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1 شَمِطَ ذ , aor. شَمَطَ , inf. n. شَمَطٌ, He (a man, S, TA) was, or became, grizzled in the hair of his head; he had whiteness in the hair of his head, mixed with its blackness: (S, Mgh, * K:) as also ↓ أَشْمَطَ , (K, but wanting in one copy,) and ↓ اِشْمَطَّ , and ↓ اِشْمَاطَّ , and ↓ اِشْمَأَطَّ : (K:) [or he had hair of two different colours, black and white: or he had whiteness of the hair, or hoariness, mixed with the blackness of youth: or he had whiteness, or hoariness, in his beard: but شَمِطَتْ, said of a woman, she had whiteness, or hoariness, in the head: see شَمَطٌ, below.] -A2- شَمَطَ, aor. شَمِطَ , (S, K,) inf. n. شَمْطٌ, (S,) He mixed a thing; (S, K;) he mixed together any two things: (S, Mgh:) and ↓ أَشْمَطَ signifies the same. (AZ, K.) You say, شَيَطَ بَيْنَ المَآءِ وَاللَّبَنِ He mixed together the water and the milk. (TA.) And عَمَلَكَ بِصَدَقَةٍ ↓ أَشْمِطْ (assumed tropical:) Mix thou thy work with alms. (AZ.) And Aboo-'Amr Ibn-El-'Alà used to say to his companions, اشْمِطُوا, [i. e. either اِشْمِطُوا or ↓ أَشْمِطُوا ,] meaning (assumed tropical:) Betake yourselves at one time to reading, or reciting, somewhat of the Kur-án, and another time to some tradition, and another time to something strange [that is to be elucidated], and another time to poetry, and another time to lexicology; i. e., mix ye these [subjects of study]: (TA:) or, accord. to one relation, ↓ شَمِّطُوا . (Har p. 177; where it is expl. in a similar manner).
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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