سميذ
Arabic
Alternative forms
- سَمِيد (samīd)
Etymology
Borrowed from Aramaic סְמִידָא / ܣܡܻܝܕܳܐ (səmīḏā), from Akkadian 𒆠𒅔𒆠𒅔𒄯𒄯 (/samīdu/, “a type of fine groats, coarse flour, semolina”), related to Akkadian 𒀀𒊏𒄯𒄯 (/samādu/, “to grind fine”).
Cognates
- Old Armenian սիմինդր (simindr), Middle Armenian սիմինտ (simint), սիմիտ (simit), սիմիթ (simitʿ)
- Old Georgian სამინდოჲ (samindoy), Georgian სიმინდი (simindi)
- Ancient Greek σεμίδᾱλις (semídālis)
- Latin simila, many descendants
- Persian سمید, whence Turkish simit
- Sanskrit समिता (samitā), समीदा (samīdā)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sa.miːð/
Noun
سَمِيذ • (samīḏ) m
- semolina
Declension
Declension of noun سَمِيذ (samīḏ)
| Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | سَمِيذ samīḏ | السَّمِيذ as-samīḏ | سَمِيذ samīḏ |
| Nominative | سَمِيذٌ samīḏun | السَّمِيذُ as-samīḏu | سَمِيذُ samīḏu |
| Accusative | سَمِيذًا samīḏan | السَّمِيذَ as-samīḏa | سَمِيذَ samīḏa |
| Genitive | سَمِيذٍ samīḏin | السَّمِيذِ as-samīḏi | سَمِيذِ samīḏi |
Descendants
- Andalusian Arabic: سميد (samīd)
- → Spanish: acemite
- Maltese: smid, smida
- Moroccan Arabic: سميد (smīd), سميدة (smīda)
- Turkish: simit
References
- “samādu”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD), volume 15, S, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1984, page 107
- “samīdu”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD), volume 15, S, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1984, pages 115–116
- Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 32
- Freytag, Georg (1833), “سميذ”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 351
- Kaufman, Stephen A. (1974) The Akkadian Influences on Aramaic (The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago Assyriological Studies; 19), Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, →ISBN, page 90
- Lane, Edward William (1863), “سميذ”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 1424
- Wehr, Hans; Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985), “سميذ”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 596