سَمَا
Root: سمو
Form: 1
Full Definition
2 سَمَالِىَ الشَّىْءُ The thing became raised from afar so that I plainly distinguished it: or, as in the S, سَمَا لِىَ الشَّخْصُ the form, or figure, seen from a distance, rose, or became raised, to me [i. e. to my view] so that I plainly distinguished it.
3 سَمَا الهِلَالُ The moon near the change rose مُرْتَفِعًا [app. meaning upreared, not decumbent: see أَدْفَقُ].
4 [سَمَا لَهُ or نَحْوَهُ He rose, and betook himself, to, or towards, him, or it. Hence,] مَاسَمَوْتُ لَكُمْ I will not [or I did not] rise and hasten to fight you.
5 سَمَا بَصَرَهُ His sight, or eye, rose, or became raised. [And سَمَاطَرْفُهُ lit. signifies the same; but means
6 سَمَا is also said of him who is termed حَسِيبٌ and شَرِيفٌ [i. e. it signifies He was, or became, noble; or high, or exalted, in rank].
7 سَمَتة هِمَّتُهُ إِلَى مَعَالِى الأُمْورِ [His ambition soared, or aspired, to high things, or the means of attaining eminence;] he sought glory, or might, and eminence.
8 سَمَابِى شَوْقَ بَعْدَ أَنْ كَانَ أَقْصَرَ [A yearning, or longing, of the soul arose in me after it had ceased].
9 هُمْ يَسْمُونَ عَلَى المِائَةِ They exceed [or are above] the number of a hundred.
10 سَمَوْا, and , They went forth to pursue the animals of the chase in their deserts: [or] one says of the hunter, or sportsman, يَسْمُو الوَحْشَ, and , meaning he sees, or looks to see, (يَتَعَيَّنُ,) the coming forth of the wild animals, and pursues them.
11 سَمَا الفَحْلُ, Verbal.Noun سَمَاوَةٌ, The stallion sprang, or rushed, upon, or he overbore, his she-camels that had passed seven or eight months since the period of their bringing forth.
def.2 سَمَابِهِ: see 4.
def.3 See also 2.
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