سمين

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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
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Etymology 2

Verb

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

Root
س م ن
6 terms

Etymology

From Arabic سَمِين (samīn).

Pronunciation

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)