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سمين

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Arabic

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Etymology 1

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From the root س م ن (s-m-n), whence سَمِنَ (samina).

Adjective

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سَمِين (samīn) (feminine سَمِينَة (samīna), common plural سِمَان (simān), elative أَسْمَن (ʔasman))

  1. fat, corpulent
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 12:46:
      يُوسُفُ أَيُّهَا الصِّدِّيقُ أَفْتِنَا فِي سَبْعِ بَقَرَاتٍ سِمَانٍ يَأْكُلُهُنَّ سَبْعٌ عِجَافٌ وَسَبْعِ سُنْبُلَاتٍ خُضْرٍ وَأُخَرَ يَابِسَاتٍ لَعَلِّي أَرْجِعُ إِلَى النَّاسِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَعْلَمُونَ
      yūsufu ʔayyuhā ṣ-ṣiddīqu ʔaftinā fī sabʕi baqarātin simānin yaʔkuluhunna sabʕun ʕijāfun wasabʕi sunbulātin ḵuḍrin waʔuḵara yābisātin laʕallī ʔarjiʕu ʔilā n-nāsi laʕallahum yaʕlamūna
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. buttered, greased
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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سمين (form II)

  1. سَمَّيْنَ (sammayna) /sam.maj.na/: third-person feminine plural past active of سَمَّى (sammā)
  2. سُمِّينَ (summīna) /sum.miː.na/: third-person feminine plural past passive of سَمَّى (sammā)
  3. سَمِّينَ (sammīna) /sam.miː.na/: second-person feminine plural imperative of سَمَّى (sammā)

Moroccan Arabic

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Root
س م ن
6 terms

Etymology

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From Arabic سَمِين (samīn).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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سمين (smīn) (feminine سمينة (smīna), common plural سمان (smān), masculine plural سمينين (smīnīn), feminine plural سمينات (smīnāt))

  1. fat, overweight
    Synonyms: غليض (ḡlīḍ), طبوزي (ṭabbūzi)
    Antonyms: نحيف (nḥīf), رقيق (rqīq)

South Levantine Arabic

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Etymology

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From Arabic سَمِين (samīn).

Adjective

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سمين (smīn) (feminine سمينة (smīne), masculine plural سمان (smān), elative أسمن (ʾasman))

  1. (usually of animals) fat, plump
    Synonym: ناصح (nāṣeḥ)
    Antonyms: ضعيف (ḍʕīf), نحيف (naḥīf)