سمر

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Form 1سَمَرَ8 senses · 5 main

muḍāriʿـُيَفْعُلُ·ـَيَفْعَلُmaṣdarسَمْرٌ سُمُورٌ اِسْمِيرَارٌ

Core sense — he held a conversation by night; the cattle pastured by night; he became tawnygenerated

1.1

he held a conversation, or discourse, by night; or he stayed awake, did not sleep.

اسمر may mean the same; or it may belong to the same class as أَهْزَلَ and أَسْمَنَ, and so mean he had, or came to have, a سَمَر [a conversation, or discourse, by night]. [See also form 3.]

1.1.1figurative · مجازthe cattle pastured by night without a pastor, or dispersed themselves by night—سَمَرَتِ المَاشِيَةُ

Or simply: they pastured by night.

our camels really do pasture by night—إِنَّ إِبِلَنَا تَسْمُرُ

the camels pastured all through their night—سَمَرَتِ الإِبِلُ لَيْلَتَهَا كُلَّهَا

the cattle pastured on the herbage—سَمَرَتِ المَاشِيَةُ النَّبَاتَ

Muḍāriʿ as above; or: they pastured on the herbage by night, like the expressions that follow.

he drank the wine by night—سَمَرَ الخَمْرَ

they spent their night drinking the wine—بَاتُوا يَسْمُرُونَ الخَمْرَ

1.1.2

See also سَمِيرٌ, in three places.

1.2he, or it, was, or became, tawny, brownish, dusky, or dark in complexion or colour—سَمُرَ

Muḍāriʿ سَمُرَ and سَمِرَ; in one copy of the M سَمَرَ; maṣdar of each سُمْرَةٌ and اسمارّ; also.

That is, of the colour termed سُمْرَة [explained below].

1.3

سمَرَهُ: see form 2, first meaning.

1.3.1he put out, or blinded, his eye with a heated iron instrument—سمَرَ عَيْنَهُ

The same as سَمَلَهَا, which means he put out, or blinded, his eye with a heated iron instrument; see also the article سمل.

Or: he put out, or blinded, his eye with a مِسْمَار [or nail] of iron made hot in fire; or simply he put out, or blinded, his eye, the same as فَقَأَهَا.

1.4

سَمَرَ اللَّبَنَ

1.5

And سَمَرَ سْمَهُ: see form 2.

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, (S, M, K,) aor. سَمُرَ , (S, M,) inf. n. سَمْرٌ and سُمُورٌ , (M, K,) He held a conversation, or discourse, by night: (S:) or he waked; continued awake; did not sleep: (M, K:) and اسمر may signify the same; or may be of the same class as أَهْزَلَ and أَسْمَنَ , and thus signify he had, or came to have, a سَمَر [or conversation, or discourse, by night]. (M.) [See also 3.] سَمَرَتِ المَاشِيَةُ , aor. سَمُرَ , inf. n. سُمُورٌ , The cattle pastured by night without a pastor; or dispersed themselves by night: (M, TA:) [or simply pastured by night; for] one says, إِنَّ إِبِلَنَا تَسْمُرُ , meaning Verily our camels pasture by night: (TA:) and سَمَرَتِ الإِبِلُ لَيْلَتَهَا كُلَّهَا The camels pastured during their night, the whole of it. (A.) And سَمَرَتِ المَاشِيَةُ النَّبَاتَ The cattle pastured upon the herbage; (M, K;) aor. as above: (M:) [or pastured upon the herbage by night: like as one says,] سَمَرَ الخَمْرَ He drank mine, or the mine, (K, TA,) by night: (TA:) and بَاتُوا يَسْمُرُونَ الخَمْرَ They passed, or spent, their night drinking wine, or the wine. (A.) See also سَمِيرٌ , in three places. سَمُرَ , (S, M, Msb, K,) aor. سَمُرَ ; (K;) and سَمِرَ , (S, K, in a copy of the M سَمَرَ ,) aor. سَمَرَ ; inf. n. of each سُمْرَةٌ ; (K;) and اسمارّ , (S, M, K,) inf. n. اِسْمِيرَارٌ ; (S;) He, or it, was, or became, [tawny, brownish, dusky, or dark in complexion or colour; i. e.,] of the colour termed سُمْرَة [expl. below]. (S, M, Msb, K.) سمَرَهُ : see 2, first signification. [Hence,] سمَرَ عَيْنَهُ i. q. سَمَلَهَا , (M, K,) which signifies He put out, or blinded, ( فَقَأَ ,) his eye with a heated iron instrument: (S and Msb in art. سمل :) or he put out, or blinded, ( كَحَلَ ,) his eye with a مِسْمَار [or nail] (Mgh, Msb, TA) of iron (TA) made hot (Mgh, Msb, TA) in fire: (Msb:) or [simply] he put out, or blinded, his eye; syn. فَقَأَهَا . (K.) سَمَرَ اللَّبَنَ : and سَمَرَ سْمَهُ : see 2.

Form 2سمّرهُ3 senses

maṣdarتَسْمِيرٌ سَمْرٌ

Core sense — he nailed it fast; he made the milk thin with water; he let it gogenerated

2.1

He nailed it; that is, he made it fast, firm, or strong with a nail or nails; said of a door and the like.

Maṣdar تَسْمِيرٌ and سَمَرَهُ; muḍāriʿ سَمُرَ and سَمِرَ; or the first has an intensive meaning. [See also سَرْدٌ.]

2.2he made the milk thin with water—سمّر اللَّبَنَ

Maṣdar تَسْمِيرٌ and سَمَرَهُ.

That is, he made it what is termed سَمَار.

2.3he discharged, or shot, his arrow—سمّر سَهْمَهُ

سمّر, with the maṣdar mentioned above, also means the same as شَمَّرَ and أَرْسَلَ.

Also said سَمَرَهُ; or the first of the two means he shot it hastily, as opposed to خَرْقَلَ.

[shoot your arrow quickly, for the game has come within your power]—سَمِّرْ فَقَدْ أَخْطَبَكَ الصَّيْدُ

[shoot deliberately, so that it may come within your power]—خَرْقِلْ حَتَّى يُخْطِبَكَ

he dismissed his female slave, or let her go free—سمّر جَارِيَتَهُ

A 'Obeyd says this is the only instance in which سمّر has been heard with س [in this sense; but several other instances have been mentioned].

he let the camels go, or left them; and he hurried them on—سمّر الإِبِلَ

The same as كَمَّشَهَا, and also أَسْمَرَهَا, originally with ش; or he sent them, or left them, to pasture by themselves, without a pastor, by night [which is perhaps the more proper meaning; see form 1] or by day, the same as أَهْمَلَهَا.

he sent off, or launched, the ship; he let it take its course—سمّر السَّفِينَةَ

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, (S, M, Mgh, Msb, K,) inf. n. تَسْمِيرٌ ; (S;) and سَمَرَهُ , (S, M, Mgh, &c.,) aor. سَمُرَ (M, Msb, K) and سَمِرَ , (M, K,) inf. n. سَمْرٌ ; (M, Msb;) or the former has an intensive signification; (Msb;) [He nailed it; i. e.] he made it fast, firm, or strong, (M, Mgh, K,) with a nail [or nails]; (S, * M, * Mgh, Msb, K; *) namely, a door [&c.]. (Mgh, Msb.) [See also سَرْدٌ .] سمّر اللَّبَنَ , (M, TA,) inf. n. تَسْمِيرٌ ; (S;) and سَمَرَهُ , (K, TA,) aor. سَمُرَ ; (TA;) He made the milk thin with water; (S;) made it to be what is termed سَمَار [q. v.]. (M, K.) سمّر , inf. n. as above, is also syn. with شَمَّرَ (S, M, K) and أَرْسَلَ . (M, K.) You say, سمّر سَهْمَهُ He discharged, or shot, his arrow; (M, TA;) as also سَمَرَهُ : (K, TA:) or the former, he discharged it, or shot it, hastily; (K;) opposed to خَرْقَلَ ; for one says, سَمِّرْ فَقَدْ أَخْطَبَكَ الصَّيْدُ [Discharge, or shoot, thine arrow quickly, for the game has become within thy power], and خَرْقِلْ حَتَّى يُخْطِبَكَ [Discharge, or shoot, deliberately, in order that it may become within thy power]. (IAar, TA.) One says also, سمّر جَارِيَتَهُ He dismissed his female slave, or let her go free. (S and M, from a trad.) A 'Obeyd says that this is the only instance in which سمّر , with س , has been heard [in this sense: but several other instances have been mentioned]. (TA.) You also say, سمّر الإِبِلَ He let the camels go, or left them: and he hastened them; syn. كَمَّشَهَا ; as also أَسْمَرَهَا ; originally with ش : (TA:) or he sent them, or left them, to pasture by themselves, without a pastor, by night [which is perhaps the more proper meaning (see 1)] or by day; syn. أَهْمَلَهَا . (M, TA.) And سمّر السَّفِينَةَ He sent off, or launched forth, the ship; let it go; or let it take its course. (M, TA.)

Form 3سامرهُ1 sense

maṣdarمُسَامَرَةٌ

Core sense — he held a conversation with him by nightgenerated

3.1

He held a conversation, or discourse, with him by night. [See also form 1, first sentence.]

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, (M,) inf. n. مُسَامَرَةٌ , (S, A,) He held a conversation, or discourse, with him by night. (S, M.) [See also 1, first sentence.]

Form 4أَسْمَرَ3 senses · 2 main

Core sense — he became tawny; he held a conversation by nightgenerated

4.1

See form 1.

4.1.1

And see سَمِيرٌ, in four places.

4.2

And see also form 2.

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see 1: and سَمِيرٌ , in four places: and see also 2.

Form 11اسمارّ1 sense

Core sense — he, or it, became tawny, brownish, or duskygenerated

11.1

See form 1, in the latter half of the paragraph.

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: see 1, in the latter half of the paragraph.

Derived nouns 20

Nounسَمَرٌ11 senses · 1 main

Core sense — conversation by night; night, or darkness; moonlightgenerated

1conversation, or discourse, by night is after nightfall—السَّمَرُ بَعْدَ العِشَآءِ

Conversation, or discourse, by night; also مُسَامَرَةٌ. Said in a tradition.

According to one relation, السَّمْرُ.

I will not do it as long as men hold conversation by night in a night when the moon shines—لَا أَفْعَلُهُ السَّمَرَ وَالقَمَرَ

Or: as long as men hold conversation by night, and as long as the moon rises; or: ever.

[The plural, أَسْمَارٌ, is often used to mean tales told at night for amusement, but this use is probably post-classical. See also below.]

1.1figurative · مجاز

Conversation, or discourse, by day.

1.2

A place where people hold conversation by night, or where they stay awake; also سامِرٌ, which Lth explains as a place where people gather for conversation by night.

1.3

A people's assembling and holding conversation in the dark.

1.4he swore by the darkness and the moon—حَلَفَ بِالسَّمَرِ وَالقَمَرِ

And hence: the dark; darkness. So in this saying.

1.5I came to him in the night—أَتَيْتُهُ سَمَرًا

Night.

1.6I will not do that when the moon does not rise nor when it does rise—لَا أَفْعَلُ ذٰلِكَ السَّمَرَ وَالقَمَرَ

A night in which there is no moon; hence this saying.

[See also above.]

1.7

The shade of the moon.

1.8

The light of the moon; moonlight. According to some this is the primary meaning, because they used to hold conversation in it.

1.9the people were come to at daybreak—طُرِقَ القَوْمُ سَمَرًا

The time of daybreak.

1.10

See also سَمِيرٌ.

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Conversation, or discourse, by night; (S, M, K;) as also مُسَامَرَةٌ . (S, A. *) It is said in a trad., السَّمَرُ بَعْدَ العِشَآءِ , or, accord. to one relation, السَّمْرُ , Conversation or discourse by night is after nightfall. (TA.) And you say, لَا أَفْعَلُهُ السَّمَرَ وَالقَمَرَ I will not do it as long as men hold conversation or discourse in a night when the moon shines: (S:) or as long as men hold conversation or discourse by night, and as long as the moon rises: (Lh, M:) or ever. (M.) [See also below. The pl., أَسْمَارٌ , is often used as meaning Tales related in the night, for amusement: but this usage is probably post-classical.] Conversation, or discourse, by day. (TA.) A place in which people hold conversation or discourse by night; or in which they make, or remain awake; (M, K;) as also سامِرٌ ; (S, * M, K;) which latter is expl. by Lth as signifying a place in which people assemble for conversation or discourse by night. (TA.) A people's assembling and holding conversation or discourse in the dark. (TA.) And hence, (TA,) The dark; or darkness. (As, M, K, TA.) So in the saying حَلَفَ بِالسَّمَرِ وَالقَمَرِ He swore by the darkness and the moon. (As.) Night: (M, K:) you say, أَتَيْتُهُ سَمَرًا I came to him in the night. (A.) A night in which there is no moon: hence the saying لَا أَفْعَلُ ذٰلِكَ السَّمَرَ وَالقَمَرَ I will not do that when the moon does not rise nor when it does rise. (Fr.) [See also above.] The shade of the moon. (M, K.) The light of the moon; moonlight; accord. to some, the primary signification; because they used to converse, or discourse, in it. (TA.) The time of daybreak: you say, طُرِقَ القَوْمُ سَمَرًا The people were come to at daybreak. (AHn, M.) See also سَمِيرٌ .

Nounسَمُرٌ1 sense

Core sense — the gum-acacia tree, with small leaves and short thornsgenerated

1[Sharj would be like Sharj if a few gum-acacia trees were found there]—شَرْجًا لَوْ أَنَّ أُسَيْمِرًا أَشْبَهَ شَرْجٌ

A well-known kind of tree, the same as طَلْحٌ [the gum-acacia tree; acacia, or mimosa, gummifera]; or a species of the طَلْح of the kind called عِضَاه, with small leaves, short thorns and a yellow fruit that people eat.

No kind of عضاه has better wood: it is carried to the towns and villages, and houses are roofed with it. Its produce is a pod termed حُبْلَةٌ; see the article حبل. [The mimosa unguis cati of Forskål (Flora Aegypt. Arab., pp. 123 and 176).]

Ism waḥda سَمُرَةٌ. [In the S, سَمُرٌ is said to be the plural of سَمُرَةٌ, but it is a collective generic noun.] The plural of سَمُرَةٌ is سَمُرَاتٌ, and أَسْمُرٌ is a plural of a small number, whose diminutive is أُسَيْمِرٌ.

Said in a proverb. Sharj is a certain valley of El-Yemen; for the origin of the proverb see Freytag's Arab. Prov., 1, 662.

[O people of the gum-acacia tree]—يَا أَصْحَابَ السَّمُرَةِ

In a saying of the Prophet, addressed to the persons meant in the Qur'ān 48:18.

Lane cites “Kur xlviii. 18” — Flügel numbering, not yet mapped

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A certain kind of tree, (M, K,) well known; (K;) i. q. طَلْحٌ [the gum-acacia-tree; acacia, or mimosa, gummifera]; (Msb;) or [a species] of the طَلْح , (S,) of the kind called عِضَاه , (Mgh, Msb,) having small leaves, short thorns, and a yellow fruit ( بَرَمَة ) which men eat: there is no kind of عضاه better in wood: it is transported to the towns and villages, and houses are covered with it: (M:) its produce is [a pod] termed حُبْلَةٌ [q. v.]: (TA in art. حبل :) [the mimosa unguis cati of Forskål (Flora Aegypt. Arab., pp. cxxiii. and 176:)] n. un. سَمُرَةٌ : (M, Mgh, Msb, K:) [in the S, سَمُرٌ is said to be pl. of سَمُرَةٌ : but it is a coll. gen. n.:] the pl. of سَمُرَةٌ is سَمُرَاتٌ , and أَسْمُرٌ , a pl. of pauc., of which the dim. is أُسَيْمِرٌ . (S.) It is said in a prov., شَرْجًا لَوْ أَنَّ أُسَيْمِرًا أَشْبَهَ شَرْجٌ [Sharj would resemble Sharj if a few gum-acacia-trees were found there: Sharj is a certain valley of El-Yemen: for the origin of this prov., see Freytag's Arab. Prov., i. 662]. (S.) يَا أَصْحَابَ السَّمُرَةِ [O people of the gumacacia-tree], in a saying of the Prophet, was addressed to the persons meant in the Kur xlviii. 18. (Mgh.)

Nounسُمرَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — a tawny, brownish, or dusky colour; darkness of complexiongenerated

[A tawny, or brownish, colour, of various shades, like the various hues of wheat; duskiness; darkness of complexion or colour;] a certain well-known colour, between white and black, in men and in camels and in other things that admit of having it.

In camels the term أُدْمَةٌ is more common, and according to IAar it is used of water as well; in men it is the same as وُرْقَةٌ in camels. A colour inclining to a faint blackness; the colour of what is exposed to the sun, in a person whose skin covered by the clothes is white. From سَمَرٌ, meaning the “shade of the moon.”

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[A tawny, or brownish, colour, of various shades, like the various hues of wheat; (see أَسْمَرُ ;) duskiness; darkness of complexion or colour;] a certain colour, (S, Msb,) well known, (Msb,) between white and black, (M, K,) in men and in camels and in other things that admit of having it, but in camels the term أُدْمَةٌ is more common, and accord. to IAar it is in water also; (M;) in men, the same as وُرْقَةٌ [in camels]; (IAar, TA;) a colour inclining to a faint blackness; (T, TA;) the colour of what is exposed to the sun, of a person of whom what is concealed by the clothes is white: (IAth:) from سَمَرٌ signifying the “ shade of the moon. ” (TA.)

Nounالسَّمَرَةُ1 sense

Core sense — a single gum-acacia treegenerated

See السَّامِرَةُ.

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: see السَّامِرَةُ .

Nounإِبِلٌ سَمُرِيَّةٌ1 sense

Core sense — camels that eat the gum-acacia treegenerated

Camels that eat the tree called سَمُر.

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Camels that eat the tree called سَمُر . (AHn, M, K.)

Nounسَمَرْمَرَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — a certain demongenerated

The demon called غُول.

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The [demon called] غُول . (Sgh, K.)

Nounسَمَارٌ3 senses · 2 main

Core sense — thin milk; milk containing much watergenerated

Thin milk; milk containing much water; or diluted milk of which water makes up two thirds.

Ism waḥda with ة, meaning some of it.

1.1

[See also a figurative usage of this word in a proverb cited under رَبَضٌ.]

[In the present day it is also applied to a species of rush growing in the deserts of Lower and Upper Egypt, of which mats are made for covering the floors of rooms; the juncus spinosus of Forskål (Flora Aegypt. Arab., p. 75), who writes its Arabic name “sammar”; the juncus acutus of Linn.]

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Thin milk: (S:) milk containing much water: (Th, M, K:) or [diluted] milk of which water composes two thirds: n. un. with ة , signifying some thereof. (M.) [See also a tropical usage of this word in a prov. cited voce رَبَضٌ .] [In the present day it is also applied to A species of rush, growing in the deserts of Lower and Upper Egypt, of which mats are made for covering the floors of rooms; the juncus spinosus of Forskål, (Flora Aegypt. Arab., p. 75,) who writes its Arabic name “ sammar; ” the juncus acutus of Linn.]

Nounسَمُورٌ1 sense

Core sense — swift; or excellent and strong, said of a she-camelgenerated

Said of a she-camel: swift; or generous, excellent, or strong and light, and swift.

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, applied to a she-camel, (K, TA,) Swift: (K:) or generous, excellent, or strong and light, and swift. (TA.)

Nounسَمِيرٌ6 senses · 1 main

Core sense — a partner in conversation by night; a moonless night; endless timegenerated

1I am his partner in conversation, or discourse, by night—أَنَا سَمِيرُهُ

The same as مُسَامِرٌ: a partner in conversation, or discourse, by night.

Also said مُسَامِرُهُ.

1.1figurative · مجاز — inferred

Afterwards used without restriction, meaning a partner in conversation, or discourse, at any time.

1.2

[Golius and Freytag add the meaning of a place of conversation by night, as from the K; a sense in which this word is not found there.]

1.3the night in which there is no moon—اِبْنُ سَمِيرٍ

[The opposite of اِبْنُ ثَمِيرٍ.]

as long as the moonless night allows the holding of conversation in it—مَا أَسْمَرَ ٱبْنُ سَمِيرٍ

A poet uses this phrase. [See also another explanation of it in what follows.]

1.4such a one is with, or at the house of, such a one always—فُلَانٌ عِنْدَ فُلَانٍ السَّمَرَ

سَمِيرٌ also means the same as دَهْرٌ [unlimited time, or time without end], and so does سَمَرٌ, from which comes this saying.

the night and the day—اِبْنَا سَمِيرٍ

[I will not do it, and I will not come to you,] ever, or in all time, or while night and day alternate—لَا أَفْعَلُهُ مَا سَمَرَ ٱبْنَا سَمِيرٍ

So named from this, or because people hold conversation in them.

Also said لَا آتِيكَ الخ, مَا سَمَرَ ٱبْنُ سَمِيرٍ, مَا سَمَرَ السَّمِيرُ, مَا أَسْمَرَ ٱبْنَا سَمِيرٍ, مَا أَسْمَرَ ٱبْنُ سَمِيرٍ and مَا أَسْمَرَ السَّمِيرُ.

[I will not do it] to the end of the nights—لَا أَفْعَلُهُ سَمِيرَ اللَّيَالِى

1.5two roads that differ, each from the other—اِبْنَا جَالِسٍ وَسَمِيرٍ

So explained by AHeyth, in his own handwriting.

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i. q. مُسَامِرٌ ; (M, A, K;) i. e. A partner in conversation, or discourse, by night. (TA.) You say, أَنَا سَمِيرُهُ and مُسَامِرُهُ [I am his partner &c.]. (A.) Afterwards used unrestrictedly [as signifying A partner in conversation, or discourse, at any time]. (TA.) [Golius and Freytag add the meaning of A place of nocturnal confabulation; as from the K; a sense in which this word is not there found.] اِبْنُ سَمِيرٍ The night in which is no moon: [contr. of اِبْنُ ثَمِيرٍ :] a poet uses the phrase مَا أَسْمَرَ ٱبْنُ سَمِيرٍ , meaning As long as the moonless night allows the holding conversation, or discourse, in it. (M. [See also another explanation of this phrase in what follows.]) سَمِيرٌ is also syn. with دَهْرٌ [as meaning Unlimited time, or time without end]; (Lh, S, M, K;) as also سَمَرٌ , (Fr, M, K,) whence the saying فُلَانٌ عِنْدَ فُلَانٍ السَّمَرَ Such a one is with, or at the abode of, such a one ever, or always. (M.) Hence, or because people hold conversation, or discourse, in them, (S,) اِبْنَا سَمِيرٍ means The night and the day. (S, M, K.) You say, لَا أَفْعَلُهُ مَا سَمَرَ ٱبْنَا سَمِيرٍ , (S, K,) and لَا آتِيكَ الخ , (M,) and مَا سَمَرَ ٱبْنُ سَمِيرٍ , and مَا سَمَرَ السَّمِيرُ , (M, K,) and مَا أَسْمَرَ ٱبْنَا سَمِيرٍ , and مَا أَسْمَرَ ٱبْنُ سَمِيرٍ , (Lh, M, K,) and مَا أَسْمَرَ السَّمِيرُ , (K,) i. e. [I will not do it, and I will not come to thee,] ever, (S,) or in all time, (M,) or while night and day alternate. (K.) And لَا أَفْعَلُهُ سَمِيرَ اللَّيَالِى (S, M) [I will not do it] to the end of the nights. (M.) اِبْنَا جَالِسٍ وَسَمِيرٍ is expl. by AHeyth, in his handwriting, as meaning Two roads that differ, each from the other. (Az, TA.)

Nounسُمَيْرِيَّةٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — a certain kind of shipgenerated

A certain kind of ships. [سُمَيْرِىٌّ means the same, applied to a single ship of that kind (Golius, on the authority of Meyd.).]

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IAar mentions the saying أَعْطَيْتُهُ سُمَيْرِيَّةً مِنْ دَرَاهِمَ كَأَنَّ الدُّخَانَ يَخْرُجُ مِنْهَا without explaining it.

ISd says: I think he meant [I gave him] دَرَاهِم سُمْر, that is, dusky dirhems, as though smoke were coming out of them because of their duskiness; or dirhems whose whiteness was fresh.

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A certain kind of ships. (S.) [ سُمَيْرِىٌّ signifies the same, (Golius on the authority of Meyd.,) applied to A single ship of that kind.] IAar mentions the saying, أَعْطَيْتُهُ سُمَيْرِيَّةً مِنْ دَرَاهِمَ كَأَنَّ الدُّخَانَ يَخْرُجُ مِنْهَا , without explaining it: [ISd says,] I think he meant, [I gave him] دَرَاهِم سُمْر , i. e. dusky dirhems, as though smoke were issuing from them by reason of their duskiness: or dirhems of which the whiteness was fresh. (M.)

Nounسَمُّورٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — the sable; a garment made with its furgenerated

[The sable; mustela zibellina, or viverra zibellina;] a certain well-known animal, found in Russia, beyond the country of the Turks, resembling the ichneumon; some are a glossy black, and some of the [reddish] colour termed شُقْرَة. Costly fur garments are made of its skin.

Plural سَمَامِيرُ.

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Also a جُبَّة [or any garment] made with its fur.

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[The sable; mustela zibellina, or viverra zibellina;] a certain beast, (Mgh, K,) or animal, (Msb,) well known, (Mgh,) found in Russia, beyond the country of the Turks, resembling the ichneumon; in some instances of a glossy black; and in some, of the [reddish] colour termed شُقْرَة : (Msb, TA:) costly furred garments are made of its skin: (K, TA:) pl. سَمَامِيرُ . (Msb.) Also A جُبَّة [or any garment] made with its fur. (TA.)

Nounسِمِّيرٌ1 sense

Core sense — one who habitually talks by nightgenerated

A companion in conversation by night; one who habitually indulges in conversation, or discourse, by night.

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A companion of [or one who habitually indulges in] conversation, or discourse, by night. (M, K.)

Nounسَامِرٌ3 senses · 1 main

Core sense — one who holds a conversation by night; a camel pasturing by nightgenerated

A man holding, or who holds, a conversation, or discourse, by night. Plural سُمَّارٌ and سُمَّرٌ.

It is also an ism jamʿ, [occurring as such in a verse cited under مُرِمٌّ in the article رم], and as such means the same as سُمَّارٌ: persons who hold conversation by night; or persons staying awake, not sleeping; also سَامِرَةٌ [a feminine singular, and so usable as an adjective for a broken plural, for an ism jamʿ, and for a collective generic noun].

سَامِرٌ is a plural [or rather an ism jamʿ] applicable to males and to females; or it is a singular, and, like other singulars, is used to qualify a plural only when the plural is definite, as in the phrase تَرَكْتُهُمْ سَامِرًا [I left them holding a conversation and the like].

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Also: a camel pasturing by night.

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See also سَمَرٌ.

Qur’ānic occurrences سَٰمِر

23:67

مُسْتَكْبِرِينَ بِهِۦ سَـٰمِرًا تَهْجُرُونَ

"In arrogance: talking nonsense about the (Qur'an), like one telling fables by night."

Occurrences of this form in the Qur’ān, not Lane’s choice of verse. They show the word in use; they do not say which sense above applies. Where more occur than are shown, the shortest āyāt are chosen.

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A man holding, or who holds, a conversation, or discourse, by night: (S:) pl. سُمَّارٌ (S, M, K) and سُمَّرٌ . (TA.) It is also a quasi-pl. n., (M, K,) [as such occurring in a verse cited voce مُرِمٌّ , in art. رم ,] and is syn. [as such] with سُمَّارٌ , signifying persons holding, or who hold, conversation, or discourse, by night: (S, M:) or persons waking, continuing awake, not sleeping; as also سَامِرَةٌ [a fem. sing., and therefore applicable as an epithet to a broken pl. and to a quasi-pl. n. and to a coll. gen. n.]: (M, K:) سَامِرٌ is a pl. [or rather quasi-pl. n.] applicable to males and to females: (T, TA:) or it is a sing., and, like other sings., is used as a qualificative of a pl. only when the latter is determinate; as in the phrase تَرَكْتُهُمْ سَامِرًا [I left them holding a conversation & c.]. (Lh, M.) Also A camel pasturing by night. (TA.) See also سَمَرٌ .

Nounسَامِرَةٌ2 senses

Core sense — the Samaritansgenerated

See سَامِرٌ.

السَّامِرَةُ and السَّمَرَةُ: [the Samaritans; a people said to be] one of the tribes of the Children of Israel; or a sect, or people, of the Jews, differing from them in most, or in some, of their institutions.

Zj says they remain to this time in Syria, and are known by the name السَّامِرِيُّونَ; most of them are in the mountain of n-Nábulus. سَامِرِىٌّ is the relative noun from السَّامِرَةُ.

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: see سَامِرٌ . السَّامِرَةُ (M, Msb, K) and السَّمَرَةُ (TA) [The Samaritans; a people said to be] one of the tribes of the Children of Israel; (M;) or a sect, (Msb,) or people, (K,) of the Jews, differing from them (Msb, K) in most, (Msb,) or in some, (K,) of their institutes: (Msb, K:) Zj says, they remain to this time in Syria, and are known by the appellation of السَّامِرِيُّونَ : (M:) most of them are in the mountain of n-Nábulus: (TA:) سَامِرِىٌّ is the rel. n. of السَّامِرَةُ . (M, Msb, K.)

Nounسَامِرِىٌّ1 sense

Core sense — a Samaritangenerated

This word and its plural: see the preceding entry.

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, and its pl.: see the next preceding paragraph.

Nounأَسْمَرُ6 senses · 1 main

Core sense — tawny, brownish, or dusky in colour; wheat; milkgenerated

1a camel of a white colour inclining to شُهْبَة—بَعِيرٌ أَسْمَرُ

[Tawny, or brownish; dusky; dark-complexioned or dark-coloured;] of the colour termed سُمْرَةٌ. Feminine سَمْرَآءُ, plural سُمْرٌ.

[This is a hue in which whiteness predominates over blackness.]

[a tawny spear-shaft]—قَنَاةٌ سَمْرَآءُ

[tawny wheat]—حِنْطَةٌ سَمْرَآءُ

1.1wheat—السَّمْرَآءُ

So called because of its colour.

wheat and water; or water and the spear—الأَسْمَرَانِ

1.2milk; or the milk of the gazelle—الأَسْمَرُ

Apparently because of its colour.

1.3coarse flour, or flour of the third quality, full of bran—السَّمْرَآءُ

And, for the same reason, the same as خُشْكَارٌ.

bread made of such flour—السَّمْرَآءُ

See the article خُبْزُ السَّمْرَآءِ.

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And the kind of milking-vessel called خرج.

1.5figurative · مجاز — inferreda year of drought, in which there is no rain—عَامٌ أَسْمَرُ

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[Tawny, or brownish; dusky; dark-complexioned or dark-coloured;] of the colour termed سُمْرَةٌ [q. v.]: (S, M, K, & c.:) fem سَمْرَآءُ : (Msb, & c.:) and pl. سُمْرٌ . (A.) You say بَعِيرٌ أَسْمَرُ A camel of a white colour inclining to شُهْبَة [which is a hue wherein whiteness predominates over blackness]. (M.) And قَنَاةٌ سَمْرَآءُ [A tawny spearshaft]. (M.) And حِنْطَةٌ سَمْرَآءُ [Tawny wheat]. (M.) [Hence,] السَّمْرَآءُ Wheat: (S, Msb, K:) because of its colour. (Msb.) And الأَسْمَرَانِ Wheat and water: (AO, S, K:) or water and the spear. (S, K.) الأَسْمَرُ , also, signifies Milk: (M:) or milk of the gazelle: (IAar, M, K:) app. because of its colour. (M.) And [for the same reason] السَّمْرَآءُ signifies also Coarse flour, or flour of the third quality, full of bran; syn. خُشْكَارٌ . (K.) You say السَّمْرَآءُ Bread made of such flour. (L in art. خُبْزُ السَّمْرَآءِ .) And The [kind of milking-vessel called] خرج . (Sgh, K.) And عَامٌ أَسْمَرُ A year of drought, in which is no rain. (M.)

Nounأُسَيْمِرٌ1 sense

Core sense — a few small gum-acacia treesgenerated

Diminutive of أَسْمُرٌ; see سَمُرٌ, in two places.

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dim. of أَسْمُرٌ : see سَمُرٌ , in two places.

Nounمِسْمَارٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — a nail; a pin or peg of irongenerated

A nail; a pin, or peg, of iron; a certain thing of iron; a thing with which one makes something fast, firm, or strong. Plural مَسَامِيرُ.

1.1figurative · مجاز

Also, or مِسَْمارُإِبِلٍ: a good manager of camels; a skilful, good pastor of them.

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A nail; a pin, or peg, of iron; (Mgh;) a certain thing of iron; (S, K) a thing with which one makes fast, firm, or strong: (M, K:) pl. مَسَامِيرُ . (S, Msb, K.) Also, (K, TA,) or مِسَْمارُإِبِلٍ , (A, O,) A good manager of camels; (A, O, K, TA;) a skilful, good pastor thereof. (A.)

Nounمَسْمُورٌ4 senses · 2 main

Core sense — nailed, made fast with a nail; firm and compact in bodygenerated

Nailed; made fast, firm, or strong, with a nail or nails.

1.1figurative · مجاز — inferred

A man having little flesh, strongly knit in the bones and sinews.

1.2figurative · مجاز

And, with ة: a woman, or girl, or young woman, compact, or firm, in body, not flabby in flesh.

2figurative · مجازa turbid life—عَيْشٌ مَسْمُورٌ

From سَمَارٌ, applied to milk.

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Nailed; made fast, firm, or strong, with a nail [or nails]. (S, * Mgh.) A man, (TA,) having little flesh, strongly knit in the bones and sinews. (K, TA.) And, with ة , A woman, (M,) or girl, or young woman, (A, O, K,) compact, or firm, in body, (M, A, O, K,) not flabby in flesh. (M, O, K.) عَيْشٌ مَسْمُورٌ A turbid life: (M, O, * K, * TA:) from سَمَارٌ applied to milk. (M, TA.)

Nounمُسَامِرٌ1 sense

Core sense — one who talks with another by nightgenerated

See سَمِيرٌ, in two places.

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: see سَمِيرٌ , in two places.