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سمي

سمي

See also: سمى, سمی, and شمي

Arabic

Adjective

سَمِيّ (samiyy) (feminine سَمِيَّة (samiyya), masculine plural أَسْمِيَاء (ʾasmiyāʾ), elative أَسْمَى (ʾasmā))

  1. high, lofty
  2. exalted, sublime
Declension
References
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), سمي”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen
  • Wehr, Hans (1979), سمو”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, ISBN 0-87950-003-4

Etymology 2

From the root س م ي (s-m-y), based on the biliteral root س م (s-m) of اِسْم (ism, name).

Adjective

سَمِيّ (samiyy) (feminine سَمِيَّة (samiyya), masculine plural أَسْمِيَاء (ʾasmiyāʾ), elative أَسْمَى (ʾasmā))

  1. homogeneous, of the same name
  2. similar
Declension
References

Noun

سَمِيّ (samiyy) m (plural أَسْمِيَاء (ʾasmiyāʾ))

  1. namesake
Declension
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Etymology 3

Verb

سُمِّي (summī) (form I)

  1. second-person feminine singular active imperative of سَمَّ (samma)

Etymology 4

Verb

سُمِيَ (sumiya) (form I)

  1. third-person masculine singular past passive of سَمَا (samā)

Etymology 5

Verb

سِمِي (simī) (form I)

  1. second-person feminine singular active imperative of وَسَمَ (wasama)

Verb

سُمِي (sumī) (form I)

  1. second-person feminine singular active imperative of وَسُمَ (wasuma)

Etymology 6

Verb

سَمِّي (sammī) (form II)

  1. second-person feminine singular active imperative of سَمَّى (sammā)

Verb

سُمِّيَ (summiya) (form II)

  1. third-person masculine singular past passive of سَمَّى (sammā)