سَمَّهُ
Root: سم
Form: 1
Full Definition
2 [Hence, perhaps, He suggested it, إِلَيْهِ to him: a signification mentioned by Freytag, but without any indication of the authority.]
3 [And, app., It perforated it; transpierced it; or pierced, or passed, through it: for it is said that] مَسَمٌّ may be an Verbal.Noun of the verb [signifying نَفَذَ], and may also signify a place of نُفُوذ.
4 And, Present.T
5 Also, Verbal.Noun سَمٌّ i. q. شَدَّهُ [He made it firm, fast, or strong; &c.]: [or this may be a mistranscription for سَدَّهُ; for] you say, سَمَمْتُ القَارُورَةَوَنَحْوَهَا, Verbal.Noun as above, meaning سَدَدْتُ [i. e. I closed, stopped, or stopped up, the flask, or bottle, and the like].
6 Also, Present.T
7 And سَمٌّ الوَدَعَ He strung the وَدَع [or cowries]; which, when strung, are termed سُمَّةٌ and سُمٌّ
8 سَمَّهُ, Verbal.Noun سَمٌّ, signifies also He appropriated it to a particular, peculiar, or special, object. You say, سَمَّ النِّعْمَةَ He so appropriated the benefit, or bounty. And سَمَّتِ النِّعْمَةُ The benefit, or bounty, was, or became, particular, peculiar, or special, as to its object: the verb being intrans. as well as trans. El-'Ajjáj says,
or the latter hemistich isهُوَ الَّذِى أَنْعَمَ نُعْمَى عَمَّتْ عَلَى الَّذِينَ أَسْلَمُوا وَسَمَّتْ
[He is the Being who has bestowed bounty that has been general and that has been particular upon those who have become Muslims, or upon the countries, namely, our Lord]: he means that it has reached all.عَلَى البِلَادِ رَبُّنَا وَسَمَّتْ
9 [And i. q. قَصَدَهُ:] you say, سَمَمْتُ سَمَّكَ, i. e. قَصَدْتُ قَصْدَكَ [which means I tended, repaired, betook myself, or directed my course, towards thee; or I have tended, &c.: and also I pursued, or have pursued, thy way, or course, doing like thee].
def.2 [سُمَّ It was smitten by the wind called سُمُوم; applied to a plant; and in like manner to a man: see its part. n., مَسْمُومٌ. And] سُمَّ يَوْمُنَا, with damm [to the س], Our day was, or became, attended with the wind called سَمُوم.
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