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2 شمّر ذ , (S, A, Msb, K,) inf. n. تَشْمِيرٌ, (S, K,) He raised, (S, Msb, K,) or tucked up, or contracted, (A,) his garment, (Msb, K,) or his waist-wrapper, (S,) [or his sleeve,] or his skirts. (A.) One says, شمّر عَنْ سَاقِهِ [He raised, or tucked up, his garment, or waist-wrapper, or skirts, from his shank]. (S.) [And in like manner, ↓ تشمّر signifies He raised, or tucked up, his garment, &c.: for] one says also, تشمّر عَنْ سَاعِدَيْهِ [He tucked up his sleeves from his fore arms]. (TA.) It is said in a prov., شَمَّرَ ذَيْلًا وَا@دَّرَعَ لَيْلًا i. e. [lit.] He contracted, or drew up, his [or a] skirt [and clad himself with night as with a tunic]: (TA:) or شَمِرْ ذَيْلًا وَا@دَّرِعْ لَيْلًا, meaning (tropical:) Use thou prudence, or precaution, or good judgment, and journey all the night. (S and K in art. درع.) ― -b2- [Hence,] (assumed tropical:) He strove, or laboured, exerted himself or his power or ability, employed himself vigorously or laboriously or with energy, or took extraordinary pains, (AA, Msb, TA,) and was quick, (AA, TA,) فِى الأَمْرِ [in the affair]; as also ↓ شَمَرَ , inf. n. شَمْرٌ: (TA:) and فِى العِبَادَةِ [in religious service]: (Msb:) and فِى سَيْرِهِ [in his pace, or journeying]; like تَجَرَّدَ and اِنْجَرَدَ. (L and TA in art. جرد.) Also, (K,) inf. n. as above; (TA;) and ↓ شَمَرَ , (K,) aor. شَمُرَ , inf. n. شَمْرٌ; (TA;) and ↓ انشمر , and ↓ تشمّر ; (K;) (assumed tropical:) He passed along striving, or exerting himself, or vigorously: or he passed along with a proud and self-conceited gait; (K;) [and] ↓ مَرَّ يَشْمُرُ , inf. n. as above, has the latter meaning. (S.) And شمّر فِى الأَمْرِ (assumed tropical:) He was, or became, light, or active, (S, Msb, K,) and quick, (Msb,) in, or for, the affair: (S, Msb, K:) and شمّر لِلْأَمْرِ, and شمّر لِلْأَمْرِ أَذْيَالَهُ, (A, TA,) and شمّر عَنْ سَاقِهِ, (TA,) (tropical:) He was, or became, light, or active, and he rose, or hastened, to do the thing, or affair. (A, TA.) And شمّرت الحَرْبُ and شمّرت عَنْ سَاقِهَا (tropical:) [The war, or battle, became vehement; like كَشَفَتْ عَنْ سَاقٍ]. (A.) ― -b3- Also He contracted a thing; syn. قَلَّصَ; (TA;) [and so, perhaps, ↓ شَمَرَ ; for] الشَّمْرُ signifies تَقْلِيصُ الشَّىْءِ, like التَّشْمِيرُ: (K:) [or the author of the TA may have misunderstood this explanation in the K, and the meaning may be it (a thing) contracted, or became contracted; for قَلَّصَ is trans. and also (like قَلَصَ) intrans.: that شمّر has this latter meaning, whether it have also, or have not, the former, is shown by the statement that] one says, شَمَّرَتِ الشَّفَةُ meaning قَلَصَت [i. e. The lip became contracted, or became contracted upwards]: (M in art. قلص:) and ↓ تشمّر [in like manner] signifies it (a thing) contracted, or became contracted; syn. تَقَلَّصَ. (TA.) ― -b4- Also, (inf. n. as above, As, S,) (tropical:) He launched forth a ship, or boat; let it go; let it take its course; (As, IAar, S, A, K;) and in like manner, a hawk; (A;) and he discharged, or shot, an arrow: (As, IAar, S, A, Msb:) and hence, (As, S,) (tropical:) he sent, sent forth, or sent away, (As, S, M, A, K,) a thing. (M, A.) [See also سَمَّرَ.] And شمّر الإِِبِلَ, inf. n. as above; (TA;) and ↓ اشمرها ; (K;) (assumed tropical:) He hastened the camels; made them to hasten; syn. أَكْمَشَهَا, [which seems to be either syn. with, or a mistranscription for, كَمَّشَهَا, (see سَمَّرَ,)] and أَعْجَلَهَا. (O, K, TA.) ― -b5- And شَمَّرْتُ النَّخْلَ (tropical:) I cut off the fruit of the palm-trees; syn. صَرَمْتُهُ; (A, TA;) or so ↓ شَمَرْتُهُ , (Ibn-'Abbád, O,) [for] الشَّمْرُ signifies صِرَامُ النَّخْلِ. (K.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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