سُمْسُمٌ
Root: سم
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سُمْسُمٌ
; and its fem., with ة: see سَمَامٌ, last sentence, in three places.
def.2 Also, the former, and سِمْسِمٌ , or the latter is a mistake, [ascribed in the K to J,] Red ants: n. un. with ة: or سُمْسُمَةٌ and سِمْسِمَةٌ signify a certain insect, a red ant; as also سَمَامَةٌ : accord. to Lth, an insect of the form of the اكلة [app. a mistranscription for نَمْلَة, i. e. ant], of a red colour: Az says, I have seen it in the desert, and it bites, or stings, painfully: pl. سَمَاسِمُ, said by Aboo-Kheyreh to be certain things found in El-Basrah, that bite vehemently, having longish heads, and the colours of which incline to redness. See سَمَاسِمُ below.
def.2 Also, the former, and سِمْسِمٌ , or the latter is a mistake, [ascribed in the K to J,] Red ants: n. un. with ة: or سُمْسُمَةٌ and سِمْسِمَةٌ signify a certain insect, a red ant; as also سَمَامَةٌ : accord. to Lth, an insect of the form of the اكلة [app. a mistranscription for نَمْلَة, i. e. ant], of a red colour: Az says, I have seen it in the desert, and it bites, or stings, painfully: pl. سَمَاسِمُ, said by Aboo-Kheyreh to be certain things found in El-Basrah, that bite vehemently, having longish heads, and the colours of which incline to redness. See سَمَاسِمُ below.
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