Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

سَمَامَةٌ

Root: سم

Full Definition

سَمَامَةٌ : see سَمَامٌ, in three places:

def.2 and see سُمْسُمٌ.

def.3 Also A certain feather, (دَائِرَة, M, K, TA,) which is approved by the Arabs, in the neck of the horse, in the middle of the neck of the horse, or in the side of his neck.

def.4 And The شَخْص [or corporeal form or figure, or person,] of a man: or, as some say, the aspect; as in the saying, هُوَ بَهِىُّ السَّمَامَةِ [He is beautiful, or pleasing, in aspect].
2 And A portion standing up of ruined dwellings.


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