سامور

Arabic

Etymology

From Aramaic שָׁמִירָא (šāmīrā) / ܫܡܝܪܐ (šāmīrā, “emery, adamant”), having the usual KāLūM measure of Aramaisms, as **سَامِير (**sāmīr) would be much more unfamiliar a form, while س (s) instead of ش (š) mimicks as usual the correspondence of words inheriting Proto-Semitic *š.
Itself the Aramaic is deemed to be from Hebrew שָׁמִיר (šāmī́r, “emery, corundum, adamant”), which is possibly related to Akkadian 𒉌𒌓𒌑 (^NA₄U₂ /⁠šammu⁠/, “emery, corundum, adamant”), as well as to Egyptian jsmr, smr (“emery”), Ancient Greek σμύρις (smúris, “emery”), Old Armenian զմռնիտեան քար (zmṙnitean kʻar, “emery”), Semitic borrowings.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saː.muːr/

Noun

سَامُور • (sāmūr) m

1. corundum, or other adamant

Declension

Declension of noun سَامُور (sāmūr)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سَامُور sāmūr	السَّامُور as-sāmūr	سَامُور sāmūr
Nominative	سَامُورٌ sāmūrun	السَّامُورُ as-sāmūru	سَامُورُ sāmūru
Accusative	سَامُورًا sāmūran	السَّامُورَ as-sāmūra	سَامُورَ sāmūra
Genitive	سَامُورٍ sāmūrin	السَّامُورِ as-sāmūri	سَامُورِ sāmūri