سمّرهُ
Root: سمر
Form: 2
Full Definition
def.2 سمّر اللَّبَنَ, Verbal.Noun تَسْمِيرٌ; and , Present.T ـُ; He made the milk thin with water; made it to be what is termed سَمَار [q. v.].
def.3 سمّر, Verbal.Noun as above, is also syn. with شَمَّرَ and أَرْسَلَ. You say, سمّر سَهْمَهُ He discharged, or shot, his arrow; as also : or the former, he discharged it, or shot it, hastily; opposed to خَرْقَلَ; for one says, سَمِّرْ فَقَدْ أَخْطَبَكَ الصَّيْدُ [Discharge, or shoot, thine arrow quickly, for the game has become within thy power], and خَرْقِلْ حَتَّى يُخْطِبَكَ [Discharge, or shoot, deliberately, in order that it may become within thy power]. One says also, سمّر جَارِيَتَهُ He dismissed his female slave, or let her go free. A 'Obeyd says that this is the only instance in which سمّر, with س, has been heard [in this sense: but several other instances have been mentioned]. You also say, سمّر الإِبِلَ He let the camels go, or left them: and he hastened them; syn. كَمَّشَهَا; as also ; originally with ش: or he sent them, or left them, to pasture by themselves, without a pastor, by night [which is perhaps the more proper meaning ] or by day; syn. أَهْمَلَهَا. And سمّر السَّفِينَةَ He sent off, or launched forth, the ship; let it go; or let it take its course.
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