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1 صَمَى ذ , (K,) aor. يَصْمِى, (TK,) inf. n. صَمَيَانٌ, He (a man, TK) hastened, made haste, sped, or went quickly; (K, TA;) and was light, active, or agile; this is said by Aboo-Is-hák [i. e. Zj] to be the primary signification; (TA;) as also ↓ اصمى . (K.) ― -b2- And صَمَيَانٌ, (S, M, K,) likewise an inf. n. of which the verb is صَمَى, aor. as above, said of a man, (TK,) signifies [also] The act of escaping, or getting loose or at liberty, syn. تَفَلُّتٌ, (M, and so in some copies of the S, in other copies of the S and in the K تَقَلُّبٌ, [but the latter I regard as a mistake, and so it is said to be in the TK,]) and leaping. (S, M, K.) ― -b3- صَمَى, aor. as above, (S, Msb, K,) inf. n. صَمْىٌ, (Msb,) said of an animal that is an object of the chase, means He died (S, Msb, K) in one's sight, (S, Msb,) or on the spot. (K.) -A2- صَمَاهُ الأَمْرُ, (Lth, K,) aor. as above, (TA,) The thing, or event, betided him, or befell him. (Lth, K.) ― -b2- And مَاصَمَاكَ عَلَيْهِ What incited, urged, induced, or made, thee to do it? (K, TA.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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