سُمَانَى

[according to those who make the alif to be a sign of the feminine gender] or سُمَانًى [according to those who make that letter to be one of quasicoordination] A certain bird, (S, M, L, Msb, K,) well known; (Msb;) [the quail; tetrao coturnix: so called in the present day: and also called سَلْوَى:] used as a plural and as a singular; (M, L, K;) sometimes as a singular: (M, L:) [or] the n. un. is سُمَانَاةٌ: (S, M, L, K:) plural سُمَانَيَاتٌ: (S:) one should not say سُمَّانى, with teshdeed. (S, L.)