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سمّدهُ

Root: سمد

Form: 2

Full Definition

سمّدهُII , Verbal.Noun تَسْمِيدٌ, He diverted him: [and in like manner, ; for] one says to a slave-songstress, أَسْمِدِينَا, [in one of my copies of the S, erroneously, اسْمُدِينَا,] meaning Divert thou us by singing.

def.2 سمّد الأَرْضَ, Verbal.Noun as above, He manured the land with سَمَاد [q. v.]: he dunged, or manured, the land; syn. زَبَّلَهَا. (M. [So in a copy of the M: in the TA زبلها, without teshdeed; and thus only, I believe, correctly; though it is commonly pronounced with teshdeed in the present day.])

def.3 سمد شَعَرَهُ, or الشَّعَرَ, Verbal.Noun as above, He removed utterly his hair, or the hair; taking the whole of it [in shaving]: a dial. var. of سبّد. تَسْمِيدُ الرَّأْسِ is The removing utterly the hair of the head [by shaving]: a dial. var. of تَسْبِيد.
2 And تَسْمِيدٌ is also used [alone, the objective complement being app. meant to be understood,] as meaning The leaving off, or neglecting, the anointing of oneself [or of one's hair], and washing: and so تَسْبِيدٌ. (A 'Obeyd, TA in art. سبد.)
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