صَمُّ

1 S~m~a * , (S, M, Msb, K,) and Samima , which is extr., (M, K,) [first pers. of each Samimotu ,] aor. yaSam~u , (M, Msb, K,) inf. n. SamamN (S, * M, Msb, K) and Sam~N ; (M, K;) and ↓ A^aSam~a ; (S, M, Msb, K;) He was, or became, deaf; (M, * Msb, K; *) [or] he had a stoppage of the ear, and a heaviness of hearing. (M, K.) And Sam~ati AlA^u*unu , aor. as above, inf. n. SamamN , The ear was, or became, deaf. (Msb.) ― -b2- [And He was, or became, as though he heard not. ] One says, Sam~a Eanohu (assumed tropical:) [ He was as though he heard not him, or it; he was deaf to him, or it ]; (M;) and Eanohu ↓ A^aSam~a [meaning the same]. (S, M.) ― -b3- [Hence Sam~a signifies also (assumed tropical:) He or it, uttered, or made, no sound or noise; like him who, not hearing, returns no reply to a call or question; (assumed tropical:) was dumb, or mute. ] One says, Sam~ato HaSaApN bidamK (tropical:) [ A pebble made no sound in falling upon the ground by reason of blood ]; i. e. the blood was so copious that if one threw a pebble into it no sound would be heard in consequence thereof, (As, S, M, Meyd, K, TA,) because it would not fall upon the ground: (As, S, Meyd:) the saying is a prov. (Meyd.) And hence the saying of Imra-el-Keys, Sm~iY A@bonapa Aljabali , (S, K,) in the following verse: bud~ilotu mino waAy^ilK wakinodapa Eado waAna wafahomFA Sam~iY A@bonapa Aljabali (assumed tropical:) [ I have been given in exchange, for Wáïl and Kindeh,' Adwán and Fahm: make no sound, O pebble: app. meaning that he would shed much blood]: (S, TA: but this verse is omitted in one of my two copies of the S:) or the meaning is, O echo; (S, M, Meyd, K;) so they assert: (AHeyth, TA:) or O calamity; the saying being a prov.; (Meyd, TA;) applied to the case of a severe calamity; as though meaning be dumb, O calamity; said by As to be applied in relation to an event deemed excessively foul or evil: (TA:) or O serpent; (Meyd, TA;) which is said to be the primary meaning: (Meyd:) or O rock. (A Heyth, K, TA. [See also the second of the sentences here following.]) One says also, Sam~a SadaAhu (tropical:) [ His echo became dumb, or may his echo become dumb; ] meaning he perished, or may he perish. (S, K, TA.) And ↓ Sam~iY SamaAmi [in the CK erroneously written Sum~iY ] meaning (tropical:) Increase, O calamity: (S, K, TA:) or it is applied to a man who brings to pass a calamity, and means be dumb, O calamity: (TA:) or SamaAmi means calamity, and war; but primarily, the serpent; and this saying, like Sam~iY A@bonapa Aljabali , is a prov. said when two parties refuse to make peace, and persist in opposition; meaning answer not the charmer, O serpent, but continue as thou art wont to be. (Meyd.) ― -b4- SamamN in relation to stones, (Lth, TA,) or stone, (M,) [app. as an inf. n.,] signifies The being hard [ and solid (see A^aSam~u )]; or [as a simple subst.] hardness [ and solidity ]: (Lth, M, TA:) and in relation to a spear-shaft, the being compact; or compactness. (M.) One says, Sam~a AlHajaru , inf. n. SamamN , The stone was hard [ and solid ]. (MA.) And Sam~ati Alfitonapu , meaning [ The trial, or civil war, &c.,] was, or became, hard, vehement, or severe. (Msb.) -A2- Sam~a AlqaAruwrapa , (S, K,) or Sam~N raA^osa AlqaAruwrapi , (M,) aor. Samu3a , (PS, [in a copy of the M Sami3a , contr. to a general rule in the case of a trans. verb of this class, and app. a mistranscription,]) inf. n. Sam~N , (M,) He stopped the flask or bottle [app. with a SamaAm ]: (S, K:) or he stopped the head of the flask or bottle, and bound it; as also ↓ ASm~hu : (K:) or ASm~ AlqaAruwrapa signifies he put a SimaAm to the flask or bottle. (S, K.) ― -b2- And Sam~a AljuroHa , aor. Samu3a , inf. n. Sam~N , He bound the wound, and put upon it a bandage with medicament. (M.) ― -b3- And Sam~ahu , (S, M, K) inf. n. Sam~N , (M,) He struck him, (S, K,) or it, i. e. his head, (M,) with a staff, or stick, (S, M,) and with a stone, (S, M, K,) and with the like thereof. (M.) And Sum~a , with damm, He was s