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صّمَّ

Root: صم

Form: 1

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صّمَّI , and صَمِمَ, which is extr., [first pers. of each صَمِمْتُ,] Present.T يَصَمُّ, Verbal.Noun صَمَمٌ and صَمٌّ; and ; He was, or became, deaf; [or] he had a stoppage of the ear, and a heaviness of hearing. And صَمَّتِ الأُذُنُ, Present.T as above, Verbal.Noun صَمَمٌ, The ear was, or became, deaf.
2 [And He was, or became, as though he heard not.] One says, صَمَّ عَنْهُ [He was as though he heard not him, or it; he was deaf to him, or it]; and عَنْهُ [meaning the same].
3 [Hence صَمَّ signifies also He or it, uttered, or made, no sound or noise; like him who, not hearing, returns no reply to a call or question; was dumb, or mute.] One says, صَمَّتْ حَصَاةٌ بِدَمٍ [A pebble made no sound in falling upon the ground by reason of blood]; i. e. the blood was so copious that if one threw a pebble into it no sound would be heard in consequence thereof, because it would not fall upon the ground: the saying is a prov. And hence the saying of Imra-el-Keys, صمِّى ٱبْنَةَ الجَبَلِ, in the following verse: بُدِّلْتُ مِنْ وَائِلٍ وَكِنْدَةَ عَدْ وَانَ وَفَهْمًا صَمِّى ٱبْنَةَ الجَبَلِ [I have been given in exchange, for Wáïl and Kindeh,' Adwán and Fahm: make no sound, O pebble: app. meaning that he would shed much blood]: or the meaning is, O echo; so they assert: or O calamity; the saying being a prov.; applied to the case of a severe calamity; as though meaning be dumb, O calamity; said by As to be applied in relation to an event deemed excessively foul or evil: or O serpent; which is said to be the primary meaning: or O rock. One says also, صَمَّ صَدَاهُ [His echo became dumb, or may his echo become dumb;] meaning he perished, or may he perish. And صَمِّى صَمَامِ [in the CK erroneously written صُمِّى] meaning Increase, O calamity: or it is applied to a man who brings to pass a calamity, and means be dumb, O calamity: or صَمَامِ means calamity, and war; but primarily, the serpent; and this saying, like صَمِّى ٱبْنَةَ الجَبَلِ, is a prov. said when two parties refuse to make peace, and persist in opposition; meaning answer not the charmer, O serpent, but continue as thou art wont to be.
4 صَمَمٌ in relation to stones, or stone, [app. as an Verbal.Noun,] signifies The being hard [and solid (see أَصَمُّ)]; or [as a simple subst.] hardness [and solidity]: and in relation to a spear-shaft, the being compact; or compactness. One says, صَمَّ الحَجَرُ, Verbal.Noun صَمَمٌ, The stone was hard [and solid]. And صَمَّتِ الفِتْنَةُ, meaning [The trial, or civil war, &c.,] was, or became, hard, vehement, or severe.

def.2 صَمَّ القَارُورَةَ, or صَمٌّ رَأْسَ القَارُورَةِ, Present.T صَمُمَ (PS, [in a copy of the M صَمِمَ contr. to a general rule in the case of a trans. verb of this class, and app. a mistranscription,]) Verbal.Noun صَمٌّ, He stopped the flask or bottle [app. with a صَمَام]: or he stopped the head of the flask or bottle, and bound it; as also : or اصمّ القَارُورَةَ signifies he put a صِمَام to the flask or bottle.
2 And صَمَّ الجُرْحَ, Present.T صَمُمَ Verbal.Noun صَمٌّ, He bound the wound, and put upon it a bandage with medicament.
3 And صَمَّهُ, Verbal.Noun صَمٌّ, He struck him, or it, i. e. his head, with a staff, or stick, and with a stone, and with the like thereof. And صُمَّ, with damm, He was struck vehemently.
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