سممa consistent root meaning entry into a thing, as through a narrow perforation. (root smm)

سَمَّهُ

1. سَمَّهُ, (S, Msb, K,) aor. سَمُمَ , inf. n. سَمٌّ, (Msb,) He put poison into it; [poisoned it; infected it with poison;] namely, food. (S, Msb, K.) And He gave him to drink poison. (S, K.) And سَمَّتْهُ الهَامَّةُ The هامّة [or venomous reptile or the like] smote him with its poison. (M.) [Hence, perhaps, He suggested it, إِلَيْهِ to him: a signification mentioned by Freytag, but without any indication of the authority.] [And, app., It perforated it; transpierced it; or pierced, or passed, through it: for it is said that] مَسَمٌّ may be an inf. n. of the verb [signifying نَفَذَ], and may also signify a place of نُفُوذ. (Msb.) And, (K,) aor. سَمُمَ , (S, TA,) inf. n. سَمٌّ, (TA,) (tropical:) He probed it; namely a case, or an affair; and examined, or endeavoured to learn, its depth. (S, K, TA.) Also, inf. n. سَمٌّ i. q. شَدَّهُ [He made it firm, fast, or strong; &c.]: (M:) [or this may be a mistranscription for سَدَّهُ; for] you say, سَمَمْتُ القَارُورَةَوَنَحْوَهَا, (S, K, *) inf. n. as above, (TA,) meaning سَدَدْتُ [i. e. I closed, stopped, or stopped up, the flask, or bottle, and the like]. (S, K. *) Also, (M, K,) aor. سَمُمَ , inf. n. سَمٌّ, (TA,) i. q. أَصْلَحَهُ [He rectified it; or put it into a good, sound, right, or proper, state; &c.]; namely, a thing. (M, K.) And سَمَّ بَيْنَ القَوْمِ, (S, M,) or سَمَّ بَيْنَهُمَا, (K,) aor. سَمُمَ , [for the verb is trans., الأَمْرَ being understood, or بَيْنَ meaning ذَاتَ البَيْنِ,] (M,) inf. n. سَمٌّ, (S, M,) i. q. أَصْلَحَ [He rectified, or reformed, or amended, the circumstances subsisting between the people, or between them two; or he effected a rectification of affairs, or an agreement, a harmony, or a reconciliation, between the people, or between them two]. (S. M, K.) And سَمٌّ الوَدَعَ He strung the وَدَع [or cowries]; which, when strung, are termed سُمَّةٌ and سُمٌّ (M.) سَمَّهُ, inf. n. سَمٌّ, signifies also He appropriated it to a particular, peculiar, or special, object. (M.) You say, سَمَّ النِّعْمَةَ He so appropriated the benefit, or bounty. (K.) And سَمَّتِ النِّعْمَةُ The benefit, or bounty, was, or became, particular, peculiar, or special, as to its object: (S, K:) the verb being intrans. as well as trans. (K.) El-'Ajjáj says, (S,) or the latter hemistich is (M,) [He is the Being who has bestowed bounty that has been general and that has been particular upon those who have become Muslims, or upon the countries, namely, our Lord]: he means that it has reached all. (S.) [And i. q. قَصَدَهُ:] you say, سَمَمْتُ سَمَّكَ, i. e. قَصَدْتُ قَصْدَكَ [which means I tended, repaired, betook myself, or directed my course, towards thee; or I have tended, &c.: and also I pursued, or have pursued, thy way, or course, doing like thee]. (S.) [سُمَّ It was smitten by the wind called سُمُوم; applied to a plant; and in like manner to a man: see its part. n., مَسْمُومٌ. And] سُمَّ يَوْمُنَا, with damm [to the س], Our day was, or became, attended with the wind called سَمُوم. (S, K.)

تَسْمِيمٌ

2. تَسْمِيمٌ signifies The making loops to the [girth called] وَضِين. (TA.) [You say, سمّم الوَضِينَ He made loops to the وَضِين: see the pass. part. n., below. And also He adorned the وَضِين with سُمُوم, i. e. strung cowries: see, again, the pass. part. n.]

سَمْسَمَ

R. Q. 1. سَمْسَمَ He (a man) walked, or went along, gently. (IAar, TA.) And He (a fox) ran; [or ran in a certain manner;] inf. n. سَمْسَمَةٌ: (TK:) the latter signifies the running, (K,) or a sort of running, (M,) of the fox. (M, K.)

سَمٌّ

سَمٌّ Poison, or vemom; (PS, TK;) or deadly poison or venom; (KL;) or the poison, or venom, of the serpent; (MA;) a certain deadly thing, (S, M, Msb, K,) well known; (K;) as also سُمٌّ, (S, M, Msb, K,) which is of the dial. of the people of El-'Áliyeh, (Yoo, Msb, TA,) and is said to be the most chaste; (MF, TA;) and سِمٌّ, (Msb, K,) which is [said to be] of the dial. of Temeem, (Msb,) [but is thought by SM to be vulgar, and] accord. to Yoo, the first is of the dial. of Temeem, (TA,) and this is the most common of the three: (Msb:) pl. سِمَامٌ (S, M, Msb, K) and سُمُومٌ: (S, Msb, K:) and سَمْسَمٌ signifies the same, in the sing. sense. (ISk, K, TA.) [In some copies of the K, by a mistranscription (وَالسَّمِّ or وَالسُّمِّ for والسَّمُّ or وَالسُّمُّ) سَمٌّ or سُمٌّ is made to be syn. with سَمْسَمٌ as signifying “ a fox. ” That the right reading is that which I have followed is shown in the TA by an ex., in which سَمْسَم is spoken of as drunk.] [Hence,] سَمُّ الفَأْرِ Arsenic; [in like manner called by us ratsbane;] syn. الشَّكُّ, (K, TA,) i. e. الرَّهَجُ [which is a modern word for arsenic]. (TA.) [Also applied in the present day to The hyoscyamus muticus of Linn. (Delile's Floræ Aegypt. Illustr., in the Descr. de l'Égypte, no. 242.)] And سَمُّ الحِمَارِ The [tree called] دِفْلَى [q. v.]. (K.) And سَمُّ السَّمَكِ The tree called مَاهِيزَهْرَهْ [or مَاهِى زَهْرَهْ], (K,) which latter appellation is Pers., meaning the same, [i. e. “ fish-poison, ”] (TA,) and also known by the name of البُوصِيرُ: it is beneficial for pains of the joints, and pain of the hip and the back, and the نِقْرِس [i. e. gout, or specially gout in the foot or feet]; but the only part of its tree that is beneficial is its لِحَآء [or bark]: (K, TA:) when somewhat thereof, (K, * TA,) kneaded mith leaven, (TA,) is put into a pool of water, it intoxicates the fish thereof, (K, TA,) so that they float upon the surface of the water: (TA:) and its leaves burn in lamps in lieu of wicks, (K, TA,) by reason of their oleaginous property. (TA.) سَمُّ أَبْرَصَ: see سَامٌّ. Also, and سُمٌّ, (S, M, Msb, K,) and سِمٌّ, (Msb, K,) [but the last is thought by SM to be vulgar, in this sense as well as in the first,] A perforation, bore, or hole, (S, M, Msb, K,) of anything; (M;) or such as is narrow; (TA;) for instance, (S, TA,) [the eye] of a needle; (S, Msb, TA;) as in the Kur vii. 38; [see جُمَّلٌ;] and the hole of the nose, and of the ear: (TA:) pl. سُمُومٌ, (M,) or سِمَامٌ, (Msb,) or both. (S, K.) The سُمُوم and سِمَام of a human being are His mouth and his nostril and his ear, (S,) or his mouth and his nostrils and his ears; (K;) and the sing. is سَمٌّ and سُمٌّ: (S:) or the سُمُوم of a human being, and of a horse or the like, are the clefts (مَشَاقّ) of the skin thereof. (M.) And the سُمُوم of the horse are The thin portions of the hard bone, [extending] from the two sides of the nasal bone to the channels of the tears: sing. سَمٌّ: (M:) or, as some say, (M,) the سَمَّانِ, (S, M,) or the سَمّ, (K, [but this seems evidently to be a mistake for the dual,]) means two veins in the nose (أَنْف, M, or خَيْشُوم, S, K, [which latter often means the same as the former,]) of the horse: (S, M, K:) accord. to Lth, سُمُومٌ, as pl. of سَمٌّ, signifies the channels of the tears of the horse: AO says that in the face of the horse are سُمُوم; and the bareness of his سُمُوم is approved, and is regarded as indicative of generous breed. (TA.) By the سُمُوم of the horse are also meant Any bone [or rather bones] in which is marrow. (TA.) And the سُمُوم of a sword are Notches therein, whether new or old. (TA.) أَصَابَ سَمَّ حَاجَتِهِ [is app. from سَمٌّ as signifying the “ eye ” of a needle, or the like, and] means (assumed tropical:) He hit, or attained, the object of his aim or pursuit: (M, K:) and in like manner, هُوَ بَصِيرٌ بِسَمِّ حَاجَتِهِ [He is knowing, or skilful, in respect of the object of his aim or pursuit]. (M.) [And hence, perhaps, though another derivation is asserted in what follows,] one says also, مَالَهُ سَمٌّ وَلَا حَمٌّ غَيْرُكَ and وَلَا حُمٌّ سُمٌّ, (S, M,) meaning (assumed tropical:) He has no object in his mind except thee; syn. هَمٌّ: (M:) and in like manner, مَالَهُ سَمٌّ وَلَا حَمٌّ and وَلَا سُمٌّ حُمٌّ [alone]: or, accord. to Fr, it means he has not any who hopes for him: this is from [سَمَمْتُ سَمَّكَ and] حَمَمْتُ حَمَّكَ and هَمَمْتُ هَمَّكَ meaning قَصَدْتُ قَصْدَكَ; سَمٌّ and حَمٌّ being the inf. ns., and سُمٌّ and حُمٌّ the simple substs.; and the meaning is, he has not any who seeks after him; i. e. he has no good in him for which he is to be sought after: (Meyd:) or it means he has neither little nor much. (K and TA in art. حم.) سَمٌّ also signifies The loop (عُرْوَة) of the [girth called] وَضِين: pl. سُمُومٌ. (TA. [See مُسَمَّمٌ.]) And Anything like وَدَع [or cowries] brought forth from the sea, (S, K, TA,) and strung for ornament. (TA.) And also, (TA,) or سُمٌّ and سُمَّةٌ, (M,) Strung وَدَع [or cowries]: (M, TA:) pl. سُمُومٌ. (TA.)

سُمٌّ

سُمٌّ: see the next preceding paragraph, in seven places.

سِمٌّ

سِمٌّ: see سَمٌّ, in two places.

سَمَّةٌ

سَمَّةٌ The meatus of the vagina of a woman; (As, TA;) as also سِمَامٌ, [which is shown to be thus used as a sing., by a citation from a trad., though said to be] from سِمَامٌ as signifying the “ eyes ” (ثُقَب) of the needle [or of needles]: or the rima of a woman, with the parts that are next to it of the haunch and of the borders of the vulva, i. e. of the labia majora. (TA.) See also سِمَّةٌ. Also السَّمَّةُ, (AA, TA,) or سَمَّةُ القَلْبِ, (TA,) The heart, or cerebrum, of the palm-tree: pl. سمم [app. سِمَمٌ, or سُمَمٌ]. (TA.)

سُمَّةٌ

سُمَّةٌ: see سَمٌّ, last sentence. Also A mat, (AHn, M,) or a سُفْرَة [q. v.], (K,) or a thing like a wide سُفْرَة, (T, TA,) made, (AHn, M,) [i. e.] woven, (T, TA,) of خُوص [or leaves] (AHn, T, M, K) of the غَضَف [a tree resembling a dwarfpalm-tree]: (AHn, M:) it is spread beneath the palm-tree (T, K, TA) when the dates are cut off, (T, TA,) and upon it fall what become scattered (T, K, TA) of the dates: (T, TA:) pl. سِمَامٌ, (AHn, M, TA,) or سُمَمٌ, (K,) or, as in the T, سُمُومٌ. (TA.) See also سَامٌّ, latter part, in two places.

سِمَّةٌ

سِمَّةٌ The اِسْت [here app. meaning anus]; as also سَمَّةٌ [q. v.]. (K.)

سَمَامٌ

سَمَامٌ A sort of bird, (T, S, M,) less than the species called قَطًا, in make, (T, TA,) like the سُمَانَى [or quail]: (M, TA:) [accord. to explanations of سَمَامَةٌ in the MA, mountain-swallows: or, accord. to the same and Meyd, birds like swallows: accord. to Dmr, as stated by Golius, i. q. طير ابابيل: but this is app. said in relation to an assertion of 'Áïsheh, mentioned in art. ابل in the Msb, that the birds termed أَبَابِيل in the Kur cv. 3 were most like to swallows:] the word is a pl., (S,) [or rather a coll. gen. n.,] and the sing. [or n. un.] is with ة, (S, M,) pl. سَمَائِمُ: (Meyd:) see سَمَاسِمُ. And hence, as being likened thereto, A banner, an ensign, or a standard; syn. لِوَآءٌ: (M:) or so سَمَامَةٌ. (K.) And [hence, also, perhaps, without ة, as in a verse cited by IB and in the TA, for the coll. gen. n. may be used as a sing.,] A swift she-camel: (S, IB, TA:) [pl. سَمَائِمُ, mentioned by Freytag, from Reiske, as signifying swift she-camels.] Also, and سَمْسَامٌ and سُمَاسِمٌ and سُمْسُمَانٌ and سُمْسُمَانِىٌّ, applied to anything, [of men and of beasts &c.,] Light, active, or agile, and slender, and swift; (M, K;) and so سَمْسَمَةٌ: (M: [thus there written; not سَمَامَةٌ nor سَمْسَامَةٌ, though both of these are app. correct:]) or سَمْسَامٌ and سُمْسُمَانِىٌّ, applied to a man, signify light, or active, or agile, and swift, or quick; (S;) and سُمْسُمٌ so applied, and سُمْسُمَةٌ and سَمَامَةٌ, applied to a woman, signify light, or active, or agile, and slender: (TA:) or سُمْسُمٌ, applied to a man, signifies [simply] light, or active, or agile. (K.)

سِمَامٌ

سِمَامٌ a pl. of سَمٌّ or سُمٌّ: (S, M, Msb, K:) and also used as a sing.: see سَمَّةٌ. [In one place, in the CK, erroneously put for سَمْسَام as syn. with سَمْسَم, q. v.]

سَمُومٌ

سَمُومٌ, of the fem. gender, (S,) A hot wind, (S, M, Msb, K,) or, as some say, a cold wind, (M, [perhaps a mistake occasioned by a misunderstanding of the phrase سَمُومٌ بَارِدٌ, expl. below,]) in the night or in the day, (M,) or generally (K) in the day, (Msb, K,) but authorities differ respecting it, as has been shown voce حَرُورٌ; (Msb;) accord. to AO, it is in the day, and sometimes in the night; and the حَرُور is in the night, and sometimes in the day: (S:) but some say that the former is in the night, and the latter in the day: (Ibn-Es-Seed in the “ Fark, ” TA:) [in the present day it is commonly applied to a violent and intensely-hot wind, generally occurring in the spring or summer, in Egypt and the Egyptian deserts usually proceeding from the south-east or south-south-east, gradually darkening the air to a deep purple hue, whether or not (according to the nature of the tract over which it blows) accompanied by clouds of dust or sand, and at length entirely concealing the sun; but seldom lasting more than about a quarter of an hour or twenty minutes:] the word is used as a subst. [i. e. alone], and also as an epithet [qualifying the subst. رِيحٌ]: (M:) pl. سَمَائِمٌ. (S, M, K.) One says also سَمُومٌ بَارِدٌ, meaning A سَمُوم that is constant, continual, permanent, settled, or incessant. (S and L in art. برد.) [See also بَارِحٌ.]