سموأل

Arabic

Alternative forms

• سَمَوْءَل (samawʔal) — archaic

Etymology

Pre-Islamic Arabization of Biblical Hebrew שְׁמוּאֵל (šəmūʾēl). Chiefly borne by Jews. The forms سَمَوْئِيل (samawʔīl), سَمَوِيل (samawīl) are typically Christian, although also encountered for ethnic Jews. Later borrowed again as شَمَوْئِيل (šamawʔīl), شَمَوِيل (šamawīl), apparently supported by the Classical Syriac form ܫܡܘܝܠ, but now most popular for referring to Israeli Hebrew men. Lastly, forms like صَمُوئِل (ṣamūʔil), صَمُوئِيل (ṣamūʔīl), صَمْوِيل (ṣamwīl) are from European languages including English.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sa.maw.ʔal/

Proper noun

سَمَوْأَل • (samawʔal) m

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Samuel

Declension

Declension of noun سَمَوْأَل (samawʔal)

Singular	basic singular diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	—	سَمَوْأَل samawʔal	—
Nominative	—	سَمَوْأَلُ samawʔalu	—
Accusative	—	سَمَوْأَلَ samawʔala	—
Genitive	—	سَمَوْأَلَ samawʔala	—

References

• Fraenkel, Siegmund (1890) “Miscellen”, in Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde des Morgenlandes (in German), volume 4, page 338