مُضْمَتٌ
Root: صمت
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مُضْمَتٌ
[primarily signifies Made, or rendered, silent, mute, or speechless.
2 And hence,] Solid; not hollow; having no cavity. [For that which is without a cavity is generally non-sonorous.]
3 And A door, and a lock, closed, or locked, so that one cannot find the way to open it. A poet says,
4 Also A garment, or piece of cloth, of one, unmixed, colour. The garment thus termed that is disliked is That of which the warp and woof are both of silk: or such as is woven of undressed silk, and then dressed, and dyed of one colour: [or] such as is termed مُصْمَتٌ مِنْ خَزٍّ, i. e. consisting entirely of silk, not mixed with cotton nor with other material, was forbidden by the Prophet.
5 [Hence,] فَرَسٌ مُصْمَتٌ A horse of one, unmixed, colour; in which is no colour differing from the rest: pl. خَيْلٌ مُصْمَتَاتٌ. And أَدْهَمُ مُصْمَتٌ [applied to a horse]
6 [Hence also,] إِنَآءٌ مُصْمَتٌ
7 The فَهْد [or lynx, an animal proverbial for much sleeping,] is said to be مُصْمتُ النَّوْمِ
8 الحُرُوفُ المُصْمَتَةُ are All the letters [of the Arabic alphabet] except those called حُرُوفُ الذَّلَاقَةِ [or الحُرُوفُ الذُّلْقُ]; i. e. all the letters except those comprised in the phrase مُرْ بِنَفْلٍ. [What is here rendered “ except ” (i. e. مَا عَدَا) is said by MF to be omitted in most of the copies of the K.]
9 See also مُصَمَّتْ.
2 And hence,] Solid; not hollow; having no cavity. [For that which is without a cavity is generally non-sonorous.]
3 And A door, and a lock, closed, or locked, so that one cannot find the way to open it. A poet says,
[And in the way to Leylà are what are closed, &c., of chambers to which the owner alone has access: مَقَاصِر being used by poetic license for مَقَاصَير, pl. of مَقْصُورَةٌ].وَمِنْ دُونِ لَيْلَى مُصْمَتَاتُ المَقَاصِرِ
4 Also A garment, or piece of cloth, of one, unmixed, colour. The garment thus termed that is disliked is That of which the warp and woof are both of silk: or such as is woven of undressed silk, and then dressed, and dyed of one colour: [or] such as is termed مُصْمَتٌ مِنْ خَزٍّ, i. e. consisting entirely of silk, not mixed with cotton nor with other material, was forbidden by the Prophet.
5 [Hence,] فَرَسٌ مُصْمَتٌ A horse of one, unmixed, colour; in which is no colour differing from the rest: pl. خَيْلٌ مُصْمَتَاتٌ. And أَدْهَمُ مُصْمَتٌ [applied to a horse]
6 [Hence also,] إِنَآءٌ مُصْمَتٌ
7 The فَهْد [or lynx, an animal proverbial for much sleeping,] is said to be مُصْمتُ النَّوْمِ
8 الحُرُوفُ المُصْمَتَةُ are All the letters [of the Arabic alphabet] except those called حُرُوفُ الذَّلَاقَةِ [or الحُرُوفُ الذُّلْقُ]; i. e. all the letters except those comprised in the phrase مُرْ بِنَفْلٍ. [What is here rendered “ except ” (i. e. مَا عَدَا) is said by MF to be omitted in most of the copies of the K.]
9 See also مُصَمَّتْ.
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