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صَرِيمٌ

Root: صرم

Full Definition

صَرِيمٌ i. q. مَصْرُومٌ , Cut; cut through; or cut off, or severed: and having the fruit cut off; syn. مَجْدُودٌ; applied to palm-trees (نَخْل). And the former, A heap (كُدْس) of corn or the like that has been cut, or of which the produce has been cut off; syn. مَصْرُومٌ . And Whose ear has been cut off entirely (اَلَّذِى صُرِمَتْ أُذُنُهُ): pl. صُرْمٌ. (TA. [See also the fem., with ة, voce بَحِيرَةٌ, where the pl. is said to be صُرُمٌ.])
2 [Applied to the lungs, it means properly Burst asunder. Hence the saying,] جَآءَ صَرِيمَ سَحَرٍ, [so in copies of the K, accord. the TA سِحْر, but correctly either سَحَرٍ or سَحْرٍ q. v., in the CK باءَ and صَرِيمُ, which last word is obviously wrong,] meaning He came disappointed of attaining what he desired, or sought, and in a state of despair. And هُوَ صَرَيمُ سحرٍ عَلَى هٰذَا الأَمْرِ [i. e. صَرِيمُ سَحْرٍ or سَحَرٍ] He is wearied and eager for this thing, or affair.
3 Also An affair decided, determined, or resolved, upon.
4 Used as a subst., see صَرِيمَةٌ, in two places.
5 Also The daybreak, or dawn; because cut off from the night; as also صَرِيمَةٌ : and the night; because cut off from the day; or the dark night: thus having two contr. meanings: and a portion thereof; i. e., of the night; as also صَرِيمَةٌ : and صَرِيمَا اللَّيْلِ the first and last parts, or beginning and end, of the night. The phrase in the Kur [lxviii. 20] فَأَصْبَحَتٌ كَٱلصَّرِيمِ means [And it became in the morning] burnt up and black like the night: or like the dark night, being burnt up: or like the black night: or like the day, by its whiteness from excessive dryness: or like that garden of which the fruits have been cut off: or like the sands [that are termed صَرِيم (see صَرِيمَةٌ)]: or the meaning of صريم in this instance is that which here next follows.
6 Black land, that does not give growth to anything.
7 And A piece of wood, or stick, which is placed across upon the mouth of a kid, or of a young weaned camel, and then tied to his head, in order that he may not such.

def.2 See also صَارِمٌ.
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