سماك

Arabic

Etymology 1

Occupational noun of سَمَك (samak, “fish”).

Noun

سَمَّاك • (sammāk) m (plural سَمَّاكُون (sammākūn))

1. fishmonger

Declension

Declension of noun سَمَّاك (sammāk)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سَمَّاك sammāk	السَّمَّاك as-sammāk	سَمَّاك sammāk
Nominative	سَمَّاكٌ sammākun	السَّمَّاكُ as-sammāku	سَمَّاكُ sammāku
Accusative	سَمَّاكًا sammākan	السَّمَّاكَ as-sammāka	سَمَّاكَ sammāka
Genitive	سَمَّاكٍ sammākin	السَّمَّاكِ as-sammāki	سَمَّاكِ sammāki
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سَمَّاكَيْن sammākayn	السَّمَّاكَيْن as-sammākayn	سَمَّاكَيْ sammākay
Nominative	سَمَّاكَانِ sammākāni	السَّمَّاكَانِ as-sammākāni	سَمَّاكَا sammākā
Accusative	سَمَّاكَيْنِ sammākayni	السَّمَّاكَيْنِ as-sammākayni	سَمَّاكَيْ sammākay
Genitive	سَمَّاكَيْنِ sammākayni	السَّمَّاكَيْنِ as-sammākayni	سَمَّاكَيْ sammākay
Plural	sound masculine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سَمَّاكِين sammākīn	السَّمَّاكِين as-sammākīn	سَمَّاكِي sammākī
Nominative	سَمَّاكُونَ sammākūna	السَّمَّاكُونَ as-sammākūna	سَمَّاكُو sammākū
Accusative	سَمَّاكِينَ sammākīna	السَّمَّاكِينَ as-sammākīna	سَمَّاكِي sammākī
Genitive	سَمَّاكِينَ sammākīna	السَّمَّاكِينَ as-sammākīna	سَمَّاكِي sammākī

Etymology 2

Noun

سِمَاك • (simāk) pl

1. plural of variety of سَمَك (samak, “fish”)

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Byzantine Greek σύμμαχος (súmmakhos).

Noun

سِمَّاك • (simmāk) m (plural سَمَامِكَة (samāmika))

1. (Egypt, obsolete, 8th century only) a lower-tier provincial official assisting in tax-gathering

Declension

Declension of noun سِمَّاك (simmāk)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سِمَّاك simmāk	السِّمَّاك as-simmāk	سِمَّاك simmāk
Nominative	سِمَّاكٌ simmākun	السِّمَّاكُ as-simmāku	سِمَّاكُ simmāku
Accusative	سِمَّاكًا simmākan	السِّمَّاكَ as-simmāka	سِمَّاكَ simmāka
Genitive	سِمَّاكٍ simmākin	السِّمَّاكِ as-simmāki	سِمَّاكِ simmāki
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سِمَّاكَيْن simmākayn	السِّمَّاكَيْن as-simmākayn	سِمَّاكَيْ simmākay
Nominative	سِمَّاكَانِ simmākāni	السِّمَّاكَانِ as-simmākāni	سِمَّاكَا simmākā
Accusative	سِمَّاكَيْنِ simmākayni	السِّمَّاكَيْنِ as-simmākayni	سِمَّاكَيْ simmākay
Genitive	سِمَّاكَيْنِ simmākayni	السِّمَّاكَيْنِ as-simmākayni	سِمَّاكَيْ simmākay
Plural	broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سَمَامِكَة samāmika	السَّمَامِكَة as-samāmika	سَمَامِكَة samāmikat
Nominative	سَمَامِكَةٌ samāmikatun	السَّمَامِكَةُ as-samāmikatu	سَمَامِكَةُ samāmikatu
Accusative	سَمَامِكَةً samāmikatan	السَّمَامِكَةَ as-samāmikata	سَمَامِكَةَ samāmikata
Genitive	سَمَامِكَةٍ samāmikatin	السَّمَامِكَةِ as-samāmikati	سَمَامِكَةِ samāmikati

References

• Garosi, Eugenio (2022 December 1) “Regional Diversity in the Use of Administrative Loanwords in Early Islamic Arabic Documentary Sources (632–800 CE): A Preliminary Survey”, in Egypt and the Eastern Mediterranean World. From Constantinople to Baghdad, 500-1000 CE, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →DOI, →ISBN, pages 413, 431
• Younes, Khaled (2018 October 18) “New Governors Identified in Arabic Papyri”, in Authority and Control in the Countryside. From Antiquity to Islam in the Mediterranean and Near East (6th–10th Century), Leiden: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, page 23