[1]
سَمَا , (S, M, Msb, K,) first pers. سَمَوْتُ, like
عَلَوْتُ, (S,) aor. يَسْمُو, (Msb, TA,) inf. n. سُمُوٌّ;
(S, M, K;) and سَمِىَ, first pers. سَمِيتُ, (Th, S,
TA,) like عَلِيتُ; (S;) He, (a man, Th, S,) or it,
(a thing, M,) was, or became, high, lofty, raised,
upraised, uplifted, upreared, exalted, or elevated;
it rose, or rose high: (S, M, Msb, K:) and
↓ تسامى signifies the same. (MA. [See also 5.])
―
2-b2- سَمَالِىَ الشَّىْءُ The thing became raised from afar
so that I plainly distinguished it: (K:) or, as in
the S, سَمَا لِىَ الشَّخْصُ the form, or figure, seen
from a distance, rose, or became raised, to me
[i. e. to my view] so that I plainly distinguished
it. (TA.) ―
2-b3- سَمَا الهِلَالُ The moon near the
change rose مُرْتَفِعًا [app. meaning upreared, not
decumbent: see أَدْفَقُ]. (TA.) ―
2-b4- [سَمَا لَهُ or نَحْوَهُ
He rose, and betook himself, to, or towards, him,
or it. Hence,] مَاسَمَوْتُ لَكُمْ I will not [or (unless
the phrase be an apodosis) I did not] rise and
hasten to fight you. (TA.) ―
2-b5- سَمَا بَصَرَهُ His
sight, or eye, rose, or became raised. (S, TA.)
[And سَمَاطَرْفُهُ lit. signifies the same; but means
(assumed tropical:) His look was lofty; or he was proud: see سَامٍ,
below.] ―
2-b6- سَمَا is also said of him who is termed
حَسِيبٌ and شَرِيفٌ [i. e. it signifies He was, or
became, noble; or high, or exalted, in rank].
(TA.) ―
2-b7- سَمَتة هِمَّتُهُ إِلَى مَعَالِى الأُمْورِ [His ambition soared, or aspired, to high things, or the
means of attaining eminence;] he sought glory,
or might, and eminence. (Msb, TA.) ―
2-b8- سَمَابِى
شَوْقَ بَعْدَ أَنْ كَانَ أَقْصَرَ [A yearning, or longing,
of the soul arose in me after it had ceased].
(TA.) ―
2-b9- هُمْ يَسْمُونَ عَلَى المِائَةِ They exceed [or
are above] the number of a hundred. (TA.) ―
2-b10-
سَمَوْا, (S, K, TA,) and ↓ استموا, (S,) They went
forth to pursue the animals of the chase (S, K,
TA) in their deserts: (TA:) [or] one says of the
hunter, or sportsman, يَسْمُو الوَحْشَ, and ↓ يَسْتَمِيهَا,
meaning he sees, or looks to see, (يَتَعَيَّنُ,) the
coming forth of the wild animals, and pursues
them. (M. [See also 8 below.]) ―
2-b11- سَمَا الفَحْلُ,
inf. n. سَمَاوَةٌ, The stallion sprang, or rushed, upon,
(S,) or he overbore, (S, * M, K,) his she-camels
that had passed seven or eight months since the
period of their bringing forth. (S, M, K.) ＝
1-A2-
سَمَابِهِ: see 4. ＝
1-A3- See also 2.