Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

سَامِرَةٌ

Root: سمر

Full Definition

سَامِرَةٌ : see سَامِرٌ.

def.2 السَّامِرَةُ and السَّمَرَةُ [The Samaritans; a people said to be] one of the tribes of the Children of Israel; or a sect, or people, of the Jews, differing from them in most, or in some, of their institutes: Zj says, they remain to this time in Syria, and are known by the appellation of : most of them are in the mountain of n-Nábulus: سَامِرِىٌّ is the rel. n. of السَّامِرَةُ.


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