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مُصَمِّتٌ ذ [A silencer, or quieter: and hence, ― -b2- ] One who cares for another's complaint. (M, * Meyd, TA.) One says, (M, Meyd, TA,) i. e. a rájiz says, addressing a camel belonging to him, (Har p. 642,) “ إِِنَّكَ لَا تَشْكُو إِِلَى مُصَمِّتِ
فَا@صْبِرْ عَلَى الحِمْلِ الثَّقِيلِ أَوْ مُتِ
” [Verily thou complainest not to one who cares for thy complaint; therefore endure with patience the bearing of the heavy burden, or die]. (M, Meyd, TA.) تَشْكُو إِِلَى غَيْرِ مُصَمِّتٍ, i. e. [Thou complainest] to one who cares not for thy case, is a proverb. (Meyd.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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