سَمِينٌ
Root: سمن
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سَمِينٌ
Fat, or plump; contr. of
مُهْزُولٌ; or having much flesh and fat; and
سَامِنٌ signifies the same: fem. with ة: [see سَاحّق:] pl. سِمَانٌ, used instead of سُمَنَآءُ, which they did not say: accord. to Lh, مُسْمِنٌ signifies fat, or plump, by nature; applied to a man: and some say اِمْرَأَةٌ meaning a woman fat, or plump, syn. سَمِينَةٌ, or
امرأة , like مُكْرَمَةٌ [in measure], meaning [a woman rendered fat, or plump,] by nature; and بِالأَدْوِيَةِ [rendered fat, or plump, by medicines]; and woe, on the day of resurrection, by reason of languor in the bones, is denounced in a trad. against women who make use of medicine to render themselves thus.
2 [Hence,] أَرْضٌ سَمِينَةٌ
3 And كَلَامٌ سَمِينٌ
4 See also مَسْمُونٌ.
2 [Hence,] أَرْضٌ سَمِينَةٌ
3 And كَلَامٌ سَمِينٌ
4 See also مَسْمُونٌ.
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