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Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to concepts of swiftness, lightness, and specific types of birds. It also extends to descriptions of movement and, in a more obscure usage, to a type of burnt wood or a place name.

Derived headwords

السَّمَامُnoun
  1. 1.
    type of birdclassical

    A kind of bird, smaller than the Qata (a type of sandgrouse).

  2. 2.
    swift she-camelclassical

    Also refers to a fast she-camel.

سماما تباري الريح خوصا عيونها — Birds that race the wind with wide eyes
سمام نجت منها المهارى وغودرت — Swift she-camels escaped from it, and others were left behind
سُمَامَةnoun
  1. 1.
    one of a type of birdclassical

    The singular form of 'samam', referring to one bird of that kind.

السَّمْسَامَةnoun
  1. 1.
    light and graceful womanclassical

    A woman who is light, graceful, and delicate.

سَمْسَمَverb
  1. 1.
    to walk gentlyclassical

    When a man walks with a gentle, light gait.

سمسم الرجل: إذا مشى مشيا رفيقا — The man 'sammasa' if he walks with a gentle gait.
السَّمِيْسِمnoun
  1. 1.
    nickname for a groupclassical

    A nickname given to a group of people.

سَمَّاسnoun
  1. 1.
    sesame sellerclassical

    A seller of sesame seeds, analogous to a pearl seller ('la'al').

السَّمَاسِمnoun
  1. 1.
    burnt wood/embersclassical

    A term possibly referring to burnt wood or embers, described as small and black like burnt things.

كأنهم عيدان! السماسم — As if they were sticks! The samasim
السَّاسِمnoun
  1. 1.
    ebony-like woodclassical

    A type of wood similar to ebony.

السَّمَاسِمَةname
  1. 1.
    village nameclassical

    A village located on the Nile in Egypt, in the Beheira region.

Parallel reading

والسمام كسحاب: ضرب من الطير نحو السمانى، واحدته: سمامة.
And 'samam', like 'sahab', is a type of bird near the 'summani', its singular is 'sumamah'.
وفي التهذيب: ضرب من الطير دون القطا في الخلقة.
And in Al-Tahdhib: a type of bird, lesser in form than the Qata.
وفي الصحاح: ضرب من الطير.
And in Al-Sihah: a type of bird.
والناقة السريعة أيضا عن أبي زيد.
And also a swift she-camel, according to Abu Zayd.
سمام نجت منها المهارى وغودرت ... أراحيبها والماطلي الهملع
Swift she-camels escaped from it, and others were left behind, their flanks and their long-necked ones.
سماما تباري الريح خوصا عيونها ... لهن رذايا بالطريق ودائع
Birds that race the wind with wide eyes, they have droppings left behind on the road.
ويصح أن يكون هذا في صفة الناقة.
And it is possible for this to be in description of the she-camel.
والسمسامة: المرأة الخفيفة اللطيفة.
And 'alsamsamah': the light, graceful woman.
سمسم الرجل: إذا مشى مشيا رفيقا.
The man 'sammasa': if he walks with a gentle gait.
وقال ابن بري: حكى ابن خالويه أنه يقال لبائع السمسم: سماس، كما يقال لبائع اللؤلؤ: لآل.
And Ibn Bree said: Ibn Khilawayh narrated that a seller of sesame is called 'samas', just as a seller of pearls is called 'la'al'.
" كأنهم عيدان! السماسم ".
"As if they were sticks! The samasim."
فإن صحت الرواية فمعناه أن السماسم جمع سمسم، وعيدانه تراها إذا قلعت وتركت ليؤخذ حبها دقاقا سودا، كأنها محترقة، فشبه بها هؤلاء الذين يخرجون من النار.
If the narration is correct, its meaning is that 'alsamasim' is the plural of 'simsim' (sesame), and its stalks are seen when uprooted and left to be harvested for their seeds, small and black, as if burnt, and those emerging from the fire are likened to them.
وما أشبه ما تكون محرفة.
And how similar it is to being corrupted.
وربما كانت كأنهم عيدان الساسم، وهو خشب كالآبنوس، والله أعلم.
And perhaps it was as if they were sticks of 'alsasim', which is wood like ebony, and God knows best.
وكفر السماسمة: قرية بمصر على النيل بالبحيرة.
And 'Kufr Al-Samasimah': a village in Egypt on the Nile in the Beheira governorate.