عس

1 عَسَّ, (S, A, O, Msb, K,) aor. ـُ (S, A, O, Msb,) inf. n. عَسٌّ (S, O, Msb, K) and عَسَسٌ; (S, O, K;) and ↓ اعتسّ; (S, O, K;) He went roundabout, patrolled, or went the rounds, by night, (S, A, O, K,) to guard the people: (TA:) he made search by night after suspicious persons, or persons to be suspected, (S, A, O, Msb, K,) and investi-gated, or discovered, their opinions, or sentiments: (TA:) he went to and fro; syn. اِخْتَلَفَ. (Ham p. 320.) It is said in a prov., كَلْبٌ عَسَّ خَيْرٌ مِنْ كَلْبٍ رَبَضَ, (S, O,) or ↓ اعْتَسَّ; (O, K;) or, as some relate it, عَاسٌّ, and رَابِضٍ; (TA;) [A dog that has gone the rounds by night is better than a dog that has lain down; or a dog going the rounds &c.;] said for the purpose of urging to make gain: meaning that he who occupies himself in business is better than he who lacks power or ability: (TA:) or, as some relate it, كَلْبٌ عَسَّ خَيْرٌ مِنْ أَسَدٍ

انْدَسَّ [a dog that has gone the rounds by night is better than a lion that has hidden himself]; alluding to the superiority of the weak who occupies himself in making gain over the strong who holds back. (O, TA.) You also say of a wolf, (S, O, K,) and of any beast of prey, (TA,) ↓ عَسْعَسَ, meaning, He went roundabout by night, (S, O, K, TA,) seeking for prey: (TA:) and ↓ تَعَسْعَسَ he (a wolf, TA) sought for prey (S, O, K, TA) by night: (S, TA:) and ↓ اعتسّ he [a man] sought, sought after, or sought to gain, sustenance: (S, O, K:) and ↓ تَعَسْعَسَ he (a wolf, AA, S) smelt [app. to find prey]. (AA, S, O, K. *) A2: عَسَّ خَبَرُهُ, (S, L, K,) aor. ـُ inf. n. عَسٌّ, (L, TA,) His tidings were slow, or tardy. (S, L, K, TA. [In the O, خَيْرُهُ.]) b2: عَسَّتْ, aor. ـُ She (a camel) yielded little milk, though her milk had collected in her udder since the next previous milking. (TA.) b3: And عَسَّتْ, aor. ـُ inf. n. عِسَاسٌ, She (a camel) grumbled much on being milked. (TA.) Hence, دَرَّتْ عِسَاسًا She yielded her milk unwillingly. (IDrd, O, K, TA.) b4: And عَسَّتْ, (S, O, K,) aor. ـُ (S, O, TA,) inf. n. عَسٌّ, (TA,) She (a camel) pastured alone. (S, O, K.) b5: and عَسَّ عَلَىَّ بِخَيْرِهِ He was parsimonious to me with his wealth. (AA, TA.) A3: عَسَّهُ, (A,) aor. ـُ (S, A,) inf. n. عَسٌّ; (A;) and ↓ اعتسّهُ; (S, * K, * TA;) He sought, or sought for or after, him [or it]: (S, * A, K: *) or the latter, he sought, or sought for or after, it (a thing) by night. (TA.) You say, ذَهَبَ يَعُسُّ صَاحِبَهُ He went away seeking his companion. (A.) And الإِبِلَ ↓ اِعْتَسَسْنَا وَلَا قِسَاسًا ↓ فَمَا وَجَدْنَا عِسَاسًا We sought for the camels, or sought for them by night, and found not any trace. (TA.) And الآثَارَ ↓ فُلَانٌ يَعْتَسُّ Such a one traces footsteps. (A.) And ↓ يَعْتَسُّ الفُجُورَ He follows vice, immorality, or unrighteousness. (A.) A4: عَسَّ القَوْمَ, (O, K,) aor. ـُ inf. n. عَسٌّ, (TA,) He fed the people, or party, with somewhat little in quantity. (O, K, TA.) 8 إِعْتَسَ3َ see عَسَّ, in three places: b2: and عَسَّهُ, in four places. b3: You say also, اعتسّ بَلَدَ كَذَا He trod such a country, and knew its tidings. (TA.) b4: And اعتسّ النَّاقَةَ He sought to obtain the she-camel's milk. (TA.) b5: And اعتسّ الإِبِلَ He entered into the midst of the camels, and stroked their udders in order that they might yield their milk. (O, K. *) R. Q. 1 عَسْعَسَ: see عَسَّ. b2: عَسْعَسَ اللَّيْلُ The night came on: (AO, IAar, Msb:) or came on with its darkness; (TA;) its darkness came on: (IDrd, S, O, K:) or departed: (IDrd, O, K:) or it has this last meaning also; (AO, IAar, Msb;) bearing two contr. significations: (Ktr, AHát, Msb:) or was dark; meaning, all the night: (IAar:) Fr says that, in the Kur [lxxxi. 17], وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ, accord. to all the expositors, signifies and by the night when it departeth: but that some of his companions asserted the meaning to be when its commencement approacheth, and it becometh dark: like as you say عَسْعَسَ السَّحَابُ, (S, O,) which signifies the clouds approached the earth: (Fr, S, O, K:) or this is only said when it is in the night, with darkness and lightning. (Lth, O, TA.) R. Q. 2 تَعَسْعَسَ: see عَسَّ, in two places.

جئْ بِالمَالِ مِنْ عَسِّكَ وَبِسِّكَ (S, O, K) [Bring thou the property] from where it is and where it is not: (TA:) i. q. مِنْ حَسِّكَ وَبَسِّكَ: (S, O, K, TA:) which means thus: (TA in art. حس:) or whence thou wilt: (S, O, K, TA, ibid.:) or from any, or every, quarter. (TA ibid.) عُسٌّ A [drinking-cup or bowl, of the kind called] قَدَح: (TA:) or a large قَدَح, (S, A, Mgh, O, L, Msb, K,) from which two or three or more [men] may satisfy their thirst; (L, TA;) larger than the غُمَر; (L, voce رِفْدٌ:) though this is greater in height; (TA;) and larger than the قَعْب; (IAar, in TA, voce قَعْبٌ;) but not so large as the رِفْد: (S, O:) pl. عِسَاسٌ (S, A, Mgh, O, Msb, K) and عِسَسَةٌ (TA) and [pl. of pauc.]

أَعْسَاسٌ. (IAth, Msb.) b2: Hence, one says, هُوَ لَكَ عَلَى ظَهْرِ العُسِّ, meaning (assumed tropical:) It is apparent, manifest, or conspicuous, to thee. (O in art. ظهر.) A2: And The penis. (O, K.) عَسَسٌ: see عَاسٌّ.

عُسُسٌ Slowness, or tardiness. (TA.) A2: Also, [in the CK, erroneously, عُسْعُس,] Covetous merchants or traders: (IAar, O, K, * TA:) accord. to [some of] the copies of the K, it signifies تُجَّارٌ and حُرَصَآءُ; but the conjunction should be omitted. (TA.) A3: And Large vessels. (IAar, O, K.) عِسَاسٌ A trace, footstep, vestige, or the like: see 1, latter part. (TA.) عَسُوسٌ A seeker: (TA:) [see عَاسٌّ:] or a seeker, or pursuer, of prey, or game, (S, O, K, TA,) by night, or at any time; applied to a wolf, or to any beast of prey: (TA:) or a wolf, or, as some say, any beast of prey, that seeks much for prey by night; as also ↓ عَسَّاسٌ and ↓ عَسْعَسٌ and ↓ عَسْعَاسٌ: (TA:) and hence, (S,) ↓ each of the last three, (S, O, K,) as well as the first, (K,) a wolf: (S, O, K:) and the first (عسوس), a dog that pursues much, and will not eat. (TA.) A2: Also A she-camel that yields little milk: (Ibn-'Abbád, O, K:) or that will not yield her milk until she becomes remote from men: (O, K:) and one that, when she is roused to be milked, goes along awhile, then goes roundabout, and then yields her milk: (O, * K, * TA:) and one evil in disposition when milked, (O, K, TA,) that grumbles much, (O, TA,) and goes aside from the other camels: (TA:) and one that kicks the milker, and spills the milk: (TA:) and one whose udder is stroked to try if she have milk or not. (O, K.) Also A she-camel that pastures alone; (Az, S, O, K;) like قَسُوسٌ. (Az, S, O.) And A she-camel that seeks after bones, and eats the flesh upon them تَرْتَمّٰهَا [in the TK erroneously تريمها]). (Ibn-'Abbád, O, K.) b2: Also A woman who does not care for, or mind, her approaching men: (O, K:) or, accord. to Er-Rághib, who ventures upon that which occasions suspicion, or evil opinion. (TA.) b3: And A man in whom is little, or no, good or goodness; or who does little good. (O, K.) b4: And One who is slow, or tardy. (TA.) عَسِيسٌ: see عَاسٌّ.

عَسَّاسٌ: see عَسُوسٌ; each in two places.

عَسْعَسٌ: see عَسُوسٌ; each in two places.

عَسْعَاسٌ: see عَسُوسٌ, in two places.

A2: Also The سَرَاب [or mirage]. (O, K.) عَسَاعِسُ Hedge-hogs: because of their often going to and fro by night. (S, O, K.) عَاسٌّ One who patrols, or goes the rounds, by night, (S, A, O, Msb, K,) for the Sultán, (Msb,) to guard the people: (TA:) who makes search by night after suspicious persons, or persons to be suspected, (S, A, O, K,) and investigates, or discovers, their opinions, or sentiments: (TA:) and any seeker of a thing: (A:) used as a sing and pl.: or it is a quasi-pl. n. also: being, without idghám, [i. e., in its original form, عَاسِسٌ.] like بَاقِرٌ and جَامِلٌ: (TA:) or the pl. is ↓ عَسَسٌ, (S, * A; O, Msb, * K,) or this is a quasi-pl. n., (TA,) and ↓ عَسِيسٌ, like حَجِيجٌ, (O, K,) [or this is also a quasi-pl. n.,] and عُسَّاسٌ and عَسَسَةٌ. (TA.) [See طَائِفٌ.]

مَعَسٌّ A place where a thing is sought, or to be sought; syn. مَطْلَبٌ. (S, O, K.) ISd cites, as an ex., from El-Akhtal, مُعَفَّرَةٌ لَا يُكْنِهُ السَّيْفُ وَسْطَهَا

إِذَا لَمْ يَكُنْ فِيهَا مَعَسٌّ وَطَالِبُ [Defiled with dust, the sword will not reach the middle of it if there be not in it a place where something is to be sought and a seeker]. (TA.) You say also, هُوَ قَرِيبُ المَعَسِّ [He, or it, is near as to the place where he, or it, is to be sought]. (TK.)

عض

1 عَضِضْتُهُ, and عَضِضْتُ عَلَيْهِ, (S, O, Msb, K,) and بِهِ (S, O, Msb,) third Pers\. عَضَّ, (S,) aor. ـَ (S, Msb, K,) i. e. يَعَضُّ, (ISk, S, O,) imp. عَضّ [i. e. عَضَّ and عَضِّ] and اِعْضَضٌ, (TA,) inf. n. عَضٌّ (Mgh, O, Msb, K) and عَضِيضٌ (O, K) and عُضَاضٌ, (TA, [see also عِضَاضٌ, below,]) [I bit it; or] I seized it, or took hold of it, with my teeth, (A, Mgh, Msb, K,) and pressed it therewith; (TA;) namely, a thing, (A,) or a morsel of food: (S, Msb:) or with my tongue; (A, K;) as, for instance, a serpent does; but not a scorpion; for this latter stings: (TA:) accord. to the Book of Verbs by IKtt, one also says عَضَضْتُ, aor. ـُ (Msb:) and [it has been asserted that] one says, (Msb, K,) though rarely, (Msb,) عَضَضْتُ, aor. ـَ (Msb, K:) it is said in the S [and O] that ISk cites AO as asserting that عَضَضْتُ, with fet-h [to the first ض] is a dial. var. [which obtained] among [the tribes of] Er-Ribáb: but, IB says, this is a mistranscription; for what ISk says, in the book entitled “ ElIsláh,” is, غَصِصْتُ بِاللُّقْمَةِ فَأَنَا أَغَصُّ بِهَا غَصَصًا قَالَ

أَبُو عُبَيْدَةَ وَغَصَصْتُ لُغَةٌ فِى الرِّبَابِ, with [the pointed غ and] the unpointed ص: to which [says SM] I add, that thus it is found in the handwriting of Aboo-Zekereeyà and of Ibn-El-Jawáleekee, in the “ Isláh ” of ISk, and they expressly assert that what is in the S is a mistranscription. (TA.) b2: عَضَّ الفَرَسُ عَلَى لِجَامِهِ [The horse champed his bit]. (Msb.) b3: It is said in the Kur [iii. 115], وَإِذَا خَلَوْا عَضَّوا عَلَيْكُمُ الأَنَامِلَ مِنَ الغَيْظِ (assumed tropical:) [and when they are alone, they bite the ends of the fingers by reason of wrath, or rage, against you]: meaning that, by reason of the vehemence of their hatred of the believers, they eat [or rather bite] their hands in wrath, or rage. (O, TA.) Yousay also, عَضَّ عَلَى يَدِهِ غَيْظًا (tropical:) [He bit his hand in wrath, or rage], when a man is inordinate in his enmity. (TA.) In like manner, it is said in the Kur [xxv. 29], وَيَوْمَ يَعَضُّ الظَّالِمُ عَلَى يَدَيْهِ (tropical:) [And the day when the wrong-doer shall bite his hands]; meaning, in repentance and regret. (O, TA.) And it is said in a prov., عَضَّ عَلَى شِبْدِعِهِ, i. e. لِسَانِهِ (assumed tropical:) [He bit his tongue]: applied to the clement, or forbearing. (O, TA.) One says also, عَضَّ بِالْخَمْسِ, meaning He bit the fingers. (Ham p. 790.) b4: عَضَّ فِى العِلْمِ بِنَاجِذِهِ (tropical:) He confirmed his knowledge; made it sound. (Mgh.) b5: Mohammad said, عَلَيْكُمْ بِسُنَّتِى وَسُنَّةِ الخُلَفَآءِ الرَّشِدِينَ مِنْ بَعْدِى عَضُّوا عَلَيْهَا بِالنَّوَاجِذِ, meaning (assumed tropical:) [Keep ye to my course of conduct, and the course of conduct of the orthodox Khaleefehs after me:] cleave ye, or hold ye fast, thereto. (Mgh, * Msb.) and you say, of a man, عَضَّ بِصَاحِبِهِ, (S, O, K,) aor. ـَ (S,) inf. n. عَضِيضٌ (S, O, K) and عَضٌّ, (TA,) (assumed tropical:) He kept, or clave, to his companion; (S, O, K;) he stuck to him: (TA:) and عَضَّهُ has the same, which is said to be the primary, signification; (TA;) or this signifies he seized him with his teeth, because the doing so is a means of cleaving. (IAth, TA.) You say also عضضت بِمَالِى, [so in the TA, without any vowel-signs to the verb,] inf. n. عُضُوضَةٌ and عَضَاضَةٌ, [to agree with which, the pret. by rule should be عَضُضْتُ,] (assumed tropical:) I clave, or held fast, to my property. (TA.) And عَضَّ فُلَانٌ بِالشَّرِّ (tropical:) Such a one kept, or clave, to evil, or mischief, and did not leave it. (A, TA.) b6: عَضَّهُ, (Aboo-'Is-hák, TA in art. همز,) or عَضَّهُ بِلِسَانِهِ, (A, TA, *) inf. n. عَضٌّ, (TA,) (tropical:) He defamed him; spoke evil of him; or backbit him. (Aboo-Is-hák, ubi suprà; A, TA.) b7: عَضَّ الثِّقَافُ بِأَنَابِيبِ الرُّمْحِ, and عَضَّ عَلَيْهَا, inf. n. عَضٌّ, (tropical:) The straighteninginstrument held fast to [or pinched] the internodal portions of the spear. (TA.) b8: عَضَّهُ القَتَبُ, inf. n. عَضٌّ, (tropical:) [The camel's saddle hurt him] as though it bit him. (IB.) b9: عَضَّهُمُ السِّلَاحُ (tropical:) [The weapon, or weapons, wounded them]. (O, TA.) b10: عَضَّهُ الأَمْرُ (tropical:) The thing, or affair, was, or became, severe, or distressing, or afflictive, to him. (A, TA.) And you say also, عَضَّتْهُ الحَرْبُ (A, O) and عَضَّتْ بِهِ (tropical:) War, or the war, was, or became, severe to him. (Ham p. 628. See an ex. voce رَحِيمٌ.) عَضُّ الزَّمَانِ and الحَرْبِ signify (tropical:) The severity, or rigour, of time, or fortune, and of war: or in these two cases, the former word is with ظ: (K:) or, accord. to IKtt and others, عَضّ and عَظّ are two dial. vars. (TA.) and عَضَّ, aor. ـَ inf. n. عَضِيضٌ, signifies also (assumed tropical:) He, or it, was, or became, strong, or hard; syn. اِشْتَدَّ and صَلُبَ: (IKtt, TA:) app. said of a man: (TA:) [or, thus used, it has a more comprehensive meaning; for] it is said in the S that عَضِضْتَ, addressed to a man, signifies (tropical:) thou becamest, or hast become, such as is termed عِضٌّ [q. v.]; and the like is said in the A; and Sgh adds [in the O] that its inf. n. is عَضَاضَةٌ. (TA.) b11: عَضَّتْهُ الأَسْفَارُ (tropical:) Travels rendered him experienced, or expert. (A, TA.) And one says, عَضَّتْهُ الأَمُورُ بِأَضْرَاسِهَا وَأَكَلَتْهُ حَتَّى عَرَّفَتْهُ (assumed tropical:) [The management of affairs rendered him experienced so that they taught him]. (A in art. جرس.) 2 عضّضهُ, inf. n. تَعْضِيضٌ, [He bit him, or it, much, or frequently,] a word of the dial. of Temeem. (TA.) You say, فُلَانٌ يُعَضِّضُ شَفَتَيْهِ Such a one bites (يَعَضُّ) his lips much, or often, by reason of anger. (S.) And, of an ass, عَضَّضَتْهُ الحُمُرُ The asses bit him much, (O, K,) and lacerated him with their teeth. (O.) b2: [and hence,] عضّض He jested with his girl, or young woman. (IAar, O, K.) A2: Also عضّض, (inf. n. as above, IAar,) (assumed tropical:) He drew water from a well such as is termed عَضُوضٌ. (IAar, O, K.) A3: And He fed his camels with [the provender termed] عُضّ. (IAar, O, K.) 3 عَاضَّتِ الدَّوَابُّ, (K, * TA,) inf. n. عِضَاضٌ (S, K) and مُعَاضَّةٌ, (S,) The beasts bit one another. (S, * K, * TA.) And in like manner you say, هُمَا

↓ يَتَعَاضَّانِ They two bite each other. (S.) b2: [Hence the saying,] عَاضَّ القَوْمُ العَيْشَ مُنْذُ العَامِ فَاشْتَدَّ عِضَاضُهُمْ i. e. عَيْشُهُمْ [app. meaning The people, or company of men, have grappled with life during this year, and their life has been strait, or difficult, or hard]. (S.) [See عِضَاضُ عَيْشٍ.]4 أَعْضَضْتُهُ الشَّىْءَ I made him to bite the thing; or to seize it, or take hold of it, with his teeth. (S, * O, K.) b2: It is said in a trad., مَنْ تَعَزَّى

بِعَزَآءِ الجَاهِلِيَّةِ فَأَعِضُّوهُ بِهَنِ أَبِيهِ وَلَا تَكْنُوا (S, * Mgh, Msb, K) i. e. Whoso asserteth his relationship [of son] in the manner of the people of the Time of Ignorance, meaning by saying, in crying out for aid or succour, يَا لَفُلَانٍ, (Mgh and Msb in art. عزو,) and exclaiming, أَنَا فُلَانُ بْنُ فُلَانٍ, (Msb,) say ye to him اِعْضَضْ بِأَيْرِ أَبِيكَ, (Mgh, O, L, Msb,) or اعضض أَيْرَ أَبِيكَ, (K,) [Bite thou the اير of thy father,] and use not a metonymical term for it, by saying هن for اير. (Mgh, O, L, K.) b3: أَعْضَضْتُهُ سَيْفِى (tropical:) [I made my sword to wound him;] I smote him with my sword. (S, O, K.) And أَعَضَّ السَّيْفَ بِسَاقِ البَعِيرِ (tropical:) [He made the sword to wound the thigh, or shank, of the camel]. (A, TA.) And أَعَضَّ المَحَاجِمَ قَفَاهُ (Lh, A, O *) (tropical:) He made the cupping-instruments to cleave to the back of his neck. (Lh.) A2: أَعَضَّتِ البِئْرُ (assumed tropical:) The well became such as is termed عَضُوضٌ. (S, O, K.) A3: أَعَضُّوا Their camels ate [the provender called]

عُضّ: (S, O, K:) and their camels pastured upon [the trees called] عِضّ, (S, O,) or عَضَاض. (L.) b2: And اعضّت الأَرْضُ The land abounded with عِضّ, (S, O,) or عُضّ, (K,) or both. (TA.) 6 تَعَاْضَّ see 3.

عُضٌّ The provender, or fodder, of the people of the cities or towns; such as the dregs of sesamegrain from which the oil has been expressed, and crushed date-stones: (S, O, TA:) or dough with which camels are fed: (AHn, O, K:) and [the trefoil called] قَتّ, (AHn, O, K,) i. e. فِصْفِصَة: (AHn, O:) and barley and wheat, not mixed with any other thing: (AA, O, K:) or date-stones (K, TA) crushed, (TA,) and قَتّ, (K, TA,) with which camels are fed: (TA:) and thick, or course, trees [or shrubs] remaining in the earth: (AA, O, K;) as also ↓ عَضَاضٌ: (AA, O:) or date-stones (K, TA) crushed, (TA,) and dough: (K, TA:) and barley (K, TA) with one of those two things; (TA;) but 'Alee Ibn-Hamzeh disallows its application to date-stones: (IB, TA:) or thick, large firewood, collected: (K, TA:) and dry herbage (K, TA) with which beasts are fed. (TA.) [See an ex. in a verse cited in art. صلب, conj. 2.] b2: See also the next paragraph, last sentence, in two places.

عِضٌّ [is of the measure فِعْلٌ, in the sense of the measure فَاعِلٌ in some cases, and in the sense of the measure مَفْعُولٌ in other cases; but appears to have only tropical significations]. b2: (tropical:) A lock that will scarcely open; or that is not near to opening; expl. by لَا يَكَادُ يَنْفَتِحُ: (S, A, O, K:) or that will not open. (TA.) b3: (tropical:) One who keeps close to his property: (TA:) a man who improves his means of subsistence and his property, attends closely to it, and manages it well: (L:) or a manager of property: (K:) or عِضُّ مَالٍ signifies one who manages property well: (A:) or who manages property rigorously. (S, O.) b4: (tropical:) Niggardly, tenacious, or avaricious: (K, TA:) for a man's keeping close to his property generally courses him to fall into niggardliness: or such a person is likened to a lock that will not open. (TA.) b5: (tropical:) Evil in disposition; (Lth, O, K, TA;) bad, wicked or malignant. (TA.) b6: (tropical:) A strong man; (IAar, T, A, K;) as also ↓ عَضْعَضٌ. (IAar, T, TA.) It is said in the A that العَضِيضُ and العِضُّ signify الشَّدِيدُ: and in one place in the K, that العَضِيضُ signifies العَضُّ الشَّدِيدُ: and by Sgh, in his two books, [the O and TS,] as on the authority of IAar, that العَضْعَضُ signifies العَضُّ الشَّدِيدُ: but the correct reading is that which is given in the T, with which other lexicons agree. (TA.) b7: (tropical:) Having strength, or power, sufficient for a thing. (K.) You say, هُوَ عِضُّ سَفَرٍ (tropical:) He has strength, or power, sufficient for travel: (S, A, O:) he is rendered experienced, or expert, by travels: of the measure فِعْلٌ in the sense of the measure مَفْعُولٌ. (A, TA.) And عِضُّ قِتَالٍ (tropical:) Having strength, or power, sufficient for fight. (TA.) b8: (assumed tropical:) An equal in courage, or generally; or an opponent, or adversary; syn. قِرْنٌ: (O, K:) of another; (TA;) as also ↓ عَضِيضٌ. (TA.) [See the latter, below.] b9: (assumed tropical:) Cunning, or intel-ligent, or skilful and knowing, and contentious; in the sense of the measure فَاعِلٌ, because such a person defames, or speaks evil of, or backbites, others: (A, TA:) (tropical:) understanding and knowing obscure, or abstruse, things: (A, TA:) (assumed tropical:) eloquent, and cunning or intelligent or skilful and knowing: (S, O, K:) and [simply] (assumed tropical:) cunning; syn. دَاهٍ; applied to a man: (S, O:) or (assumed tropical:) very cunning; syn. دَاهِيَةٌ: (K:) pl. [of mult.] غُضُوضٌ (O, K) and [of pauc.] أَعْضَاضٌ. (TA.) A2: Also i. q. شِرْسٌ, i. e. (Az, S, O) Such as are small, of thorny trees, (Az, S, O, K,) as the شُبْرُم and حَاج and شِبْرِق and لَصَف and عِتْر and the smaller قَتَاد (Az, S, O) and كَلْبَة and نُغْر [app. a mistranscription]; (Az, TA;) as also ↓ عُضٌّ, (K, TA,) accord. to AHn: (TA:) or the طَلْح and عَوْسَج and سَلَم and سَيَال and سَرْح and عُرْفُط and سَمُر and شَبَهَان and كَنَهْبَل; (K, TA;) as also ↓ عُضٌّ: (CK:) or the عوسج and سيال and عرفط and سمر and كنهبل are of the trees called عِضَاه [q. v.]. (Az, TA.) عَضَّةٌ [A bite]. (A and TA voce صَمَّمَ, q. v.) عَضَاضٌ (Ibn-Buzurj, S, A, O, K) and ↓ عَضُوضٌ (Ibn-Buzurj, S, O, K) and ↓ مَعْضُوضٌ (Ibn-Buzurj) A thing to be bitten (Ibn-Buzurj, S, A, O, K) and eaten. (S, O, K.) You say, مَا أَتَانَا مِنْ عَضَاضٍ, and ↓ عَضُوضٍ, and ↓ مَعْضُوضٍ, He brought not to us anything that we might bite. (Ibn-Buzurj.) And ↓ مَا عِنْدَنَا عَضُوضٌ and عَضَاضٌ, We have not what is to be bitten and eaten. (S, O.) And مَا ذُقْتُ عَضَاضًا I have not tasted a thing to be bitten. (A.) b2: Also عَضَاضٌ, Trees [or shrubs] that have become thick, or coarse. (K:) or plants that have become thick, or coarse, and dry, or tough, and hard. (TA.) See also عُضٌّ.

A2: See also the next paragraph, in two places.

عِضَاضٌ, (ISk, S, Msb, K,) with kesr, (S, Msb,) like كِتَابٌ, (K,) or ↓ عَضَاضٌ, (Sb, A,) like سَحَابٌ, (A,) a subst., like سَيَابٌ, not an inf. n., (Sb,) and ↓ عَضِيضٌ, (ISk, S, Msb,) The act, or fault, of biting, (S, * Msb, * K, * TA,) in a beast, (ISk, A, TA,) or a horse. (Msb, K.) You say (Yaakoob, S, TA) to the purchaser of a beast, when selling it, (TA,) بَرِئْتُ إِلَيْكَ مِنَ العِضَاضِ, and ↓ العَضِيضِ, (Yaakoob, S, O, TA,) i. e. [I am irresponsible to thee for] its biting men; (TA;) or هٰذِهِ الدَّابَّةِ ↓ مِنْ عَضَاضِ [for the biting of this beast]. (A.) And ↓ دَابَّةٌ ذَاتُ عَضِيضٍ and عِضَاضٍ

[A beast having a fault of biting]. (TA.) A2: فُلَانٌ عِضَاضُ عَيْشٍ (assumed tropical:) Such a one endures distress, or affliction, with patience. (S, O, K.) عَضُوضٌ A horse that bites; (S, O, Msb;) [i. e. that has a habit of biting; or that bites much; as the form of the word indicates;] and a camel; as also ↓ عَضَّاضٌ. (TA.) b2: (assumed tropical:) A bow having its string cleaving, or sticking, to its كَبِد [or handle]. (A, O, K. [Omitted in the TA.]) b3: (assumed tropical:) A woman narrow in the فَرْج, (O, * K, TA,) so that the ذَكَر will not penetrate into it; (TA;) as also ↓ تَعْضُوضَةٌ: (K:) the latter is thought by Az to have this signification. (O, TA.) b4: (tropical:) A well that is deep, or having its bottom distant, (S, A, O, L, K,) and narrow, (S, O,) from which one draws by means of the سَانِيَة; (S, O, L;) as though it bit the water-drawer by the distress which it occasions him; (A;) and in like manner a water; (L;) and waters; as also ↓ عَضِيضٌ: (“ Nawádir ” of AA:) or a well distressing to the water-drawer: (TA:) or a well having much water: (O, K:) pl. عُضُضٌ, (as in some copies of the S and K, and in the O and TA,) or عُضَضٌ, (as in other copies of the S and K,) and عِضَاضٌ. (K.) b5: (tropical:) Severe; grievous; distressing; afflictive: applied to time, or fortune; (S, A, O, K;) and to war. (TA.) b6: (tropical:) Unjust, or tyrannical, rule, or dominion; (A, O, K, TA;) as though the subjects thereof were bitten; (O, TA;) an intensive epithet. (TA.) b7: (tropical:) A calamity; a misfortune. (O, L, K, TA.) A2: See also عَضَاضٌ, in three places.

عَضِيضٌ: see عِضَاضٌ, in three places.

A2: (assumed tropical:) An associate; a companion: or an equal in age: syn. قَرِينٌ: (O, K:) of another. (O, TA.) See also عِضٌّ. b2: Applied to waters, i. q. عَضُوضٌ, q. v. (“ Nawádir ” of AA.) b3: In the A and K, written by mistake for عَضْعَضٌ, as mentioned above, voce عِضٌّ. (TA.) عَضَّاضٌ: see عَضُوضٌ, first signification.

عَضْعَضٌ: see عِضٌّ.

عَاضٌّ A camel that feeds upon the trees called عِضّ. (ISk, S, O.) تَعْضُوضٌ A sort of black dates, (S, O, K,) sweet, (K,) very sweet, the place of origin of which is Hejer: (S, O:) n. un. with ة: (S, O, K:) which latter is said by AHn to be a date of a colour like that of the spleen, large, succulent, melliferous, luscious: and [also a tree producing such dates; for] he mentions his having been told that the تَعْضُوضَة bears, in Hejer, a thousand pounds, of the weight of the pound of El-'Irák. (O.) تَعْضُوضَةٌ, n. un. of تَعْضُوضٌ [q. v.]. b2: See also عَضُوضٌ, third signification.

مَعَضٌّ [lit. A place in which to bite. b2: and hence,] i. q. مُسْتَمْسَكٌ (tropical:) [A place in which, or on which, to lay hold: and a thing on which to lay hold]. (S, A, O, Msb.) So in the saying مَا لَنَا فِى الأَرْضِ مَعَضٌّ (tropical:) [There is not for us, in the earth, any place in which, or on which, to lay hold; meaning, in which to settle]. (A, TA.) And in the saying مَا لَنَا فِى هٰذَا الأَمْرِ مَعَضٌّ (tropical:) [There is not for us, in this affair, anything on which to lay hold]. (S, O, Msb, * TA.) مُعِضٌّ One whose camels feed upon [the trees called] عِضّ (S, O) [and upon عُضّ also: see the verb]. b2: And أَرْضٌ مُعِضَّةٌ Land abounding with [the trees called] عِضّ (S) [and with عُضّ].

حِمَارٌ مُعَضَّضٌ An ass bitten much by other asses, (O, K,) and lacerated with their teeth. (O.) مَعْضُوضٌ [pass. part. n. of 1; Bitten: &c.] b2: See also عَضَاضٌ, in two places.

سم

1 سَمَّهُ, (S, Msb, K,) aor. ـُ 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.) b2: [Hence, perhaps, He suggested it, إِلَيْهِ to him: a signification mentioned by Freytag, but without any indication of the authority.] b3: [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.) b4: And, (K,) aor. ـُ (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.) b5: 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. *) b6: Also, (M, K,) aor. ـُ 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. ـُ [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.) b7: And سَمٌّ الوَدَعَ He strung the وَدَع [or cowries]; which, when strung, are termed سُمَّةٌ and سُمٌّ (M.) b8: 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, هُوَ الَّذِى أَنْعَمَ نُعْمَى عَمَّتْ عَلَى الَّذِينَ أَسْلَمُوا وَسَمَّتْ (S,) or the latter hemistich is عَلَى البِلَادِ رَبُّنَا وَسَمَّتْ (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.) b9: [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.) A2: [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.) 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.] 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 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.] b2: [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.)] b3: And سَمُّ الحِمَارِ The [tree called]

دِفْلَى [q. v.]. (K.) b4: 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.) b5: سَمُّ أَبْرَصَ: see سَامٌّ.

A2: 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.) b2: 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.) b3: [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.) b4: سَمٌّ also signifies The loop (عُرْوَة) of the [girth called]

وَضِين: pl. سُمُومٌ. (TA. [See مُسَمَّمٌ.]) b5: 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: see the next preceding paragraph, in seven places.

سِمٌّ: see سَمٌّ, in two places.

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.) b2: See also سِمَّةٌ.

A2: Also السَّمَّةُ, (AA, TA,) or سَمَّةُ القَلْبِ, (TA,) The heart, or cerebrum, of the palm-tree: pl. سمم [app. سِمَمٌ, or سُمَمٌ]. (TA.) سُمَّةٌ: see سَمٌّ, last sentence.

A2: 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.) A3: See also سَامٌّ, latter part, in two places.

سِمَّةٌ The اِسْت [here app. meaning anus]; as also ↓ سَمَّةٌ [q. v.]. (K.) 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. b2: And hence, as being likened thereto, A banner, an ensign, or a standard; syn. لِوَآءٌ: (M:) or so ↓ سَمَامَةٌ. (K.) b3: 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.] b4: 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 a pl. of سَمٌّ or سُمٌّ: (S, M, Msb, K:) b2: and also used as a sing.: see سَمَّةٌ. b3: [In one place, in the CK, erroneously put for سَمْسَام as syn. with سَمْسَم, q. v.]

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.]

سَمَامَةٌ: see سَمَامٌ, in three places:

A2: and see سُمْسُمٌ.

A3: Also A certain feather, (دَائِرَة, M, K, TA,) which is approved (K, TA) by the Arabs, (TA,) in the neck of the horse, (K,) in the middle of the neck of the horse, (M,) or in the side of his neck. (TA.) A4: And The شَخْص [or corporeal form or figure, or person,] (M, K,) of a man: (K:) or, as some say, (M, but accord. to the K “ and ”) the aspect; (M, K;) as in the saying, هُوَ بَهِىُّ السَّمَامَةِ [He is beautiful, or pleasing, in aspect]. (TA.) b2: And A portion standing up of ruined dwellings. (K.) سَمَّاسٌ A seller of سِمْسِم [q. v.]; like لَأّلٌ signifying a seller of لُؤْلُؤ. (IKh, TA.) سَمَّانُ A certain plant. (K.) A2: [See سَمَّانٌ in art. سمن.]

سِمَّانٌ The decorations, or embellishments, (تَزَاوِيق,) of a ceiling: so says IAar; and in like manner, Lh; and he says, I have not heard a sing. of it. (TA.) [See also سَمَّانٌ, in art. سمن.]

سَمْسَمٌ: see سَمٌّ, first sentence.

A2: It is also an epithet, of which only the fem., with ة, is mentioned: see سَمَامٌ. b2: [Hence,] سَمْسَمٌ and ↓ سَمْسَامٌ, (M,) or السَّمْسَمُ and ↓ السَّمْسَامُ, (K, TA,) [the latter erroneously written in the CK السِّمام,]) The wolf; (M, K;) because of his lightness, or activity, or agility: (M:) or السَّمْسَمُ signifies the wolf that is small in the body. (M, K.) b3: And السَّمْسَمُ The fox; (S, M, K;) as also سَمْسَمٌ [without ال], (M,) and ↓ السُّمَاسِمُ. (K.) سُمْسُمٌ; and its fem., with ة: see سَمَامٌ, last sentence, in three places.

A2: Also, the former, and ↓ سِمْسِمٌ, or the latter is a mistake, [ascribed in the K to J,] Red ants: n. un. with ة: (K:) or سُمْسُمَةٌ (M) and سِمْسِمَةٌ (S, M) signify a certain insect, (M,) a red ant; (S, M;) as also ↓ سَمَامَةٌ: (M:) accord. to Lth, an insect of the form of the اكلة [app. a mistranscription for نَمْلَة, i. e. ant], of a red colour: Az says, I have seen it in the desert, and it bites, or stings, painfully: (TA:) pl. سَمَاسِمُ, (S, TA,) said by Aboo-Kheyreh to be certain things found in El-Basrah, that bite vehemently, having longish heads, and the colours of which incline to redness. (TA.) See سَمَاسِمُ below.

سِمْسِمٌ [Sesame; sesamum orientale of Linn.; applied in the present day to the plant and its grain;] a well-known grain; (Msb;) it is called in Pers\. كُنْجُدْ; (MA, KL;) i. q. جُلْجُلَانٌ, (M, K,) said by AHn to be abundant in the Saráh (السَّرَاة), and El-Yemen, and to be white; (M;) [by this is evidently here meant sesame, or the grain thereof, or both; though it also signifies the “ fruit of the coriander; ” for otherwise, the most commonly-known meaning of سِمْسِمٌ would be unmentioned in the M;] the grain of the حَلّ; [i. e. the grain from which the oil called حَلّ is expressed;] (S, K; [by the author of the latter of which, this was evidently understood to be different from the جُلْجُلَان, which is mentioned by him after the description of properties here following;]) it is glutinous, corruptive to the stomach and the mouth; but is rendered good by honey; and when it is digested, it fattens; and the washing of the hair with the water in which its leaves have been cooked lengthens and improves it: the wild sort thereof is known by the name of جَلْبَهَنْك, (K, TA,) thus, with fet-h to the ج and ب and ه, and sukoon to the ل and ن, [but written in the CK جَلْبَهَنَكْ,] a Pers\. word, [originally جلْبَهَنْگ,] arabicized; (TA;) its action is nearly like that of the خَرْبَق [or hellebore]; and sometimes from half a drachm to a drachm is administered to him who is affected with palsy, and he is cured thereby, (K, TA,) speedily; (TA;) but a drachm thereof is dangerous, (K, TA,) in a great degree. (TA.) b2: السِّمْسِمُ الهِنْدِىُّ: see خِرْوَعٌ, in art. خرع.

A2: Also The serpent: (K, TA:) or a certain creeping thing resembling it. (TA.) b2: See also the next preceding paragraph, where it and its n. un. with ة are mentioned.

سُمْسُمَانٌ: see سَمَامٌ.

سُمْسُمَانِىٌّ: see سَمَامٌ, in two places.

سَمْسَامٌ: see سَمَامٌ, in two places: b2: and see also سَمَسَمٌ, likewise in two places.

سَمَاسِمُ A species of bird, (M, K,) resembling the swallow; [but see what follows;] thus expl. by Th, who has not mentioned any sing. thereof; (M;) and Lh adds that its eggs are unattainable: (TA:) so in the prov., كَلَّفْتَنِى بَيْضَ السَّمَاسِمِ [Thou hast imposed upon me the task of procuring the eggs of the سَمَاسِم]; (M;) applied in the case of a man's being asked for that which he will not find, and which will not be: (TA:) or السَّمَاسِم is here pl. of ↓ السمسمة [i. e. السُّمْسُمَةُ or السِّمْسِمَةُ], and means the red ants: thus some relate the prov.: but others say, ↓ السَّمَائِمِ, pl. of سَمَامَةٌ, [n. un. of سَمَامٌ,] which means a species of bird like the swallow, the eggs of which are unattainable. (Meyd. [By Freytag, سَمَائِمُ is erroneously said, as on the authority of Meyd, to be pl. of سَامَّةٌ in this sense.]) In [some of] the copies of the K, السُّمَاسِمُ is here erroneously put for السَّمَاسِمُ. (TA.) سُمَاسِمٌ: see سَمَامٌ: b2: and see also سَمْسَمٌ.

سَامٌّ [act. part. n. of سَمَّ; as such signifying Poisoning, or infecting with poison]. سَامَّةٌ, as an act. part. n. [in the fem. form because applied to things of the fem. gender (such as the عَقْرَب &c.), and to such as are denoted by gen. ns., which are used in a pl. sense], (Msb,) Such as is, or are, venomous (S, Msb, K) of animals, (K,) or of creeping things, [and insects,] but of which the venom does not kill; as the scorpion, and the hornet: (Msb:) and such things (Sh, Msb) and the like thereof (Sh) are termed سَوَامُّ, (Sh, Msb,) which is the pl. of سَامَّةٌ. (Msb.) b2: [And hence,] سَامُّ أَبْرَصَ (S, M, Mgh, K) and سَامَّ أَبْرَصَ, as one word, (S and Msb in art. برص, and the latter in the present art. also,) and أَبْرَصَ ↓ سَمُّ, (K,) A species of the [lizard called] وَزَغ: (M:) or such as are large, of the وَزَغ: (A in art. برص, and Msb:) or [one] of the large [sorts] of the وَزَغ: (S, Mgh, K:) also called السَّامُّ: (TA, from a trad.:) [see more in art. برص:] applied to the male and the female: (Zj, Msb:) dual سَامَّا أَبْرَصَ; (TA;) and pl. سَوَامُّ أَبْرَصَ. (M, Mgh, TA.) b3: And يَوْمٌ سَامٌّ [as though meaning “ a poisoning day ”] (M, K) and ↓ مُسِمٌّ, (IAar, M, K,) the latter rare, (M,) [and anomalous, being from سُمَّ,] and ↓ مَسْمُومٌ, (S, M, K,) A day attended with the wind called سَمُوم. (S, M, K.) A2: [سَامَّةٌ is also fem. of سَامٌّ as part. n. of the intrans. verb سَمَّ signifying “ it was, or became, particular, peculiar, or special. ” And hence,] السَّامَّةُ signifies also (tropical:) The خَاصَّة [or distinguished people, or people of distinction; and the particular, peculiar, or special, friends, intimates, familiars, or the like] (S, M, IAth, K, TA) of a man; (IAth, TA;) and ↓ السُمَّةُ, pl. سُمَمٌ, signifies the same; (M;) and so ↓ المَسَمَّةُ, like as المَعَمَّةُ signifies العَمَّةُ: (IAar, TA:) or ↓ السُّمَّةُ signifies the relations, syn. القَرَابَةُ; (K;) or the particular, or choice, relations: (TA:) and ↓ أَهْلُ المَسَمَّةِ signifies the relations; syn. الأَقَارِبُ; (M;) or the خَاصَّة [expl. above], (El-Umawee, S, K,) and the relations. (K.) One says, كَيْفَ السَّامَّةُ وَالعَامَّةُ (assumed tropical:) [How are the people of distinction, &c., and the common people, or people in general?]. (S.) And عَرَفَهُ العَمَّةُ وَالسَّامَّةُ (tropical:) [The people in general, or the vulgar, and the people of distinction, &c., knew it, or him]. (TA.) سَامَّةٌ [fem. of سَامٌّ: see the latter in several places].

A2: السَّامَّةُ also signifies Death: (M, K:) but this is extr.: (M, TA:) the word commonly known, (M,) or the correct word in this sense, (TA,) is السَّامُ, [belonging to art. سوم,] without teshdeed (M, TA) to the م, and without ة. (TA.) أَسَمُّ A nose narrow (K, TA.) and fat (TA) in the nostrils. (K, TA.) مَسَمُّ A place of perforation, of transpiercing, or of passing through: pl. مَسَامُّ. (Msb.) [Hence,] مَسَامُّ الجَسَدِ (S, K) or البَدَنِ (Msb) The perforations [or pores] of the body (S, Msb, K) through which the sweat and the exhalation of the interior thereof pass forth: (Msb:) المَسَامُّ [thus] applied to the مَنَافِذ [of the body] is a term of the physicians. (Mgh.) مُسِمٌّ: see سَامٌّ.

مِسَمٌّ One who eats what he is able to eat. (K.) المَسَمَّةُ and أَهْلُ المَسَمَّةِ: see سَامٌّ.

مُسَمَّمٌ, applied to a [girth such as is called]

وَضِين, Having three سُمُوم, i. e. loops (عُرًى) [attached to it]. (TA.) And also, thus applied, Adorned with سُمُوم, i. e. strung cowries. (TA.) مَسْمُومٌ [Poisoned; infected with poison;] having had poison put into it; applied to food. (TA.) And A man having had poison given him to drink. (TA.) b2: Also Smitten by the wind called سَمُوم; applied to a plant; and in like manner to a man. (TA.) See also سَامٌّ.