سَامٍ
Root: سمو
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سَامٍ
[High, or lofty; as also
سَمِىٌّ : pl. of the former سَوَامٍ; applied to women as pl. of سَامِيَةٌ, whence the phrase سَوَامِى الطَّرْفِ in a verse cited voce بُضْعٌ; and to irrational animals, as in an instance here following]. One says القُرُومُ السَّوَامِى
The stallions [meaning the stallion-camels high in their heads, or] raising their heads high. And سَامِيَاتٌ, [pl. of سَامِيَةٌ,] applied to camels, That raise, or raise high, their eyes and their heads. And رَدَدْتُ مِنْ سَامِى
طَرْفِهِ [app. an elliptical phrase, نَخْوَتَهُ or a similar word being understood; i. e.
2 [Also act. part. n. of 1 in all its senses.
3 And hence,] سُمَاةٌ, of which it is the sing., signifies Hunters going forth to the chase: an epithet in which the quality of a subst. predominates: or, as some say, hunters in the day-time, peculiarly: or hunters wearing the socks, or stockings, called مِسْمَاة.
2 [Also act. part. n. of 1 in all its senses.
3 And hence,] سُمَاةٌ, of which it is the sing., signifies Hunters going forth to the chase: an epithet in which the quality of a subst. predominates: or, as some say, hunters in the day-time, peculiarly: or hunters wearing the socks, or stockings, called مِسْمَاة.
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