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صمي

Root entry · 13 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns concepts of swiftness, agility, and decisive action, often in the context of hunting or combat. It also extends to meanings of being struck by fate or a situation, and a determined, unyielding approach.

Derived headwords

الصميانnoun
  1. 1.
    agility and leapingboth

    Agility, quick movement, and leaping; also described as speed and lightness.

  2. 2.
    brave and truthful attackerclassical

    A brave and truthful attacker; one who is decisive in action.

  3. 3.
    one who attacks with harmclassical

    One who attacks others with harm or aggression.

  4. 4.
    strong and experiencedclassical

    A strong, experienced, and hardened man.

صمىverb
  1. 1.
    to be swiftclassical

    To be swift or quick.

  2. 2.
    to strike and kill instantlyclassical

    To strike prey and kill it instantly, while it is in sight.

  3. 3.
    to die in placeclassical

    To die in place, especially when struck by an arrow or weapon and seen by the attacker.

  4. 4.
    to befallclassical

    To befall or happen to someone.

أصمىverb
  1. 1.
    to strike and kill instantlyclassical

    To strike prey and kill it instantly, while it is in sight.

  2. 2.
    to bite and proceedclassical

    For a horse to bite its bridle and proceed forward.

  3. 3.
    to cause to die in placeclassical

    To cause prey to die in place, unseen by the hunter.

الإصماءnoun
  1. 1.
    killing instantlyclassical

    The act of striking prey and killing it instantly, so it dies in sight of the hunter.

صمى الصيدverb
  1. 1.
    prey died in placeclassical

    For prey to die in place, especially when struck by a weapon and seen by the hunter.

صمى الأمر فلاناverb
  1. 1.
    situation befell someoneclassical

    For a matter or situation to befall someone.

صماك عليهverb
  1. 1.
    what drove you to itclassical

    What drove or compelled you towards it.

انصمى عليهverb
  1. 1.
    to rush uponclassical

    To rush upon, descend upon, or attack.

ينصميverb
  1. 1.
    descends like a hawkclassical

    To descend or swoop down, like a hawk.

أصمت القوسverb
  1. 1.
    bow shot the arrowclassical

    For a bow to shoot its arrow effectively or to launch it.

صامىverb
  1. 1.
    to taste deathclassical

    To taste or experience death.

أصمىverb
  1. 1.
    to cause to taste deathclassical

    To cause someone to taste or experience death.

صمياءnoun
  1. 1.
    unwavering determinationclassical

    A state of being resolute and unyielding in pursuing a matter.

Parallel reading

التقلّب والوثب؛ نقله الجوهري وابن سيده.
Agility and leaping; narrated by Al-Jauhari and Ibn Sidah.
أصل الصميان، لغة؛ (السرعة) والخفة؛ وقد (صمى وأصمى) إذا أسرع.
The origin of 'al-sumyān' is a linguistic term for speed and lightness; and one says 'samā wa-aṣmā' if they hastened.
الصميان: الشجاع الصادق الحملة.
Al-Sumyān: The brave and truthful attacker.
هو الرجل التمضاء على الأمور.
He is the man who is decisive in matters.
ذو التوثب على الناس.
One who attacks people with aggression.
أصمى الصيد: رماه فقتله مكانه.
He struck the prey and killed it in its place.
كل ما أصميت ودع ما أنميت.
Whatever you strike and kill instantly, leave what you wound and let escape.
الإصماء أن ترميه فيموت بين يديك لم يغب عنك.
Al-Ismā' is to shoot it and it dies before you, not hidden from your sight.
أصمى الفرس على لجامه: إذا عض عليه ومضى.
The horse struck its bridle: if it bit it and proceeded.
وصمى الصيد يصمي: إذا مات مكانه.
And the prey died in place, from the pattern 'yarmī'.
صمى الأمر فلانا يصميه: حل به.
The matter befell him, it befalls him: it happened to him.
ما صماك عليه: أي ما حملك عليه.
What drove you to it: meaning what compelled you to it.
انصمى عليه: انصب.
He rushed upon it: he descended.
إني انصميت من السماء عليكم حتى اختطفتك يا فرزدق من علوفي.
Indeed, I descended upon you from the sky until I snatched you, O Farazdaq, from my grazing lands.
كما ينصمي البازي إذا انقض.
As the hawk swoops when it dives.
الصميان من الرجال: الشديد المحتنك السن، أو الذي ينصمي على الناس بالأذى.
Al-Sumyān among men: the strong, experienced, or one who attacks people with harm.
هو الجريء على العاصي.
He is the bold one against the disobedient.
أصمت القوس الرمية: أنقذتها.
The bow shot the arrow: you launched it.
كالقوس تصمي الرمايا وهي مرنان.
Like a bow that shoots arrows while it is resonant.
صامى منيته وأصماها: ذاقها.
He tasted his death and caused it to be tasted: he experienced it.
لا صمياء له ولا عمياء من ذاك إذا أكب على الأمر فلم يقطع منه.
He has no unwavering resolve nor blindness from that if he is intent on a matter and does not deviate from it.