be determined, be persistent

, (S, M, Msb, K,) and صَمِمَ, which is extr., (M, K,) [first pers. of each صَمِمْتُ,] aor. يَصَمُّ, (M, Msb, K,) inf. n. صَمَمٌ (S, * M, Msb, K) and صَمٌّ; (M, K;) and ↓ أَصَمَّ; (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 صَمَّتِ الأُذُنُ, aor. as above, inf. n. صَمَمٌ, The ear was, or became, deaf. (Msb.) ― -b2- [And He was, or became, as though he heard not.] One says, صَمَّ عَنْهُ (assumed tropical:) [He was as though he heard not him, or it; he was deaf to him, or it]; (M;) and عَنْهُ ↓ أَصَمَّ [meaning the same]. (S, M.) ― -b3- [Hence صَمَّ 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, صَمَّتْ حَصَاةٌ بِدَمٍ (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, صمِّى ٱبْنَةَ الجَبَلِ, (S, K,) in the following verse: " بُدِّلْتُ مِنْ وَايأِلٍ وَكِنْدَةَ عَدْ وَانَ وَفَهْمًا صَمِّى ٱبْنَةَ الجَبَلِ " (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, صَمَّ صَدَاهُ (tropical:) [His echo became dumb, or may his echo become dumb;] meaning he perished, or may he perish. (S, K, TA.) And ↓ صَمِّى صَمَامِ [in the CK erroneously written صُمِّى] 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 صَمَامِ means calamity, and war; but primarily, the serpent; and this saying, like صَمِّى ٱبْنَةَ الجَبَلِ, 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- صَمَمٌ in relation to stones, (Lth, TA,) or stone, (M,) [app. as an inf. n.,] signifies The being hard [and solid (see أَصَمُّ)]; 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, صَمَّ الحَجَرُ, inf. n. صَمَمٌ, The stone was hard [and solid]. (MA.) And صَمَّتِ الفِتْنَةُ, meaning [The trial, or civil war, &c.,] was, or became, hard, vehement, or severe. (Msb.) -A2- صَمَّ القَارُورَةَ, (S, K,) or صَمٌّ رَأْسَ القَارُورَةِ, (M,) aor. , (PS, [in a copy of the M , contr. to a general rule in the case of a trans. verb of this class, and app. a mistranscription,]) inf. n. صَمٌّ, (M,) He stopped the flask or bottle [app. with a صَمَام]: (S, K:) or he stopped the head of the flask or bottle, and bound it; as also ↓ اصمّهُ: (K:) or اصمّ القَارُورَةَ signifies he put a صِمَام to the flask or bottle. (S, K.) ― -b2- And صَمَّ الجُرْحَ, aor. , inf. n. صَمٌّ, He bound the wound, and put upon it a bandage with medicament. (M.) ― -b3- And صَمَّهُ, (S, M, K) inf. n. صَمٌّ, (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 صُمَّ, with damm, He was struck vehemently. (IAar, TA.)

, said of a sword, (S, M, K, TA,) accord. to the K, signifies It struck the joint, and cut, or severed, it: or i. q. طَبَّقَ: but this is at variance with what is said by J and other leading authorities; which is as follows: (TA:) it penetrated into the bone, and cut, or severed, it; but when it strikes the joint, and cuts, or severs, it, one says طَبَّقَ; a poet says, describing a sword, " يُصَمِّمُ أَحْيَانًا وَحِينًا يُطَبِّقُ " [It penetrates into the bone, &c., sometimes, and at one time it strikes the joint, &c.]: (S, TA:) or it passed into the bones: (M:) and ↓ صَمْصَمَ, said of a sword, signifies the same: (M, TA:) or تَصْمِيمٌ signifies a sword's penetrating into that which is struck with it without its causing any sound to be heard; from الصَّمَمُ in the ear. (Ham p. 326.) ― -b2- And hence تَصْمِيمٌ signifies also (tropical:) A man's keeping constantly, or perseveringly, to the thing that he purposes, until he attains [it]. (Ham ubi suprà.) One says, صَمَّمَ عَلَى كَذَا (assumed tropical:) He kept constantly, or perseveringly, to his opinion in respect of such a thing, after his desiring to do it. (IDrd, TA.) ― -b3- And صمّم, (S, Msb, K, TA,) inf. n. تَصْمِيمٌ, (M, K,) (tropical:) He acted, or went on, with penetrative energy, or with sharpness, vigorousness, and effectiveness, (S, M, Msb, K, TA,) in an affair, (M, Msb, K, TA,) and in journeying, (S, K, TA,) in this case said of a horse, (Z, TA,) and in other things; (S;) as also ↓ صَمْصَمَ. (K.) ― -b4- And (tropical:) He bit, and infixed his canine teeth, (S, K, TA,) and did not let go what he bit: (S, TA:) or صمّم فِى عَضَّتِهِ he infixed his teeth [or canine teeth] in his bite. (A, TA.) ― -b5- And صمّم الفَرَسَ العَلَفَ (tropical:) He (a man) enabled the horse to take of the fodder to such a degree that fat and repletion stuffed him. (K, * TA.) ― -b6- And صمّم صَاحِبَهُ الحَدِيثَ (tropical:) He made his companion to retain the narrative, or story, in his memory. (K, * TA.) ― -b7- See also the next paragraph.

, intrans.: see 1, first and fourth sentences. -A2- اصمّهُ He, (God, S, Msb, K,) or it, (a disease, M,) rendered him deaf; (S, * M, * Msb, K; *) [or] caused him to have a stoppage of the ear, and a heaviness of hearing. (M, K.) ― -b2- [Hence,] أَصَمَّنِى الكَلَامَ (assumed tropical:) He, or it, diverted me from hearing the speech; as though he, or it, rendered me deaf. (TA.) ― -b3- [Hence, اصمّهُ signifies also (assumed tropical:) He, or it, caused him to be as though he heard not. ― -b4- And hence, (assumed tropical:) He, or it, caused him, or it, to utter, or make, no sound or noise; like him who, not hearing, returns no reply to a call, or question; to be dumb, or mute.] One says, أَصَمَّ ٱللّٰهُ صَدَاهُ (tropical:) [May God make his echo to return no sound;] meaning may God destroy him: (TA:) a prov., said in imprecating death upon a man; the صدي being that which returns the like of his voice, or cry, from the mountains &c.; and when a man dies, the صدي hears not from him anything that it should answer him, so that it is as though it were deaf. (Meyd.) [In the vulgar language, ↓ صَمَّمَ likewise signifies (assumed tropical:) He silenced him, reduced him to silence, or closed his mouth: so says De Sacy, in his Chrest. Arabe, sec. ed., iii. 379.] ― -b5- And اصمّهُ [in the CK اَصْمَمَهُ] also signifies He found him to be أَصَمّ [i. e. deaf]. (S, M, K.) One says, نَادَاهُ فَأَصَمَّهُ [He called him, or called to him, and found him to be deaf]. (TA.) And أَصَمَّ دُعَاوأُهُ His call found persons deaf to it, (Th, M, K,) who would not hear his censure. (K.) ― -b6- See also 1, near the end.

He feigned himself to be أَصَمّ [i. e. deaf]. (S.) [It is intrans. and trans.] You say, تصامّ عَنْهُ and تصامّهُ He feigned to him that he was deaf. (M.) And تصامّ عَنِ الحَدِيثِ (M, K) and تصامّهُ (M) He feigned (M, K) to his companion (M) that he was deaf to the narrative, or story. (M, K. *) تَصَامَمْتُهُ means تَصَامَمْتُ مِنْهُ [or عَنْهُ], i. e. I made a show of being deaf [to it], and feigned myself inattentive [to it]. (Ham p. 169.)

: see 2, in two places. -A2- صَمْصَمَتِ الصِّمَّةُ, (TK,) inf. n. صَمْصَمَةٌ, (K, TK,) The female hedge-hog uttered its cry. (K, * TK.)

a name for (assumed tropical:) Calamity, or misfortune; (S, TA;) as also ↓ الصِّمَّةُ, (TA,) and so ↓ صَمَامِ, like قَطَامِ, in a phrase mentioned in the first paragraph, q. v. (S, K. [See also this last word below.]) ― -b2- And (assumed tropical:) The lion; (S, M, K;) as also ↓ الصِّمَّةُ, (M, Msb, K,) thus called because of his courage, [i. e. from the latter word as signifying “ courageous, ” but accord. to the Msb the reverse is the case,] (M,) and so ↓ الصُّمَصِمُ and ↓ الصُّمَاصِمُ: (K:) the pl. of ↓ صِمَّةٌ is صِمَمٌ. (TA.)

Courageous; (S, M, Msb, K;) applied to a man; (S, M;) one who renders deaf him whom he smites. (Er-Rághib, TA.) ― -b2- See also the next preceding paragraph, in three places. ― -b3- Also A male serpent: (S, K:) pl. صِمَمٌ. (S.) ― -b4- And A female hedge-hog. (K.) ― -b5- See also صَمَامٌ.

inf. n. of the intrans. verb صَمَّ [q. v.]. (S, * M, Msb, K.) -A2- See also صِمْصِمٌ, in four places.

[an imperative verbal noun, like نَزَالِ &c.]. One says, صَمَامِ صَمَامِ, meaning Feign ye deafness, in silence. (S, K.) Also meaning Charge ye upon the enemy. (AHeyth, TA.) -A2- Also (tropical:) Hard, or severe, calamity or misfortune; and so ↓ الصَّمَّآءُ; (K, TA;) [as though] closed up [or obdurate, or deaf to deprecation]: (TA:) or الصَّمَّآءُ signifies [simply] calamity, or misfortune: (S:) and ↓ دَاهِيَةٌ صَمَّآءُ signifies a calamity, or misfortune, [as though] closed up, and hard. (M.) See also الصِّمُّ, above.

The سِدَاد [or stopper], (S, M, K,) [i. e.] the thing that is put into the mouth, (Msb,) of a flask, or bottle: (S, M, Msb, K:) and its شِدَاد [app. meaning the piece of skin that is tied over the head]: (M:) or accord. to some it signifies the عِفَاص [which has the latter meaning]: (Msb:) or it signifies the thing that is put into the head of the flask, or bottle; and عِفَاص signifies the “ thing [or piece of skin] that is tied upon it: ” (M:) and ↓ صِمَامَةٌ signifies the same as صِمَامٌ, (IAar, K,) as also ↓ صِمَّةٌ. (K.) ― -b2- Also The فَرْج; perhaps for مَوْضِعُ صِمَامٍ: (Mgh, TA:) so in a trad., in which it is said that الوَطْءُ should be in one صِمَام: but, as some relate it, the word is there with س [i. e. سِمَام]. (TA.)

The bone that is the [main] stay, or support, of the limb or member or the like; (M, K, and Ham p. 302;) as the صميم [or principal bone] of the shank (M and Ham) of a beast, (M,) and that of the head; (M and Ham;) opposed to وَشِيظٌ, because the latter is smaller than the former: (M:) and the thing that is the [main] stay, or support, of another thing. (Ham p. 359.) ― -b2- [Hence,] The heart: so in a saying of a poet cited voce دَلَفَ. (Ham p. 678.) ― -b3- And hence, also, (TA,) (tropical:) The prime, principal, or most essential, part; (M, K, TA;) the choice, best, or most excellent, part; of a thing (S, M, Msb, K, TA) of any kind. (M.) One says, هُوَ فِى صَمِيمِ قَوْمِهِ (tropical:) [He is of the choice, best, or most excellent, of his people or party; of the main stock thereof; or of those that constitute the members, exclusive of such as are followers, or incorporated confederates, thereof]: (S, TA:) contr. of شَظًى (S in art. شظى) [and of شِقٌّ, q. v.]. ― -b4- And (tropical:) The greatest intenseness or vehemence or violence, or the most intense or vehement or violent degree, of heat, and of cold: (S, K, TA:) or simply the intenseness or vehemence or violence thereof. (M.) ― -b5- And (assumed tropical:) The middle [or core] of the heart. (Msb.) ― -b6- And The shell (lit. the dry, or hard, exterior covering) of the egg. (K.) -A2- Also an epithet, applied to a man, (M, K,) and to a woman, and to two persons (M,) and to a pl. number, (M, K,) (tropical:) Pure, unmixed, or genuine, in respect of race, lineage, or parentage. (M, K, TA.)

: see صِمَامٌ.