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سمر

Root entry · 27 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the color brown or dusky, often associated with people and animals. It extends to concepts of staying up at night, nighttime itself, and the conversation that occurs during that time. It also encompasses actions like fastening with a nail and specific types of plants and liquids.

Derived headwords

السُّمْرَة، بالضمnoun
  1. 1.
    brownish colorboth

    A color between white and black, found in people, camels, and other things that can have this hue. It is more common in camels.

  2. 2.
    light brownclassical

    Specifically, a light brown or yellowish hue in people.

سَمِرَ، ككَرُمَ وفَرِحَverb
  1. 1.
    to be brownboth

    To have a brownish color.

  2. 2.
    to stay up at nightboth

    To remain awake and active during the night.

اسْمَرَّverb
  1. 1.
    to become brownboth

    To turn brown or dusky in color.

أَسْمَرadjective
  1. 1.
    brown-skinnedboth

    Having a skin color that is brown or dusky, often described as between white and black.

  2. 2.
    light brown (horse)classical

    Describing a horse that is white with a yellowish or dusky tinge.

  3. 3.
    milkclassical

    Referring to milk, possibly due to its color.

الأَسْمَرَانnoun
  1. 1.
    water and landclassical

    A pair referring to water and land, used in a context of dominance or inclusion.

  2. 2.
    water and spearclassical

    A pair referring to water and a spear, used in a context of dominance or inclusion.

السَّمْرَاءnoun
  1. 1.
    wheatclassical

    A name for wheat.

  2. 2.
    chaffclassical

    The husks or outer covering of grain, considered a foreign word.

  3. 3.
    boxclassical

    A container or box.

  4. 4.
    mareclassical

    A female horse.

  5. 5.
    she-camelclassical

    A female camel.

سَمَرَ، يسمُرُverb
  1. 1.
    to stay up lateboth

    To remain awake and talk during the night.

سَمَرًا، بالفتحnoun
  1. 1.
    staying up at nightboth

    The act of staying up and talking at night.

سُمُورًا، بالضمnoun
  1. 1.
    staying up at nightboth

    The act of staying up and talking at night.

سَامِرnoun
  1. 1.
    group staying up at nightboth

    A collective noun for a group of people who stay up and talk at night.

  2. 2.
    night talkerboth

    One who stays up and talks at night.

السَّمَرُ، مُحَرَّكَةnoun
  1. 1.
    nightclassical

    The nighttime.

  2. 2.
    night conversationboth

    Talking or conversing during the night.

  3. 3.
    moonlightclassical

    The light of the moon.

  4. 4.
    darknessclassical

    Darkness, especially at night.

  5. 5.
    timeclassical

    Time, duration, or eternity.

السَّامِرُnoun
  1. 1.
    gathering place for night talkboth

    A place where people gather to talk at night.

السَّمِيرnoun
  1. 1.
    night companionboth

    One who converses with you at night.

  2. 2.
    timeclassical

    Duration or time, used in expressions.

ذو سَامِرname
  1. 1.
    a Himyarite kingclassical

    A title or name referring to one of the kings of Himyar.

ابنا سَمِيرname
  1. 1.
    day and nightclassical

    A metaphorical reference to day and night, as one stays up at night and the other is day.

ما أَسْمَرَphrase
  1. 1.
    as long as time passesclassical

    An expression meaning for all time, or as long as day and night alternate.

سَمَّرَ العينverb
  1. 1.
    to brand the eyeclassical

    To heat iron and use it to brand or cauterize the eye.

  2. 2.
    to gouge out the eyeclassical

    To blind someone by piercing or gouging out their eye.

سَمَّرَ اللبنverb
  1. 1.
    to dilute milkboth

    To mix milk with water, making it thin or diluted.

سِمَارnoun
  1. 1.
    diluted milkboth

    Milk that has been mixed with water, especially if it is thin.

  2. 2.
    watery liquidclassical

    A watery substance, used to describe liquids.

سَمَرَ السهمverb
  1. 1.
    to shoot an arrowboth

    To launch or shoot an arrow.

سَمَّرَverb
  1. 1.
    to fasten with a nailboth

    To secure something with a nail.

المِسْمَارnoun
  1. 1.
    nailboth

    A metal pin used for fastening things together.

  2. 2.
    dog's nameclassical

    The name of a dog belonging to Umm al-Mu'minin Maymuna.

  3. 3.
    horse's nameclassical

    The name of a horse belonging to 'Umar and Al-Dabbi.

  4. 4.
    well-built personclassical

    A person of good stature and build.

  5. 5.
    herd of camelsclassical

    A herd of camels.

المَسْمُورadjective
  1. 1.
    lean and sinewyclassical

    A person who is lean with strong bones and sinews.

  2. 2.
    mixed or dilutedclassical

    Referring to food or drink that is mixed or diluted, not pure.

المَسْمُورَةadjective
  1. 1.
    well-built girlclassical

    A young woman with a firm, well-built body, not soft or flabby.

السَّمُرُ، بضم الميمnoun
  1. 1.
    acacia treeboth

    A type of acacia tree known for its wood, small leaves, and short thorns.

سَمَرِيَّةadjective
  1. 1.
    camels that eat acaciaclassical

    Camels that feed on the leaves of the Samur tree.

سَمِيرname
  1. 1.
    a companion's nameclassical

    A name, possibly referring to a companion or narrator.

Parallel reading

السمرة، بالضم: منزلة بين البياض والسواد
Al-sumrah, with dammah, is a shade between white and black.
تكون في ألوان الناس والإبل وغيرها
It occurs in the colors of people, camels, and other things.
وقد سمر، ككرم وفرح، سمرة، بالضم فيهما
And he became brown, like karuma and fariha, with sumrah (brownness), with dammah in both.
واسمرار فهو أسمر
And he became brown, so he is asmar (brown-skinned).
بعير أسمر: أبيض إلى الشهبة
A brown camel: white with a grayish tinge.
كان أسمر اللون
He was brown in color.
الأسمر في قول حميد بن ثور: إلى مثل درج العاج جادت شعابه بأسمر يحلولي بها ويطيب
Al-asmar in the saying of Humayd ibn Thawr: 'To something like ivory steps its ravines poured forth with a brown [thing] that becomes sweet and pleasant there.'
الأسمران: الماء والبر
Al-asmaran: water and land.
السمراء: الحنطة
Al-sumra': wheat.
السمراء: الخشكار
Al-sumra': chaff.
السمراء: العلبة
Al-sumra': the box.
وسمر يسمر سمرا، بالفتح، وسمورا، بالضم: لم ينم
And he stayed up, yasmuru, samaran (with fath), and sumuran (with dammah): he did not sleep.
وهم السمار والسامرة
And they are the sammar and the samirah (those who stay up at night).
مستكبرين به سامرا تهجرون
Arrogantly discussing it, staying up late in your nightly gatherings, engaging in idle talk.
السامر: اسم الجمع
Al-samir: a collective noun.
والسمر، محركة: الليل
And al-samr, with harakah: the night.
لا تسقني إن لم أزر سمرا غطفان موكب جحفل فخم
Do not give me to drink if I do not visit the night of Ghatafan, a grand procession of warriors.
والسمر أيضا: حديثه
And al-samr also: his conversation.
السمر بعد العشاء
The conversation after the night prayer.
والسمر: ظل القمر
And al-samr: the shadow of the moon.
والسمر: الدهر
And al-samr: time/eternity.
حلف بالسمر والقمر
He swore by al-samr and al-qamar (darkness and moonlight).
والسامر: مجلس السمار، كالسمر محركة
And al-samir: the gathering place of those who stay up at night, like al-samr (with harakah).
وسامر طال فيه اللهو والسمر
And a gathering where amusement and conversation lasted long.
والسمير: المسامر
And al-samir: the one who converses at night.
وابنا سمير: الأجدان
And the two sons of Samir: the two eternities (day and night).
لا أفعله ما سمر السمير
I will not do it as long as the night-talker stays up.
فسمر النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم أعينهم
So the Prophet, peace be upon him, branded their eyes.
أو فقأها بشوك أو غيره
Or gouged them out with thorns or something else.
وسمر اللبن يسمره جعله سمارا، كسحاب
And samara the milk, yasmuruhu, making it sumaran, like suhab (diluted).
وسمارا كإبط الذئب سود حواجره
And a watery liquid like the armpit of a wolf, its edges black.
وسمر السهم: أرسله
And samara the arrow: he shot it.
وسمرت الماشية تسمر سمورا نفشت
And the livestock grazed, tasmuru, sumuran, they grazed extensively.
وسمرت النبات تسمره: رعته
And samarat the plant, tasmuruhu: she grazed it.
وسمر الخمر: شربها ليلا
And samara the wine: he drank it at night.
وسمر الشيء يسمره، ويسمره، سمرا، وسمره تسميرا، كلاهما: شده بالمسمار
And samara the thing, yasmuruhu (with dammah), and yasmuruhu (with kasr), samaran, and sammarahu tasmeeran, both mean: he fastened it with a nail.
والمسمار: ما يشد به
And al-mismar: that by which it is fastened.
المسمور: الرجل القليل اللحم الشديد أسر العظام والعصب
Al-masmur: a man with little flesh, strong in bone and sinew.
المسمورة: الجارية المعصوبة الجسد، غير رخوة اللحم
Al-masmura: the girl with a firm body, not soft-fleshed.
والسمر، بضم الميم: شجر
And al-samr, with dammah on the mim: a tree.
واحدتها سمرة
Its singular is samrah.
وبها سموا
And by it they were named.
وإبل سمرية: تأكلها
And samariyyah camels: that eat it (the samur tree).
وسمرة بن جنادة بن جندب بن حجير السوائي
And Samurah ibn Junadah ibn Jandab ibn Hujayr Al-Suwa'i.
وسمرة بن جندب بن هلال الفزاري
And Samurah ibn Jandab ibn Hilal Al-Fazari.
وسمرة بن حبيب بن عبد شمس الأموي
And Samurah ibn Habib ibn Abd Shams Al-Umawi.
وسمرة بن ربيعة العدواني
And Samurah ibn Rabi'ah Al-'Adwani.
وسمرة بن عمرو العنبري
And Samurah ibn 'Amr Al-'Anbari.
وسمرة بن فاتك الأسدي
And Samurah ibn Fatik Al-Asadi.
وسمرة بن معاوية بن عمرو الكندي
And Samurah ibn Mu'awiyah ibn 'Amr Al-Kindi.
وسمرة بن معير بن لوذان بن ربيعة بن عريج بن سعد بن جمح بن عمرو بن هصيص الجمحي أبو محذورة القرشي
And Samurah ibn Mu'ayr ibn Lawdhan ibn Rabi'ah ibn 'Urayj ibn Sa'd ibn Jumh ibn 'Amr ibn Hisis Al-Jumahi, Abu Mahdhurah Al-Qurashi.
وجندب بن مروان السمري، من ولد سمرة بن جندب الصحابي
And Jandab ibn Marwan Al-Samri, from the offspring of the companion Samurah ibn Jandab.
ومحمد بن موسى السمري، محركة: محدث
And Muhammad ibn Musa Al-Samri, with harakah: a traditionist.
وأبو سليمان روى جرير بن عثمان عن سليمان عن أبيه سمير
And Abu Sulayman, Jarir ibn 'Uthman narrated from Sulayman from his father Samir.
وسمير بن الحصين بن الحارث الساعدي الخزرجي
And Samir ibn Al-Husayn ibn Al-Harith Al-Sa'idi Al-Khazraji.