سمة
Arabic
Etymology
From the root و س م (w-s-m).
Noun
سِمَة • (sima) f (plural سِمَات (simāt))
- verbal noun of وَسَمَ (wasama, “to brand, describe”) (form I)
- sign, mark
- stigma
- distinction
Declension
Declension of noun سِمَة (sima)
Singular | singular triptote in ـَة (-a) | ||
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Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | سِمَة sima | السِّمَة as-sima | سِمَة simat |
Nominative | سِمَةٌ simatun | السِّمَةُ as-simatu | سِمَةُ simatu |
Accusative | سِمَةً simatan | السِّمَةَ as-simata | سِمَةَ simata |
Genitive | سِمَةٍ simatin | السِّمَةِ as-simati | سِمَةِ simati |
Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
Informal | سِمَتَيْن simatayn | السِّمَتَيْن as-simatayn | سِمَتَيْ simatay |
Nominative | سِمَتَانِ simatāni | السِّمَتَانِ as-simatāni | سِمَتَا simatā |
Accusative | سِمَتَيْنِ simatayni | السِّمَتَيْنِ as-simatayni | سِمَتَيْ simatay |
Genitive | سِمَتَيْنِ simatayni | السِّمَتَيْنِ as-simatayni | سِمَتَيْ simatay |
Plural | sound feminine plural | ||
Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | سِمَات simāt | السِّمَات as-simāt | سِمَات simāt |
Nominative | سِمَاتٌ simātun | السِّمَاتُ as-simātu | سِمَاتُ simātu |
Accusative | سِمَاتٍ simātin | السِّمَاتِ as-simāti | سِمَاتِ simāti |
Genitive | سِمَاتٍ simātin | السِّمَاتِ as-simāti | سِمَاتِ simāti |
References
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “سمة”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen