سَمّ

sam~N * 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 ↓ sum~N , (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 ↓ sim~N , (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. simaAmN (S, M, Msb, K) and sumuwmN : (S, Msb, K:) and ↓ samosamN signifies the same, in the sing. sense. (ISk, K, TA.) [In some copies of the K, by a mistranscription ( waAls~am~i or waAls~um~i for wAls~am~u or waAls~um~u ) sam~N or sum~N is made to be syn. with samosamN as signifying “ a fox. ” That the right reading is that which I have followed is shown in the TA by an ex., in which samosam is spoken of as drunk.] ― -b2- [Hence,] sam~u AlfaA^ori Arsenic; [in like manner called by us ratsbane; ] syn. Al$~ak~u , (K, TA,) i. e. Alr~ahaju [which is a modern word for arsenic]. (TA.) [Also applied in the present day to The hyoscyamus muticus of Linn. (Delile's Floræ Aegypt. Illustr., in the Descr. de l'Égypte, no. 242.)] ― -b3- And sam~u AlHimaAri The [ tree called ] difolaY [q. v.]. (K.) ― -b4- And sam~u Als~amaki The tree called maAhiyzahoraho [or maAhiY zahoraho ], (K,) which latter appellation is Pers., meaning the same, [i. e. “ fish-poison, ”] (TA,) and also known by the name of AlbuwSiyru : it is beneficial for pains of the joints, and pain of the hip and the back, and the niqoris [i. e. gout, or specially gout in the foot or feet ]; but the only part of its tree that is beneficial is its liHaA=' [or bark ]: (K, TA:) when somewhat thereof, (K, * TA,) kneaded mith leaven, (TA,) is put into a pool of water, it intoxicates the fish thereof, (K, TA,) so that they float upon the surface of the water: (TA:) and its leaves burn in lamps in lieu of wicks, (K, TA,) by reason of their oleaginous property. (TA.) ― -b5- sam~u A^aboraSa : see saAm~N . -A2- Also, and ↓ sum~N , (S, M, Msb, K,) and ↓ sim~N , (Msb, K,) [but the last is thought by SM to be vulgar, in this sense as well as in the first,] A perforation, bore, or hole, (S, M, Msb, K,) of anything; (M;) or such as is narrow; (TA;) for instance, (S, TA,) [the eye ] of a needle; (S, Msb, TA;) as in the Kur vii. 38; [see jum~alN ;] and the hole of the nose, and of the ear: (TA:) pl. sumuwmN , (M,) or simaAmN , (Msb,) or both. (S, K.) The sumuwm and simaAm of a human being are His mouth and his nostril and his ear, (S,) or his mouth and his nostrils and his ears; (K;) and the sing. is sam~N and ↓ sum~N : (S:) or the sumuwm of a human being, and of a horse or the like, are the clefts ( ma$aAq~ ) of the skin thereof. (M.) And the sumuwm 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. sam~N : (M:) or, as some say, (M,) the sam~aAni , (S, M,) or the sam~ , (K, [but this seems evidently to be a mistake for the dual,]) means two veins in the nose ( A^anof , M, or xayo$uwm , S, K, [which latter often means the same as the former,]) of the horse: (S, M, K:) accord. to Lth, sumuwmN , as pl. of sam~N , signifies the channels of the tears of the horse: AO says that in the face of the horse are sumuwm ; and the bareness of his sumuwm is approved, and is regarded as indicative of generous breed. (TA.) By the sumuwm of the horse are also meant Any bone [or rather bones ] in which is marrow. (TA.) And the sumuwm of a sword are Notches therein, whether new or old. (TA.) ― -b2- A^aSaAba sam~a HaAjatihi [is app. from sam~N 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, huwa baSiyrN bisam~i HaAjatihi [ He is knowing, or skilful, in respect of the object o