سمت
See also: شمت
Arabic
Etymology 1
From Aramaic סֵימִטָא (sēmiṭā) from Latin sēmĭta, but later reanalysed as deriving from an Arabic root س م ت (s-m-t) which contains only denominal verbs however.
Noun
سَمْت • (samt) m (plural سُمُوت (sumūt))
- road, way
- mode or manner of conduct, modus vivendi
- 2017 March 18, مالك التريكي, “عن القسوة في السياسة”, in AlQuds.co.uk:
- وهذا لعمري من فضائل الشرط الإنساني عندما يتحرر من أنانية التمركز الذاتي. وليس مايكل بورتيلو نفسه ببعيد عن هذا السمت الإنساني.
- And this is a human requirement for my life of virtues, when one is freed of self-centered egoism. And Michael Portillo is himself not far from this mode of human conduct.
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- gravity, staidness, steadiness, sedateness, calmness
- region or quarter towards which the course is directed
- compass direction
- azimuth
Declension
Declension of noun سَمْت (samt)
Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
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Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | سَمْت samt | السَّمْت as-samt | سَمْت samt |
Nominative | سَمْتٌ samtun | السَّمْتُ as-samtu | سَمْتُ samtu |
Accusative | سَمْتًا samtan | السَّمْتَ as-samta | سَمْتَ samta |
Genitive | سَمْتٍ samtin | السَّمْتِ as-samti | سَمْتِ samti |
Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
Informal | سَمْتَيْن samtayn | السَّمْتَيْن as-samtayn | سَمْتَيْ samtay |
Nominative | سَمْتَانِ samtāni | السَّمْتَانِ as-samtāni | سَمْتَا samtā |
Accusative | سَمْتَيْنِ samtayni | السَّمْتَيْنِ as-samtayni | سَمْتَيْ samtay |
Genitive | سَمْتَيْنِ samtayni | السَّمْتَيْنِ as-samtayni | سَمْتَيْ samtay |
Plural | basic broken plural triptote | ||
Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | سُمُوت sumūt | السُّمُوت as-sumūt | سُمُوت sumūt |
Nominative | سُمُوتٌ sumūtun | السُّمُوتُ as-sumūtu | سُمُوتُ sumūtu |
Accusative | سُمُوتًا sumūtan | السُّمُوتَ as-sumūta | سُمُوتَ sumūta |
Genitive | سُمُوتٍ sumūtin | السُّمُوتِ as-sumūti | سُمُوتِ sumūti |
Derived terms
- سَمْت الرَّأْس (samt ar-raʾs, “zenith”)
- نَظِير السَّمْت (naẓīr as-samt, “nadir”)
Descendants
- → Azerbaijani: səmt
- → English: azimuth, zenith
- Kurdish:
- → Northern Kurdish: semt
- → Ottoman Turkish: سمت (semt)
- Turkish: semt
- → Armenian: սամթ (samtʿ), սա̈մթ (sämtʿ), սեմթ (semtʿ)
- → Persian: سمت (samt)
- Tajik: самт (samt)
References
- Lane, Edward William (1863), “سمت”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 1421
Verb
سَمَّتْ • (sammat) (form I)
- third-person feminine singular past active of سَمَّ (samma)
Verb
سُمَّتْ • (summat) (form I)
- third-person feminine singular past passive of سَمَّ (samma)
Verb
سَمَتْ • (samat) (form I)
- third-person feminine singular past active of سَمَا (samā)
Verb
سَمَّتْ • (sammat) (form II)
- third-person feminine singular past active of سَمَّى (sammā)
Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic سَمْت (samt).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian): IPA(key): /samt/
- (Dari): IPA(key): /samt/
- (Iranian Persian): IPA(key): /sæmt/
- (Tajik): IPA(key): /samt/
Noun
Dari | سمت |
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Iranian Persian | |
Tajik | самт (samt) |
سمت • (samt)
- side
- way
- hand
- direction
- azimuth