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اـِصْتَوَمَ see 1, first sentence.

صَوْمٌ an inf. n. of 1 [q. v.]. (S, M, &c.) ― -b2- [Hence,] الصَّوْمُ [app. for وَقْتُ الصَّوْمِ ] means also (tropical:) [The month of] Ramadán: (K, TA:) whence the saying of Aboo-Zeyd, أَقَمْتُ بِالبَصْرَةِ صَوْمَيْنِ , meaning [I remained, stayed, dwelt, or abode, in El-Basrah] two Ramadáns. (TA.) ― -b3- And [in like manner] صَوْمٌ also means (assumed tropical:) A Christian church; syn. بِيعَةٌ : (S, K, TA:) as though for مَحَلُّ الصَّوْمِ i. e. الوَقْفِ [the place of station: for, as Hooker says, speaking of the ancient usage of the Church, “ their manner was to stand at prayer, whereupon their meetings unto that purpose had the names of stations given them ”]. (TA.) -A2- See also صَايءِمٌ . -A3- Also (assumed tropical:) The dung of the ostrich. (S, M, K.) -A4- And, in the dial. of Hudheyl, (S,) Certain trees, (S, M,) or a certain tree, (K,) [but] the n. un. is with ة , of the form of the figure of a human being, (M,) ugly in appearance, (M, K,) very much so, the fruits of which are called رُوءُوسُ الشَّيَاطِينِ , i. e. [the heads] of the serpents, [see شَيْطَانٌ and زَقُّومٌ ,] not having leaves: AHn says that they have [what are termed] هَدَب [q. v.], their branches do not spread forth, they grow in the manner of the [species of tamarisk called] أَثْل , but are not so tall, and mostly grow in the districts of Benoo-Shebábeh. (M.)

صَامَةٌ , for صَوْمَةٌ , inf. n. of un. of صَامَ : see a verse cited voce تَابَ , in art. توب .

صَوْمَانُ : see صَايءِمٌ .

أَرْضٌ صَوَامٌ Dry land or ground, in which is no water. (K.)

صَوَّامٌ is like صَايءِمٌ but having an intensive signification [i. e. meaning Abstaining, &c., much or often]. (Msb.) One says رَجُلٌ صَوَّامٌ قَوَّامٌ , meaning A man who fasts ( يَصُومُ ) [often] in the day, and who rises [often] in the night [to pray]. (TA.)

صَايءِمٌ Abstaining, in an absolute sense: this is said to be the signification in the proper language of the Arabs: and in the language of the law, observing a particular kind of abstinence; (Msb;) [i. e.] abstaining from food (S, M, K) and drink and coïtus: and, [by a tropical application, (see 1, first sentence,)] (tropical:) from speech: (M, K:) it is applied to a man: (S, M, Msb:) and ↓ صَوْمَانُ signifies the same, (S, K,) so applied; (S;) as also ↓ صَوْمٌ , (M, K,) applied to a man, (M,) and to a woman, and to two men, (TA,) and to a pl. number; (M, K;) being an inf. n. used as an epithet; (TA;) or it is a pl., [or rather quasi-pl. n.,] like زَوْرٌ : (M voce ضَيْفٌ :) or, in the proper language of the Arabs, صَايءِمٌ signifies abstaining from eating: and by a secondary application, serving God in a particular manner [by fasting: see again 1, first sentence]: (Mgh:) accord. to AO, it signifies any creature abstaining from food, or (assumed tropical:) from speech, or (assumed tropical:) from going along or journeying: (S, Msb:) pl. صِيَامٌ and صُوَّمٌ (S, M, Mgh, Msb, K) and صُيَّمٌ (S, M, Msb, K) and صِيَّمٌ and صُوَّامٌ and صُيَّامٌ and صَيَامَى , (M, K,) the last of which [written in the CK صُيَامَى ] is extr. (M.) ― -b2- Applied to a horse, (assumed tropical:) Standing still (S, (M, Msb) without eating of fodder (S, Msb) or without eating anything: (M:) or abstaining from the eating of fodder: (Mgh:) or standing upon his four legs. (Az in art. صون , and TA.) ― -b3- And بَكْرَةٌ صَايءِمَةٌ (assumed tropical:) A sheave of a pulley that remains still, (Mgh, TA,) that will not revolve. (S, Mgh, TA.) ― -b4- And مَا=ءٌ صَايءِمٌ (assumed tropical:) Water that is still, or motionless; syn. قَايءِمٌ and دَايءِمٌ . (Mgh, TA.)

مَصَامٌ (tropical:) The station, or standing-place, of a horse; as also ↓ مَصَامَةٌ . (S, K, TA.) ― -b2- And مَصَامُ النَّجْمِ (assumed tropical:) The [imaginary] place of suspension of the asterism [meaning the Pleiades]. (M.) Imra-el-Keys says, كَأَنَّ الثُّرَيَّا عُلّقَتْ فِى مَصَامِهَا بِأَمْرَاسِ كَتَّانٍ اـِلَى صُمِّ جَنْدَلِ [As though the Pleiades were hung, in their place of suspension, by means of ropes of flax, to hard and solid rocks: i. e. they seemed as though they were stationary: he means that the night was tedious to him]. (S. [See EM p. 36, where a reading of the former hemistich different from that above is given, with the same and another reading of the latter hemistich.]) ― -b3- One says also, جِيءْتُهُ وَالشَّمْسُ فِى مَصَامِهَا , meaning (assumed tropical:) [I came to him when the sun was] in the middle of the sky. (TA.)

مَصَامَةٌ : see the next preceding paragraph.