صَمِيمٌ
Root: صم
Full Definition
صَمِيمٌ
The bone that is the [main] stay, or support, of the limb or member or the like; as the صميم [or principal bone] of the shank of a beast, and that of the head; opposed to وَشِيظٌ, because the latter is smaller than the former: and the thing that is the [main] stay, or support, of another thing.
2 [Hence,] The heart: so in a saying of a poet cited voce دَلَفَ.
3 And hence, also,
4 And
5 And
6 And The shell of the egg.
def.2 Also an epithet, applied to a man, and to a woman, and to two persons and to a pl. number,
2 [Hence,] The heart: so in a saying of a poet cited voce دَلَفَ.
3 And hence, also,
4 And
5 And
6 And The shell of the egg.
def.2 Also an epithet, applied to a man, and to a woman, and to two persons and to a pl. number,
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