اصمّ
Root: صم
Form: 4
Full Definition
اصمّIV
, intrans.: see 1, first and fourth sentences.
def.2 اصمّهُ He, or it, rendered him deaf; [or] caused him to have a stoppage of the ear, and a heaviness of hearing.
2 [Hence,] أَصَمَّنِى الكَلَامَ He, or it, diverted me from hearing the speech; as though he, or it, rendered me deaf.
3 [Hence, اصمّهُ signifies also He, or it, caused him to be as though he heard not.
4 And hence, He, or it, caused him, or it, to utter, or make, no sound or noise; like him who, not hearing, returns no reply to a call, or question; to be dumb, or mute.] One says, أَصَمَّ ٱللّٰهُ صَدَاهُ [May God make his echo to return no sound;] meaning may God destroy him: a prov., said in imprecating death upon a man; the صدي being that which returns the like of his voice, or cry, from the mountains &c.; and when a man dies, the صدي hears not from him anything that it should answer him, so that it is as though it were deaf. [In the vulgar language, likewise signifies He silenced him, reduced him to silence, or closed his mouth: so says De Sacy, in his Chrest. Arabe, sec. ed., iii. 379.]
5 And اصمّهُ [in the CK اَصْمَمَهُ] also signifies He found him to be أَصَمّ [i. e. deaf]. One says, نَادَاهُ فَأَصَمَّهُ [He called him, or called to him, and found him to be deaf]. And أَصَمَّ دُعَاؤُهُ His call found persons deaf to it, who would not hear his censure.
6 See also 1, near the end.
def.2 اصمّهُ He, or it, rendered him deaf; [or] caused him to have a stoppage of the ear, and a heaviness of hearing.
2 [Hence,] أَصَمَّنِى الكَلَامَ
3 [Hence, اصمّهُ signifies also
4 And hence,
5 And اصمّهُ [in the CK اَصْمَمَهُ] also signifies He found him to be أَصَمّ [i. e. deaf]. One says, نَادَاهُ فَأَصَمَّهُ [He called him, or called to him, and found him to be deaf]. And أَصَمَّ دُعَاؤُهُ His call found persons deaf to it, who would not hear his censure.
6 See also 1, near the end.