sometimes, and sometimes it severs.

وأصمه الله سبحانه فصم.

And God Almighty made him deaf, so he became deaf.

وأصم أيضا بمعنى صم.

And 'aṣamma' also means 'ṣamma'.

قال الكميت: تسائل ما أصم عن السؤال

Al-Kumait said: You ask what deafens from the question

يقول: تسائل شيئا قد صم عن السؤال.

He means: You ask about something that has become deaf to the question.

وأصممته: وجدته أصم.

And 'I found him deaf': I discovered him to be deaf.

وتصام: أرى من نفسه أنه أصم وليس به.

And 'he pretended to be deaf': he acted as if he were deaf, though he was not.

ورجل صمصم بالكسر، أي غليظ، ويقال هو الجرئ الماضي.

And a man 'ṣamṣam' (with kasra), meaning hardy, and it is said he is the bold, forward-moving one.

وقولهم: " صمت حصاة بدرم " أي إن الدماء كثرت حتى لو ألقيت حصاة لم يسمع لها وقع، لأنها لا تقع على الأرض.

And their saying: 'The falling of a pebble is unheard,' means that the blood was so abundant that if a pebble were thrown, its fall would not be heard, because it would not land on the ground.

وهذا المعنى أراد امرؤ القيس بقوله: صمي ابنة الجبل

And this is the meaning Imru' al-Qays intended with his saying: 'ṣammī, daughter of the mountain'.

ويقال أراد الصدى.

And it is said he meant the echo.