سَمٌّ
Root: سم
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سَمٌّ
Poison, or vemom; or deadly poison or venom; or the poison, or venom, of the serpent; a certain deadly thing, well known; as also
سُمٌّ , which is of the dial. of the people of El-'Áliyeh, and is said to be the most chaste; and
سِمٌّ , which is [said to be] of the dial. of Temeem, [but is thought by SM to be vulgar, and] accord. to Yoo, the first is of the dial. of Temeem, and this is the most common of the three: pl. سِمَامٌ and سُمُومٌ: and
سَمْسَمٌ signifies the same, in the sing. sense. [In some copies of the K, by a mistranscription (وَالسَّمِّ or وَالسُّمِّ for والسَّمُّ or وَالسُّمُّ) سَمٌّ or سُمٌّ is made to be syn. with سَمْسَمٌ as signifying “ a fox. ” That the right reading is that which I have followed is shown in the TA by an ex., in which سَمْسَم is spoken of as drunk.]
2 [Hence,] سَمُّ الفَأْرِ Arsenic; [in like manner called by us ratsbane;] syn. الشَّكُّ, i. e. الرَّهَجُ [which is a modern word for arsenic]. [Also applied in the present day to The hyoscyamus muticus of Linn. ]
3 And سَمُّ الحِمَارِ The [tree called] دِفْلَى [q. v.].
4 And سَمُّ السَّمَكِ The tree called مَاهِيزَهْرَهْ [or مَاهِى زَهْرَهْ], which latter appellation is Pers., meaning the same, [i. e. “ fish-poison, ”] and also known by the name of البُوصِيرُ: it is beneficial for pains of the joints, and pain of the hip and the back, and the نِقْرِس [i. e. gout, or specially gout in the foot or feet]; but the only part of its tree that is beneficial is its لِحَآء [or bark]: when somewhat thereof, kneaded mith leaven, is put into a pool of water, it intoxicates the fish thereof, so that they float upon the surface of the water: and its leaves burn in lamps in lieu of wicks, by reason of their oleaginous property.
5 سَمُّ أَبْرَصَ: see سَامٌّ.
def.2 Also, and سُمٌّ , and سِمٌّ , [but the last is thought by SM to be vulgar, in this sense as well as in the first,] A perforation, bore, or hole, of anything; or such as is narrow; for instance, [the eye] of a needle; as in the Kur vii. 38; [see جُمَّلٌ;] and the hole of the nose, and of the ear: pl. سُمُومٌ, or سِمَامٌ, or both. The سُمُوم and سِمَام of a human being are His mouth and his nostril and his ear, or his mouth and his nostrils and his ears; and the sing. is سَمٌّ and سُمٌّ : or the سُمُوم of a human being, and of a horse or the like, are the clefts (مَشَاقّ) of the skin thereof. And the سُمُوم of the horse are The thin portions of the hard bone, [extending] from the two sides of the nasal bone to the channels of the tears: sing. سَمٌّ: or, as some say, the سَمَّانِ, or the سَمّ, means two veins in the nose (أَنْف, M, or خَيْشُوم, S, K, [which latter often means the same as the former,]) of the horse: accord. to Lth, سُمُومٌ, as pl. of سَمٌّ, signifies the channels of the tears of the horse: AO says that in the face of the horse are سُمُوم; and the bareness of his سُمُوم is approved, and is regarded as indicative of generous breed. By the سُمُوم of the horse are also meant Any bone [or rather bones] in which is marrow. And the سُمُوم of a sword are Notches therein, whether new or old.
2 أَصَابَ سَمَّ حَاجَتِهِ [is app. from سَمٌّ as signifying the “ eye ” of a needle, or the like, and] means
3 [And hence, perhaps, though another derivation is asserted in what follows,] one says also, مَالَهُ سَمٌّ وَلَا حَمٌّ غَيْرُكَ and سُمٌّ وَلَا حُمٌّ, meaning
4 سَمٌّ also signifies The loop (عُرْوَة) of the [girth called] وَضِين: pl. سُمُومٌ. (TA. [See مُسَمَّمٌ.])
5 And Anything like وَدَع [or cowries] brought forth from the sea, and strung for ornament. And also, or سُمٌّ and سُمَّةٌ , Strung وَدَع [or cowries]: pl. سُمُومٌ.
2 [Hence,] سَمُّ الفَأْرِ Arsenic; [in like manner called by us ratsbane;] syn. الشَّكُّ, i. e. الرَّهَجُ [which is a modern word for arsenic]. [Also applied in the present day to The hyoscyamus muticus of Linn. ]
3 And سَمُّ الحِمَارِ The [tree called] دِفْلَى [q. v.].
4 And سَمُّ السَّمَكِ The tree called مَاهِيزَهْرَهْ [or مَاهِى زَهْرَهْ], which latter appellation is Pers., meaning the same, [i. e. “ fish-poison, ”] and also known by the name of البُوصِيرُ: it is beneficial for pains of the joints, and pain of the hip and the back, and the نِقْرِس [i. e. gout, or specially gout in the foot or feet]; but the only part of its tree that is beneficial is its لِحَآء [or bark]: when somewhat thereof, kneaded mith leaven, is put into a pool of water, it intoxicates the fish thereof, so that they float upon the surface of the water: and its leaves burn in lamps in lieu of wicks, by reason of their oleaginous property.
5 سَمُّ أَبْرَصَ: see سَامٌّ.
def.2 Also, and سُمٌّ , and سِمٌّ , [but the last is thought by SM to be vulgar, in this sense as well as in the first,] A perforation, bore, or hole, of anything; or such as is narrow; for instance, [the eye] of a needle; as in the Kur vii. 38; [see جُمَّلٌ;] and the hole of the nose, and of the ear: pl. سُمُومٌ, or سِمَامٌ, or both. The سُمُوم and سِمَام of a human being are His mouth and his nostril and his ear, or his mouth and his nostrils and his ears; and the sing. is سَمٌّ and سُمٌّ : or the سُمُوم of a human being, and of a horse or the like, are the clefts (مَشَاقّ) of the skin thereof. And the سُمُوم of the horse are The thin portions of the hard bone, [extending] from the two sides of the nasal bone to the channels of the tears: sing. سَمٌّ: or, as some say, the سَمَّانِ, or the سَمّ, means two veins in the nose (أَنْف, M, or خَيْشُوم, S, K, [which latter often means the same as the former,]) of the horse: accord. to Lth, سُمُومٌ, as pl. of سَمٌّ, signifies the channels of the tears of the horse: AO says that in the face of the horse are سُمُوم; and the bareness of his سُمُوم is approved, and is regarded as indicative of generous breed. By the سُمُوم of the horse are also meant Any bone [or rather bones] in which is marrow. And the سُمُوم of a sword are Notches therein, whether new or old.
2 أَصَابَ سَمَّ حَاجَتِهِ [is app. from سَمٌّ as signifying the “ eye ” of a needle, or the like, and] means
3 [And hence, perhaps, though another derivation is asserted in what follows,] one says also, مَالَهُ سَمٌّ وَلَا حَمٌّ غَيْرُكَ and سُمٌّ وَلَا حُمٌّ, meaning
4 سَمٌّ also signifies The loop (عُرْوَة) of the [girth called] وَضِين: pl. سُمُومٌ. (TA. [See مُسَمَّمٌ.])
5 And Anything like وَدَع [or cowries] brought forth from the sea, and strung for ornament. And also, or سُمٌّ and سُمَّةٌ , Strung وَدَع [or cowries]: pl. سُمُومٌ.
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