Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

مَسْمُورٌ

Root: سمر

Full Definition

مَسْمُورٌ Nailed; made fast, firm, or strong, with a nail [or nails].
2 A man, having little flesh, strongly knit in the bones and sinews.
3 And, with ة, A woman, or girl, or young woman, compact, or firm, in body, not flabby in flesh.

def.2 عَيْشٌ مَسْمُورٌ A turbid life: from سَمَارٌ applied to milk.


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