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صَمَيَانٌ ذ [an inf. n. used as] an epithet applied to a man, (S, M, A, &c.,) Quick, or swift: (Har p. 93: [see 1, first sentence:]) courageous; (S, M, K;) earnest, not making a false show of bravery, in the charge, or assault: (M, K:) and strong, and mature in age: (M, TA:) or the same word, (accord. to the TA,) or ↓ صِمِيَّانٌ , (so in this sense accord. to a copy of the M,) one who rushes (يَنْصَمِى) upon men injuriously: (M, TA:) accord. to the T, one who seizes upon men unjustly: accord. to IAar, daring in acts of disobedience: accord. to Z, applied to a man, it signifies تِمْضَآءٌ عَلَى الأُمُورِ [i. e. one who executes, performs, or accomplishes, affairs with energy; or who keeps, or applies himself, thereto with much constancy or perseverance: تِمْضَآءٌ being an intensive epithet, like تِكْلَامٌ and تِلْقَامٌ &c.]: (TA:) the pl. of صَمَيَانٌ is صِمْيَانٌ. (Kr, M, TA.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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