صَمْغٌ
Root: صمغ
Full Definition
صَمْغٌ
and
صَمَغٌ , the latter mentioned by ISd on the authority of AHn, [Gum; i. e.] the fluid that exudes from the trees called
عِضَاه
and the like of these: it is of many sorts: that which is called
الصَّمْغُ العَرَبِىُّ
is the
صَمْغ
of the
طَلْح, which is said to be the same [tree] that is called أُمُّ غَيْلَانَ: or the mucilage (غِرَآء) of the [tree called] قَرَظ [and more commonly سَنْط, i. e. the mimosa Nilotica, also called acacia Nilotica]; and this is what is called
الصَّمْغُ العَرَبِىُّ; not the
صَمْغ
of the
طَلْح; J [and others] having erred [in asserting it to be this]: [but] every tree also has
صَمْغ: (K: [this last assertion, however, is questionable; for صَمْغ seems to signify properly gum, or juice that exudes from certain trees and concretes:]) the n. un., or term applied to a portion thereof, is صَمْغَةٌ and صَمَغَةٌ: and the pl. is صُمُوغٌ: among صُمُوغ [i. e. sorts of
صَمْغ], the مُقْل [q. v.] is said to be included; but this is not known. It is said in a prov., تَرَكْتُهُ عَلَى مِثْلِ مَقْرِفِ الصَّمْغَةِ [I left him in a condition like that of the place where the piece of gum has been pared off]: this is when one has left a person nothing; for the صمغة is plucked off from its tree until there remains not upon it what would retain one's life: or, as some relate it, عَلَى مِثْلِ مَقْلَعِ الصَّمْغَةِ [in a condition like that of the place where the piece of gum has been plucked off]; meaning, without anything remaining to him; because, when the gum is plucked off, there remains not any trace of it. And in a trad. of El-Hajjáj occurs the saying, لَأَقْلَعَنَّكَ قَلْعَ
الصَّمْغَةِ [I will assuredly pluck thee away with the plucking away of the piece of gum]; meaning I will assuredly extirpate thee. [
2 Also Resin; see عِلْكٌ.]
2 Also Resin; see عِلْكٌ.]
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