sima

See also: Sima, síma, sīmǎ, šima, and Sīmǎ

English

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -aɪmə

Etymology 1

From the Ancient Greek σιμός (simós, “bent upwards”).

Noun

sima (plural simas)

(architecture) The upturned edge of a roof which acts as a gutter; a cyma.

Etymology 2

Blend of silicon +‎ magnesium

Noun

sima (uncountable)

(geology) The lower layer of the earth's outer crust that underlies the sial and is rich in silica, iron, and magnesium.

Translations

lower layer of Earth's outer crust

Finnish: sima-kerros
Indonesian: sima (id)

Anagrams

AMIs, Amis, ISAM, Isam, M'sia, MIAs, Masi, Mias, Sami, Siam, Sámi, aims, saim, siam

Azerbaijani

Etymology

From Persian ‎.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [sæˈmɑ]
Hyphenation: sə‧ma

Noun

sima (definite accusative simanı, plural simalar)

face
Synonyms: üz, sifət, bəniz
personality (a known person)
Synonyms: şəxsiyyət, şəxs

Declension

Declension of sima
	singular	plural
nominative	sima	simalar
definite accusative	simanı	simaları
dative	simaya	simalara
locative	simada	simalarda
ablative	simadan	simalardan
definite genitive	simanın	simaların

Possessive forms of sima
	nominative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	simam	simalarım
sənin (“your”)	siman	simaların
onun (“his/her/its”)	siması	simaları
bizim (“our”)	simamız	simalarımız
sizin (“your”)	simanız	simalarınız
onların (“their”)	siması or simaları	simaları
	accusative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	simamı	simalarımı
sənin (“your”)	simanı	simalarını
onun (“his/her/its”)	simasını	simalarını
bizim (“our”)	simamızı	simalarımızı
sizin (“your”)	simanızı	simalarınızı
onların (“their”)	simasını or simalarını	simalarını
	dative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	simama	simalarıma
sənin (“your”)	simana	simalarına
onun (“his/her/its”)	simasına	simalarına
bizim (“our”)	simamıza	simalarımıza
sizin (“your”)	simanıza	simalarınıza
onların (“their”)	simasına or simalarına	simalarına
	locative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	simamda	simalarımda
sənin (“your”)	simanda	simalarında
onun (“his/her/its”)	simasında	simalarında
bizim (“our”)	simamızda	simalarımızda
sizin (“your”)	simanızda	simalarınızda
onların (“their”)	simasında or simalarında	simalarında
	ablative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	simamdan	simalarımdan
sənin (“your”)	simandan	simalarından
onun (“his/her/its”)	simasından	simalarından
bizim (“our”)	simamızdan	simalarımızdan
sizin (“your”)	simanızdan	simalarınızdan
onların (“their”)	simasından or simalarından	simalarından
	genitive
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	simamın	simalarımın
sənin (“your”)	simanın	simalarının
onun (“his/her/its”)	simasının	simalarının
bizim (“our”)	simamızın	simalarımızın
sizin (“your”)	simanızın	simalarınızın
onların (“their”)	simasının or simalarının	simalarının

Cebuano

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: si‧ma

Noun

sima

a barb; a fluke

Derived terms

sima-sima

Ese

Noun

sima

needle (usually made from flying fox bone)

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *sima, possibly borrowed from Proto-Germanic *saimaz (compare German Seim (“syrup”), Old Norse seimr (“honeycomb”)). The original meaning was “mead”, but the common meaning now refers to a different beverage, albeit one that is ultimately developed from mead.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsimɑ/, [ˈs̠imɑ]
Rhymes: -imɑ
Syllabification^(key): si‧ma

Noun

sima

a nonalcoholic or low-alcohol drink made from lemon, various sugars and water, common around vappu (May Day)
(dated) mead

Declension

Inflection of sima (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative		sima	simat
genitive		siman	simojen
partitive		simaa	simoja
illative		simaan	simoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		sima	simat
accusative	nom.	sima	simat
accusative	gen.	siman	simat
genitive		siman	simojen simain^rare
partitive		simaa	simoja
inessive		simassa	simoissa
elative		simasta	simoista
illative		simaan	simoihin
adessive		simalla	simoilla
ablative		simalta	simoilta
allative		simalle	simoille
essive		simana	simoina
translative		simaksi	simoiksi
instructive		—	simoin
abessive		simatta	simoitta
comitative		—	simoineen

Possessive forms of sima (type kala)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	simani	simamme
2nd person	simasi	simanne
3rd person	simansa

Synonyms

(mead): hunajaviini

Anagrams

Sami, Siam, amis, masi, siam

French

Noun

sima m (plural simas)

(geology) sima

Garo

Noun

sima

rotten food

Hungarian

(3) sima vizű tó

(6) sima spirálfüzet

(7) sima és cukormentes kóla

Etymology

Uncertain. Either derived from regional simik (“to slide”), or from a Turkic language before the times of the Hungarian conquest of the Carpathian Basin (at the turn of the 9th and 10th centuries).[1][2]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈʃimɒ]
Hyphenation: si‧ma
Rhymes: -mɒ

Adjective

sima (comparative simább, superlative legsimább)

smooth, sleek (having a texture that lacks friction)
Antonym: érdes
- 1984–1985, Tivadar Vida, “Újabb adatok az avarkori...”, in A Móra Ferenc Múzeum Évkönyve‎, number 2:
  A fekete kerámiák felülete sima, kissé nyers tapintású.
  The surface of black ceramics is smooth, somewhat raw to the touch.
flat, even, smooth (of land, road or ground, lacking elevations or protuberances)
Antonyms: hepehupás, göröngyös
- 2006, “Űrszonda az ltokawa kisbolygónál”, in Meteor‎, volume 36, number 9:
  A sziklákkal borított terület és a sima síkság átmenete.
  It is a transition between a terrain covered with rocks and a flat plain.
smooth (of a body of water, without ripples or waves)
- 1859, Arnold Vértesi, “Sanpietro”, in Történeti beszélyek, volume II:
  Csendes volt a tenger, egy sima víztükör, melyen az ég képe ragyogott.
  The sea was calm, a smooth water surface on which the sky's reflection was shining.
smooth (pleasant to the senses, especially of sounds or tastes)
- 1994, György Székely (editor); Margit Török (editor), “Király Ernő”, in Magyar színházművészeti lexikon:
  Eredeti játékstílusa, sima, kellemesen csengő hangja újdonságként hatott.
  His original acting style and his smooth, pleasant voice came as a novelty.
plain (not having any pattern, print or decoration)
- 2013, Mats Strandberg; Sara Bergmark Elfgren; Vanda Péteri (translator), chapter 77, in Engelsfors, volume II:
  Arcán semmi festék, és egy sima fekete ruhát visel.
  There's no paint on her face, and she's wearing a plain black dress.
blank (of paper, without any printed grid or lines)
Coordinate terms: négyzethálós, kockás, vonalas
- 2011, Kata Finta, Életem regénye‎, volume II:
  Nagy, sima füzetben térképeket kellett rajzolnunk.
  We had to draw maps in a big blank notebook.
plain, regular, ordinary (out of several varieties, the basic one without anything extra)
- 2013, Éva Fejős, “Anisette”, in Most kezdődik:
  Hát... töltetlent. Vagy töltöttet. Mandulást. Vagy mogyoróst. Vagy simát.
  Well... without filling. Or with filling. With almonds. Or nuts. Or plain.
continuous, smooth, unbroken (of a motion, without interruption)
- 1908, Géza Csáth, “Jolán”, in A varázsló kertje‎:
  A mozdulatai éppen olyan simák és puhák, mint azelőtt.
  Her movements are just as smooth and soft as before.
(figurative) smooth, simple, easy (without difficulty, problems or unexpected incidents)
- 2009, András Jenei, chapter VII, in Nyeregben a Konstantin-kereszt‎:
  De, sima ügynek indult, de aztán reanimálás lett a vége.
  Yes, it had started out as a simple case, but then it ended in CPR.
(knitting) knit (of a stitch, passing through the previous loop from below, creating a V-shape)
Antonym: fordított
- 1982, József Méliusz, Tranzit kávéház:
  Egy sima, egy fordított, egy sima, egy fordított.
  Knit one, purl one, knit one, purl one.

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	sima	simák
accusative	simát	simákat
dative	simának	simáknak
instrumental	simával	simákkal
causal-final	simáért	simákért
translative	simává	simákká
terminative	simáig	simákig
essive-formal	simaként	simákként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	simában	simákban
superessive	simán	simákon
adessive	simánál	simáknál
illative	simába	simákba
sublative	simára	simákra
allative	simához	simákhoz
elative	simából	simákból
delative	simáról	simákról
ablative	simától	simáktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	simáé	simáké
non-attributive possessive - plural	simáéi	simákéi

Derived terms

simán
simít
simogat
simul

Compound words

simaizom
tükörsima

Expressions

sima víz

References

sima in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)
Bárczi, Géza. Magyar szófejtő szótár (’Hungarian Etymological Dictionary’). Trezor Kiadó, 1991. →ISBN

Indonesian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsi.ma/
Rhymes: -ma, -a
Hyphenation: si‧ma

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English sima (“lower layer of Earth's outer crust”), blend of silicon +‎ magnesium.

Noun

sima (first-person possessive simaku, second-person possessive simamu, third-person possessive simanya)

(geology) sima: The lower layer of the earth's outer crust that underlies the sial and is rich in silica, iron, and magnesium.

Alternative forms

silika magnesia

Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from Old Javanese sīma, from Sanskrit सीमा (sīmā, “limit, bounds, frontier”).

Noun

sima (plural sima-sima, first-person possessive simaku, second-person possessive simamu, third-person possessive simanya)

(archaeology) territory that is made or has a holy place and is exempt from taxes
Synonym: perdikan

Jamamadí

Noun

sima

(Banawá) sister

References

2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

Latin

Adjective

sīma

inflection of sīmus:
1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Adjective

sīmā

ablative feminine singular of sīmus

References

“sima”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
sima in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
“sima”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia‎
“sima”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

Malay

Etymology

Either from English sima or a blend of silikon (“silicon”) +‎ magnesium.

Noun

sima

(geology) sima

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *sīmô (“rope, cord”), from Proto-Indo-European *seh₁i- (“to tie, bind”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsiː.mɑ/

Noun

sīma m

cord, rope

Declension

Declension of sima (weak)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	sīma	sīman
accusative	sīman	sīman
genitive	sīman	sīmena
dative	sīman	sīmum

References

Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898), “sīma”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Spanish

Etymology

Unknown.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsima/ [ˈsi.ma]
Rhymes: -ima
Syllabification: si‧ma
Homophone: (Latin America) cima

Noun

sima f (plural simas)

abyss, chasm
Synonyms: abismo, precipicio
- 2021 August 26, Eva Saiz, “Los desenterradores de la memoria en la fosa de Pico Reja”, in El País‎:
  Pasan casi tan desapercibidas como lo estuvo durante ocho décadas esta sima en la que se arrojaron centenares de cadáveres de represaliados durante el verano de 1936 y la posguerra franquista.
  (please add an English translation of this quote)

Swahili

Pronunciation

Audio (Kenya) (file)

Noun

sima (n class, plural sima)

(dialectal) Synonym of ugali

Tagalog

Pronunciation 1

Hyphenation: si‧ma

IPA^(key): /ˈsimaʔ/, [ˈsi.mɐʔ]

Noun

simà

quill or feather at the end of an arrowshaft
barb (projecting backward from the main point of a fishhook, harpoon, arrow, etc.)

Pronunciation 2

Hyphenation: si‧ma

IPA^(key): /siˈmaʔ/, [sɪˈmaʔ]

Noun

simâ

(fishing) small, triangularly framed dip net (used for catching shrimp and fish from a fish shelter)
(fishing) cover pot for catching fish (similar to a salakab)
(fishing) catching of shrimp and fish with such a tool

Derived terms

simaan
simain

Tumbuka

Noun

sima class 9 (plural sima class 10)

nshima (porridge made from maize or sorghum)

Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *siima.

Noun

sima

fishing line

Inflection

Inflection of sima (inflection type 5/sana)
nominative sing.	sima
genitive sing.	siman
partitive sing.	simad
partitive plur.	simoid
	singular	plural
nominative	sima	simad
accusative	siman	simad
genitive	siman	simoiden
partitive	simad	simoid
essive-instructive	siman	simoin
translative	simaks	simoikš

inessive	simas	simoiš
elative	simaspäi	simoišpäi
illative	simaha	simoihe

adessive	simal	simoil
ablative	simalpäi	simoilpäi
allative	simale	simoile

abessive	simata	simoita
comitative	simanke	simoidenke
prolative	simadme	simoidme

approximative I	simanno	simoidenno
approximative II	simannoks	simoidennoks
egressive	simannopäi	simoidennopäi

terminative I	simahasai	simoihesai
terminative II	simalesai	simoilesai
terminative III	simassai	—

additive I	simahapäi	simoihepäi
additive II	simalepäi	simoilepäi

References

Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “леска”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

Yámana

Noun

sima

water

[1] sima in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)

[2] Bárczi, Géza. Magyar szófejtő szótár (’Hungarian Etymological Dictionary’). Trezor Kiadó, 1991. →ISBN

sima

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

Etymology 2

Noun

Translations

See also

Anagrams

Azerbaijani

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

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Further reading

Cebuano

Pronunciation

Noun

Derived terms

Ese

Noun

Finnish

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

Synonyms

Anagrams

French

Noun

Further reading

Garo

Noun

Hungarian

Etymology

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Adjective

Declension

Derived terms

References

Further reading

Indonesian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

Alternative forms

Etymology 2

Noun

Further reading

Jamamadí

Noun

References

Latin

Adjective

Adjective

References

Malay

Etymology

Noun

Further reading

Old English

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

References

Spanish

Etymology

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Noun

Further reading

Swahili

Pronunciation

Noun

Tagalog

Pronunciation 1

Noun

Pronunciation 2

Noun