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صَمَى

Root: صمي

Form: 1

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صَمَىI , Present.T يَصْمِى, Verbal.Noun صَمَيَانٌ, He hastened, made haste, sped, or went quickly; and was light, active, or agile; this is said by Aboo-Is-hák [i. e. Zj] to be the primary signification; as also .
2 And صَمَيَانٌ, likewise an Verbal.Noun of which the verb is صَمَى, Present.T as above, said of a man, signifies [also] The act of escaping, or getting loose or at liberty, syn. تَفَلُّتٌ, (M, and so in some copies of the S, in other copies of the S and in the K تَقَلُّبٌ, [but the latter I regard as a mistake, and so it is said to be in the TK,]) and leaping.
3 صَمَى, Present.T as above, Verbal.Noun صَمْىٌ, said of an animal that is an object of the chase, means He died in one's sight, or on the spot.

def.2 صَمَاهُ الأَمْرُ, Present.T as above, The thing, or event, betided him, or befell him.
2 And مَاصَمَاكَ عَلَيْهِ What incited, urged, induced, or made, thee to do it?
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