اِسْمٌ
Root: سمو
Full Definition
اِسْمٌ
, with the conjunctive ا, [i. e. written ٱسْمٌ,] but this is made disjunctive by poetic license [as well as when the word commences a sentence], usually with kesr [when the | is disjunctive], and اُسْمٌ, of the dial. of Benoo-'Amr-Ibn-Temeem and of Kudá'ah, mentioned by IAar, and
سِمٌ and
and
, and
سُمًا and
and
سَمًا , [The name of a thing; i. e.] a sign [such as may be uttered or written] conveying knowledge of a thing; syn. عَلَامَةٌ: and a word applied to denote a substance or an accident or attribute, for the purpose of distinction: [or a substantive in the proper sense of this term, i. e. a real substantive; and a substance in a tropical sense of this term, i. e. an ideal substantive:] as expl. by El-Munáwee, in the “ Towkeef, ” the اسم is that which denotes a meaning in itself unconnected with any of the three times [past and present and future]: if denoting what subsists by itself, it is termed
اِسْمُ عَيْنٍ; and if denoting what does not subsist by itself, [i. e. an accident or attribute,] whether existent, as
العِلْمُ [i. e. knowledge], or non-existent, as
الجَهْلُ [i. e. ignorance], it is termed
اِسْمُ مَعْنًى: the pl. is أَسْمَآءٌ [a pl. of pauc.] and أَسْمَاوَاتٌ, the latter said by Lh to be a pl. of اِسْمٌ, but it is rather a pl. of أَسْمَآءٌ, for otherwise there is no way of accounting for it, and أَسَامٍ and أَسَامِىُّ are [likewise] pls. of أَسْمَآءٌ: the word ٱسْمٌ [i. e. اِسْمٌ or اُسْمٌ] is derived from سَمَوْتُ, or from السُّمُوُّ, because the اسم is a means of raising into notice the thing denoted thereby, and making it known: it is of the measure اِفْعٌ [or اُفْعٌ, accord. to different dialects], the last radical, و, being wanting in it, and the hemzeh [or rather |] being prefixed by way of compensation for it, accord to a general rule; for it is originally سِمْوٌ or سُمْوٌ, its pl. being أَسْمَآءٌ, and its dim. being
سُمَىٌّ [originally سَمَيْوٌ]: some of the Koofees hold that it is from الوَسْمُ, meaning العَلَامَةُ, the و, which is the primal radical, being rejected, and the hemzeh [or |] being substituted for it, so that its measure is اِعْلٌ [or اُعْلٌ]; but this is a weak opinion, for, were it so, the dim. would be وَسَيْمٌ and the pl. would be أَوْسَامٌ. One says, اِسْمُ هٰذَا كَذَا [The name of this is thus, or such a word]; and if you will you may say, اُسْمُ هٰذا كذا; and in like manner, and
: Lh says that اِسْمُهُ فُلَانٌ [His name is Such a one] is the [common] phrase of the Arabs; and he mentions اُسْمُهُ فُلَانٌ as heard from [the tribe of] Benoo-'Amr-Ibn-Temeem: and Ks cites, as heard from some of [the tribe of] Benoo-Kudá'ah, the saying,
2 [Hence,] ٱسْمٌ signifies also
[In the name of Him whose name is in every chapter of the Kur-án], and as heard from others, not of Kudá'ah. سِرْ عَلَى ٱسْمِ ٱللّٰهِ is an elliptical phrase [for سِرْ مُعْتَمِدًا عَلَى ذِكْرِ ٱسْمِ ٱللّٰهِ Journey thou relying upon the mention of the name of God]. (IJ, M in art. دل: see دَلِيلٌ.)بِٱسْمِ ٱلَّذِى فِى كُلِّ سُورَةٍ
2 [Hence,] ٱسْمٌ signifies also
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