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 (simitʻ)
• 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

1. 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)‎^[1], 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)‎^[2], 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^[3] (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)‎^[4], Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, →ISBN, page 90
• Lane, Edward William (1863) “سميذ”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[5], London: Williams & Norgate, page 1424
• Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “سميذ”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎^[6] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 596