سمين

Arabic

Etymology 1

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

Adjective

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
Declension
References

Verb

سَمِّينَ • (sammīna) (form II)

  1. second-person feminine plural active imperative of سَمَّى (sammā)

Verb

سَمَّيْنَ • (sammayna) (form II)

  1. third-person feminine plural past active of سَمَّى (sammā)

Verb

سُمِّينَ • (summīna) (form II)

  1. third-person feminine plural past passive of سَمَّى (sammā)

Moroccan Arabic

Root
س م ن
6 terms

Etymology

From Arabic سَمِين (samīn).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /smiːn/

Adjective

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

Etymology

From Arabic سَمِين (samīn).

Adjective

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)
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