سمح

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See also: سمج and س م ح

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
س م ح (s m ḥ)
8 terms

Verb

سَمَحَ (samaḥa) I (non-past يَسْمَحُ (yasmaḥu), verbal noun سَمَاح (samāḥ))

  1. to allow, to permit (لِ (li) someone) (بِ (bi) something / أَن (ʔan) to do something)
Conjugation

Etymology 2

Verb

سَمُحَ (samuḥa) I (non-past يَسْمُحُ (yasmuḥu), verbal noun سَمْح (samḥ) or سَمَاح (samāḥ) or سَمَاحَة (samāḥa))

  1. to be magnanimous, to be generous (Can we add an example for this sense?), (particularly with verbal noun سَمْح samḥ)
Conjugation
Descendants
  • Swahili: -samehe (to forgive)

Etymology 3

Verb

سَمَّحَ (sammaḥa) II (non-past يُسَمِّحُ (yusammiḥu), verbal noun تَسْمِيح (tasmīḥ))

  1. act kindly
  2. walk with a light and noiseless step
  3. straighten
Conjugation

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

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Noun

سَمْح (samḥm

  1. verbal noun of سَمُحَ (samuḥa) (form I)
  2. magnanimity
Declension

Adjective

سَمْح (samḥ) (common plural سِمَاح (simāḥ), elative أَسْمَح (ʔasmaḥ))

  1. magnanimous, generous
Declension

References

  • Freytag, Georg (1833) “سمح”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 350
  • Lane, Edward William (1863) “سمح”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 1422
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “سمح”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen, pages 507–508
  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “سمح”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, pages 499–500

Moroccan Arabic

Root
س م ح
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic سَمَحَ (samaḥa).

Pronunciation

Verb

سمح (smaḥ) I (non-past يسمح (yismaḥ), verbal noun سميح (smīḥ), active participle سامح (sāmiḥ), passive participle مسموح (masmūḥ))

  1. to abandon, to give up, to relinquish
    سمحت فما ملكت.smaḥt f-mā mlakt(please add an English translation of this usage example)
    سمحت فولاده.smaḥt fe-wlādu(please add an English translation of this usage example)
  2. to condone, to allow
    سمحوا بالغش فامتحان الإسلاميات.
    samḥu b-el-ḡašš fe-mtiḥān el-ʔislāmiyyāt.
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
  3. to allow, to permit
    سمح له ولي أمره باش يمشي للمخيم.
    smaḥlu wali ʔamru bāš yimši l-el-muḵayyam.
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
  4. to forgive, to excuse
    سمح لي على ما فعلته ديك المرة
    smaḥli ʕla mā fʕaltu dīk el-marra.
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Conjugation

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South Levantine Arabic

Root
س م ح
3 terms

Etymology

From Arabic سَمَحَ (samaḥa).

Pronunciation

Verb

سمح (samaḥ) I (present بسمح (bismaḥ), passive participle مسموح (masmūḥ))

  1. to allow, to permit
    Antonyms: منع (manaʕ), حرّم (ḥarram)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of سمح (samaḥ)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m سمحت (samaḥt) سمحت (samaḥt) سمح (samaḥ) سمحنا (samaḥna) سمحتو (samaḥtu) سمحو (samaḥu)
f سمحتي (samaḥti) سمحت (samḥat)
present m بسمح (basmaḥ) بتسمح (btismaḥ) بسمح (bismaḥ) منسمح (mnismaḥ) بتسمحو (btismaḥu) بسمحو (bismaḥu)
f بتسمحي (btismaḥi) بتسمح (btismaḥ)
subjunctive m أسمح (ʔasmaḥ) تسمح (tismaḥ) يسمح (yismaḥ) نسمح (nismaḥ) تسمحو (tismaḥu) يسمحو (yismaḥu)
f تسمحي (tismaḥi) تسمح (tismaḥ)
imperative m اسمح (ismaḥ) اسمحو (ismaḥu)
f اسمحي (ismaḥi)