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اسماهُ

Root: سمو

Form: 4

Full Definition

اسماهُIV He raised, upraised, uplifted, upreared, exalted, or elevated, him, or it; as also سَمَا بِهِ [lit. he rose, &c., with him, or it].
2 أَسْمَيْتُهُ مِنْ بَلَدٍ I made him to go up, or away, from a town, or country.
3 اسمانا, or , He, or it, incited us to hunt, or chase: so says Th.

def.2 Also He looked at, or towards, his, or its سَمَاوَة [expl. immediately before the mention of this phrase in the M as meaning the form, or figure, seen from a distance, and the aspect, of anything].

def.3 And اسمى He took the direction of, or came to, Es-Semáweh (السَّمَاوَة, S, M) a certain water in the desert (البَادِيَة, M) or a place between El-Koofeh and Syria, a well-known desert.

def.4 See also 2.
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