ṣantimitr

centimeter

صَنْتِمِتر

Word

Noun · pattern فَنْتِعِتل

Root

ص م ر

Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 12 entries
  • صَمَرَ Form I He was niggardly, or tenacious, and refused
    , (M, K,) aor. , (M,) inf. n. صَمْرٌ and صُمُورٌ, He was niggardly, or tenacious, and refused; (M, K;) as also ↓ اصمر, and ↓ صمّر: (K:) [or] صَمَرَ, inf. n. صَمْرٌ, signifies he collected, and refused; and so ↓ اصمر, and ↓ صمّر: one says, صَمَرَ مَتَاعَهُ [he collected, and refused, his goods]: (O:) [but ISd says that] the phrase ↓ الصَّامِرِينَ مَتَاعَهُمْ, used by a poet, means, الصَّامِرِينَ بِمَتَاعِهِمْ [i. e., accord. to the context, those who are niggardly with their goods]. (M.) -A2- صَمَرَ المَآءُ, (M, O, K,) aor. , inf. n. صُمُورٌ, (M, O,) The water ran from a declivity into a level place, and then became calm, or tranquil, while [continuing] running. (M, O, K.) And ↓ صِمْرٌ signifies The resting-place of such water: (M, K:) and ↓ صِمْرُ الوَادِى the resting-place of such water of the valley. (TA.) -A3- صَمَرَ, (O, K,) aor. ; (K;) and صَمِرَ, (O, K,) aor. ; (K;) said of milk, (O, K,) It was, or became, sour; (O;) or very sour; as also ↓ اصمر. (O, K.)
  • صَمَّرَ Form II Open entry
    see above, first sentence, in two places: -A2- and see the paragraph here following.
  • أَصْمَرَ Form IV They entered upon the time of sunset
    see 1, first sentence, in two places: -A2- and see also the last sentence. -A3- Also اصمروا, (O, * K,) inf. n. إِصْمَارٌ; (O;) and ↓ صمّروا, (K,) inf. n. تَصْمِيرٌ; (O;) They entered upon the time of sunset, which is called الصُّمَيْرُ. (O, K.)
  • تصمّر Form V He confined, restricted, or restrained, himself
    He confined, restricted, or restrained, himself. (O.) [See also its part. n., below.]
  • صَمْرٌ Stink, foul odour, or offensive smell
    , (M, O, TS, K,) or ↓ صَمَرٌ, (S, A, L,) [the latter probably the correct, or the original, word, and, if so, app. an inf. n. of an unmentioned, and perhaps unused, verb, namely, صَمِرَ, whence the part. n. صَمِرٌ, q. v.,] Stink, foul odour, or offensive smell: (S, M, K:) and, (K,) accord. to IAar, (O, TA,) the odour of fresh mush, (O, and so in copies of the K,) or of fresh fish: (TA, as from the K:) and, accord. to IAar, (O, TA,) but in this sense more commonly ↓ صَمَرٌ, (O,) the sultry heat, (O,) or foul smell, and sultry heat, and dew, or moisture, accompanying such heat, (TA,) of the sea when it is agitated. (O, TA.)
  • صُمْرٌ side
    i. q. صُبْرٌ [i. e. The side of a thing: or a side rising above the rest of a thing: or its upper part, or top: or its edge]: (S, M, K:) the م is said to be substituted for ب: (M:) pl. أَصْمَارٌ. (S, M, K.) You say, أَدْهَقْتُ الكَأْسَ إِلَى أَصْمَارِهَا, meaning الى أَصْبَارِهَا [i. e. I filled the cup to its uppermost parts; or to its edges]. (ISk, S, M, * K: in the M and TA is added, i. e. إِلَى أَعَالِيهَا.) And أَخَذَ الشَّىْءَ بِأَصْمَارِهِ, meaning بِأَصْبَارِهِ [i. e. He took the thing altogether: see art. صبر]. (M, TA.)
  • صِمْرٌ Open entry
    , and صِمْرُ الوَادِى: see the first paragraph.
  • صَمَرٌ Open entry
    : see صَمْرٌ, in two places.
  • صَمِرٌ Stinking; having a foul, or an offensive, odour, or smell
    : [Stinking; having a foul, or an offensive, odour, or smell]. One says, يَدِى مِنَ السَّمَكِ صَمِرَةٌ [My hand is stinking from the fish], (S, O, [in the former of which the meaning is indicated by the context,]) and مِنَ اللَّحْمِ [from the flesh-meat]. (TA.)
  • صَمْرَةٌ Milk devoid of sweetness
    Milk devoid of sweetness. (O, K.)
  • صَمِيرٌ whose flesh is dry, or tough, upon his bones
    A man whose flesh is dry, or tough, upon his bones, (S, M, A, O, K,) from whom the odour of sweat diffuses itself. (IDrd, S, A, O, K.)
  • صُمَيْرٌ time of sunset
    The time of sunset. (K, TA.)

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