Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

أَسْمَرُ

Root: سمر

Full Definition

أَسْمَرُ [Tawny, or brownish; dusky; dark-complexioned or dark-coloured;] of the colour termed سُمْرَةٌ [q. v.]: fem سَمْرَآءُ: and pl. سُمْرٌ. You say بَعِيرٌ أَسْمَرُ A camel of a white colour inclining to شُهْبَة [which is a hue wherein whiteness predominates over blackness]. And قَنَاةٌ سَمْرَآءُ [A tawny spearshaft]. And حِنْطَةٌ سَمْرَآءُ [Tawny wheat].
2 [Hence,] السَّمْرَآءُ Wheat: because of its colour. And الأَسْمَرَانِ Wheat and water: or water and the spear.
3 الأَسْمَرُ, also, signifies Milk: or milk of the gazelle: app. because of its colour.
4 And [for the same reason] السَّمْرَآءُ signifies also Coarse flour, or flour of the third quality, full of bran; syn. خُشْكَارٌ. You say السَّمْرَآءُ Bread made of such flour. (L in art. خُبْزُ السَّمْرَآءِ.)
5 And The [kind of milking-vessel called] خرج.
6 And عَامٌ أَسْمَرُ A year of drought, in which is no rain.


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