Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

سَمُجَ, [aor. ـُ {يَسْمُجُ},] inf. n. سَمَاجَةٌ (Ṣ, O, Mṣb, Ḳ) and سُمُوجَةٌ; (L, TA;) and سَمِجَ, [aor. ـَ {يَسْمَجُ},] (Lḥ, TA, and so in a copy of the A,) inf. n. سَمَاجَةٌ; (A;) It (a thing, Ṣ, O, Mṣb) was, or became, foul, unseemly, or ugly; (Ṣ, A, O, Mṣb,* Ḳ;) or devoid of beauty. (A, L, Mṣb.)

سمّجهُ, (A, O, L, Mṣb, Ḳ,) inf. n. تَسْمِيجٌ, (O, Ḳ,) He, or it, rendered it foul, unseemly, or ugly; (O, Mṣb,* Ḳ;) or devoid of beauty. (L, Mṣb.) One says, مَا سَمَّجَهُ عِنْدِى إِلَّا كَذَا [Nothing rendered it foul, unseemly,, &c., in my estimation, but such a thing]. (A.)

مَا أَسْمَجَ فِعْلَهُ [How foul, or unseemly, is his deed!]. (A.)

استسمجهُ He reckoned it, or esteemed it, foul, unseemly, or ugly; (Ṣ, O;) or devoid of beauty. (L.) One says, أَنَا أَسْتَسْمِجُ فِعْلَكَ [I reckon, or esteem, thy deed foul, or unseemly]. (A, TA.)

سَمْجٌ, (Ṣ, O, Ḳ,) like ضَخْمٌ from ضَخُمَ, (Ṣ, O,) andسَمِجٌ↓, (Ṣ, A, O, Mṣb, Ḳ,) like خَشِنٌ (Ṣ, A, O, Mṣb) from خَشُنَ, (Ṣ, O,) andسَمِيجٌ↓, (Ṣ, A, O, Ḳ,) like قَبِيحٌ (Ṣ, A, O) from قَبُحَ, (Ṣ, O,) Foul, unseemly, or ugly; (Ṣ, A, O, Mṣb,* Ḳ;) or devoid of beauty: (A, L, Mṣb:) pl. سِمَاجٌ, (Ṣ, O, Ḳ,) [of سَمْجٌ,] like ضِخَامٌ [pl. of ضَخْمٌ, or of سَمِيجٌ, like قِبَاحٌ pl. of قَبِيحٌ], applied to a number of men, (Ṣ, O,) and, so applied, سَمَاجَى, [of سَمِجٌ, like حَذَارَى pl. of حَذِرٌ, or of سَمِيجٌ, like قَبَاحَى pl. of قَبِيحٌ,] (IF, O, L,) and سُمَجَآءُ, [of سَمِيجٌ,] and سَمِجُونَ: (L:) سَمِيجٌ↓ is of the dial. of Hudheyl; and is said by some to signify possessing no good, or no good things. (L.) One says also سَمْجٌ لَمْجٌ andسَمِجٌ↓ لَمِجٌ andسَمِيجٌ↓ لَمِيجٌ, using the latter word in each case as an imitative sequent [for the purpose of corroboration]. (AO, Ṣ and Ḳ in art. لمج, q. v.)

سَمْجٌ applied to milk signifies Greasy, and bad, or foul, in flavour; as alsoسَمِيجٌ↓; (Ṣ, O, Ḳ;) and so سَمْهَجٌ and سَمْلَجٌ: (Ṣ:) or having no flavour; (L;) or so سَمِجٌ↓: (Mṣb:) and bad, or foul, in odour. (L.)