سَمَامٌ

Root: سم

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سَمَامٌ A sort of bird, less than the species called قَطًا, in make, like the سُمَانَى [or quail]: [accord. to explanations of سَمَامَةٌ in the MA, mountain-swallows: or, accord. to the same and Meyd, birds like swallows: accord. to Dmr, as stated by Golius, i. q. طير ابابيل: but this is app. said in relation to an assertion of 'Áïsheh, mentioned in art. ابل in the Msb, that the birds termed أَبَابِيل in the Kur cv. 3 were most like to swallows:] the word is a pl., [or rather a coll. gen. n.,] and the sing. [or n. un.] is with , pl. سَمَائِمُ: see سَمَاسِمُ.
2 And hence, as being likened thereto, A banner, an ensign, or a standard; syn. لِوَآءٌ: or so سَمَامَةٌ .
3 And [hence, also, perhaps, without ة, as in a verse cited by IB and in the TA, for the coll. gen. n. may be used as a sing.,] A swift she-camel: [pl. سَمَائِمُ, mentioned by Freytag, from Reiske, as signifying swift she-camels.]
4 Also, and سَمْسَامٌ and سُمَاسِمٌ and سُمْسُمَانٌ and سُمْسُمَانِىٌّ , applied to anything, [of men and of beasts &c.,] Light, active, or agile, and slender, and swift; and so : (M: [thus there written; not سَمَامَةٌ nor سَمْسَامَةٌ, though both of these are app. correct:]) or سَمْسَامٌ and سُمْسُمَانِىٌّ , applied to a man, signify light, or active, or agile, and swift, or quick; and سُمْسُمٌ so applied, and and سَمَامَةٌ , applied to a woman, signify light, or active, or agile, and slender: or سُمْسُمٌ , applied to a man, signifies [simply] light, or active, or agile.

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