صَكَّةٌ

Root: صك

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صَكَّةٌ The vehemence of the midday-heat in summer: or the most vehement heat of midday in summer: and it is prefixed to عُمَىّ: one says, لَقِيُتُه صَكَّةَ عُمَىٍّ, a prov., meaning I met him in the most vehement heat of midday in summer when the heat almost blinded by its vehemence: for عُمَىّ is said to be an abbreviated dim. of أَعْمَى: and by it is said to be meant the gazelle, because he is dazzled and confounded in the midday-heats of summer, and knocks against the thing that is before him: some say, صَكَّةَ حُمَىٍّ, from حَمِيَتِ الشَّمْسُ: and some assert that عُمَىّ means the heat, itself: or it is the name of a certain man [as will be found expl. in art. عمى, with variations of this saying].

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