تسمّى
Root: سمو
Form: 5
Full Definition
تسمّىV
[expl. by Golius, first, as meaning Altus fuit, eminuit; like سَمَا; but for this he names no authority, and I find none for it.
def.2 ] He named himself.
2 تسمّى بِزَيْدٍ He was named Zeyd: تسمّى بِكَذَا means Such a thing became his name: it is quasi-pass. of سَمَّاهُ and أَسْمَاهُ.
3 And تسمّى بِبَنِى فُلَانٍ, or بِالقَوْمِ, and إِلَيْهِمْ, He asserted his relationship to the sons of such a one [by the assumption of a name of relationship to them], or to the people.
def.2 ] He named himself.
2 تسمّى بِزَيْدٍ He was named Zeyd: تسمّى بِكَذَا means Such a thing became his name: it is quasi-pass. of سَمَّاهُ and أَسْمَاهُ.
3 And تسمّى بِبَنِى فُلَانٍ, or بِالقَوْمِ, and إِلَيْهِمْ, He asserted his relationship to the sons of such a one [by the assumption of a name of relationship to them], or to the people.
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