[feminine of سَامٌّ: see the latter in several places].
2.
-A2- السَّامَّةُ also signifies Death: (M, K:) but this is extr.: (M, TA:) the word commonly known, (M,) or the correct word in this sense, (TA,) is السَّامُ, [belonging to article سوم,] without teshdeed (M, TA) to the م, and without ة. (TA.)