سم

See also: شم

Arabic

Etymology 1

س م م (s-m-m). Compare Hebrew סַם.

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Verb

سَمَّ (samma) I, non-past يَسُمُّ‎ (yasummu)

  1. to poison, to put poison
Conjugation

Noun

سُمّ (summ) m (plural سُمُوم (sumūm) or سِمَام (simām))

  1. poison, toxin
  2. venom
  3. opening, hole
  4. eye (of a needle)
Declension
Descendants
  • Swahili: sumu

Noun

سَمّ (samm) m

  1. verbal noun of سَمَّ (samma) (form I)
Declension

Noun

سَمّ (samm) m (plural سُمُوم (sumūm))

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    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 7:40:
      إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَذَّبُوا بِآيَاتِنَا وَٱسْتَكْبَرُوا عَنْهَا لَا تُفَتَّحُ لَهُمْ أَبْوَابُ ٱلسَّمَاءِ وَلَا يَدْخُلُونَ ٱلْجَنَّةَ حَتَّى يَلِجَ ٱلْجَمَلُ فِي سَمِّ ٱلْخِيَاطِ
      ʔinna llaḏīna kaḏḏabū bi-ʔāyātinā wa-stakbarū ʕanhā lā tufattaḥu lahum ʔabwābu s-samāʔi wa-lā yadḵulūna l-jannata ḥattā yalija l-jamalu fī sammi l-ḵiyāṭi
      Indeed, those who deny Our verses and are arrogant toward them: the gates of Heaven will not be opened for them, nor will they enter Paradise until a camel enters into the eye of a needle.
Declension

Verb

سِمْ (sim) (form I)

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

Verb

سُمْ (sum) (form I)

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

Verb

سَمِّ (sammi) (form II)

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

Moroccan Arabic

Root
س م م
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic سُمّ (summ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /summ/, /samm/
  • (file)

Noun

سُم or سَم (summ or samm) m (plural سموم (smūm) or سمومة (smūma))

  1. poison, toxin
  2. (figuratively) jealousy
    علاش فيك السم؟
    ʕlāš fīk es-samm
    Why are you jealous?
    (literally, “Why is there poison inside you?”)

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic سُمّ (summ, poison, toxin, venom).

Noun

سم (sem, semm) (plural سمام)

  1. poison, venom
    Synonyms: اغو (ağu), اوت (ot), زهر (zehr)
  2. hole, perforation

Descendants

Further reading

Pashto

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /səm/
  • (file)

Adjective

سم (sëm)

  1. right, proper, correct

Declension

Persian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic سَمّ (samm).

Pronunciation

  • (Tajik) IPA(key): /sam(m)/

Noun

سم (sam) (plural سموم)

  1. poison

Etymology 2

From Middle Persian [script needed] (swmb' /sumb/, hoof), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćapʰás.

Pronunciation

Noun

سم (som)

  1. hoof
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