سَمِىٌّ
Root: سمو
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سَمِىٌّ
: see سَامٍ, in two places.
2 [Also] A competitor, or contender for superiority, in highness, loftiness, or eminence, or in glory, or excel-lence; i. q. مُسَامٍ , and مُطَاوِلٌ: thus the word, in the accus. case, is said to signify in the Kur xix. 66: or it there has the meaning here next following.
3 A like, or an equal: and this meaning the word, in the accus. case, is said by some to have in the Kur xix. 8: or in this instance it has the meaning here following.
4 A namesake of another.
5 The fem. is سَمِيَّةٌ.
2 [Also] A competitor, or contender for superiority, in highness, loftiness, or eminence, or in glory, or excel-lence; i. q. مُسَامٍ , and مُطَاوِلٌ: thus the word, in the accus. case, is said to signify in the Kur xix. 66: or it there has the meaning here next following.
3 A like, or an equal: and this meaning the word, in the accus. case, is said by some to have in the Kur xix. 8: or in this instance it has the meaning here following.
4 A namesake of another.
5 The fem. is سَمِيَّةٌ.
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