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صَمْصَامٌ ذ , (S, K,) or سَيْفٌ صَمْصَامٌ, (M,) and ↓ صَمْصَامَةٌ , (S, M, K, [in the CK, erroneously, صِمْصَامَة,]) A sword, (K,) or a sharp sword, (S, M,) that will not bend. (S, M, K.) الصَّمْصَامُ, (S, K,) or ↓ الصَّمْصَامَةُ , (M,) was the name of The sword of 'Amr Ibn-Maadee-Kerib. (S, M, K.) And some of the Arabs make ↓ صَمْصَامَةُ , thus without tenween, imperfectly decl., to be the name of A particular sword. (IB, TA.) ― -b2- See also صِمْصِمٌ.

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