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تَسْمِيتٌ

Root: سمت

Form: 2

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تَسْمِيتٌII The keeping to the سَمْت [i. e. road, &c.]. It is said in a trad., فَٱنْطَلَقْتُ لَا أَدْرِى أَيْنَ أَذْهَبُ إِلَّا أَنَّنِى أُسَمِّتُ, meaning [And I departed, not knowing whither I should go, but] I kept to the course, or direction, of the road: or as some say, I prayed to God.
2 Also The mentioning of God, or, as in some copies of the S, the mentioning of the name of God, [like تَسْمِيَةٌ, Verbal.Noun of سَمَّى,] upon, or over, a thing, or in any case. One says, سَمَّتَ عَلَى الطَّعَامِ He mentioned the name of God upon, or over, the food.
3 And سمّت لَهُ and عَلَيْهِ, Verbal.Noun تَسْمِيتٌ, He prayed for what was good for him; prayed for a blessing upon him; as also شمّت. (L and TA in art. شمت, q. v.) In a trad. respecting eating, it is said, سَمُّوا ٱللّٰهَ وَدَنُّوا وَسَمِّتُوا, meaning [Pronounce ye the name of God, and take what is next you of the food, or make your words to be near together, (see 2 in arts. دنو and سمو,) and,] when ye have ended, invoke a blessing upon him at whose abode or table ye have eaten.
4 التَّسْنِيتُ also signifies, or تَسْمِيتُ العَاطِسِ, The praying for the sneezer; saying, هَدَاكَ ٱللّٰهُ إِلَى السَّمْتِ [May God guide thee to the right, or good, course]; because the person sneezing is disturbed and disquieted: so says AAF: or the saying to him, يَرْحَمُكَ ٱللّٰهُ [May God have mercy on thee]: or التَّسْمِيتُ signifies the saying بَارَكَ ٱللّٰهُ فِيكَ [May God bless thee]: it is with س and with ش: one says سَمَّتَهُ, i. e. سَمَّتَ العَاطِسَ, meaning He prayed for the sneezer, [saying as above,] and شَمَّتَهُ: Th says that the former is preferred, or is the original, being from السَّمْتُ signifying القَصْدُ, and الهُدَى, and الاِسْتِقَامَةُ, and المَحَجَّةُ, or الطَّرِيقُ; as though one made a person his object by this prayer; and that the س is changed [by some] into ش: but A 'Obeyd says that the pronunciation with ش is of higher authority, and more common. The Prophet said, When any of you sneezes, let him say, الحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ [Praise be to God]; and he who prays for him (الَّذِى يُشَنِّتُهُ [or يُسَمِّتُهُ]), يَرْحَمُكَ ٱللّٰهُ; and let him [i. e. the sneezer] say [in reply], يَهْدِيكُمُ ٱللّٰهُ وَيُصْلِحُ بَالَكُمْ [May God direct you aright, and render good your state, or condition, or case].
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