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صَامِتٌ

Root: صمت

Full Definition

صَامِتٌ Silent, mute, or speechless: pl. صَامِتُونَ [and صُمُوتٌ, occurring in the K in art. زم]. [Hence,] one says, مَا لَهُ صَامِتٌ وَلَا نَاطِقٌ [He has not mute nor vocal property; or he has not dead nor live stock]: by the former are meant gold and silver; and by the latter, camels, and sheep or goats, or animals: i. e. he has not aught.
2 Also, of camels, Twenty, and the like.
3 And of milk, Such as is thick.
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