سمت

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See also: شمت

Arabic

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Etymology 1

From Aramaic סֵימִטָא (sēmiṭā) from Latin sēmĭta, but later reanalysed as deriving from an Arabic root س م ت (s-m-t) which contains only denominal verbs however.

Noun

سَمْت • (samt) m (plural سُمُوت (sumūt))

  1. road, way
  2. mode or manner of conduct, modus vivendi
    • 2017 March 18, مالك التريكي, “عن القسوة في السياسة”, in AlQuds.co.uk‎:
      وهذا لعمري من فضائل الشرط الإنساني عندما يتحرر من أنانية التمركز الذاتي. وليس مايكل بورتيلو نفسه ببعيد عن هذا السمت الإنساني.
      And this is a human requirement for my life of virtues, when one is freed of self-centered egoism. And Michael Portillo is himself not far from this mode of human conduct.
  3. gravity, staidness, steadiness, sedateness, calmness
  4. region or quarter towards which the course is directed
  5. compass direction
  6. azimuth
Declension
Declension of noun سَمْت (samt)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal سَمْت
samt 		السَّمْت
as-samt 		سَمْت
samt
Nominative سَمْتٌ
samtun 		السَّمْتُ
as-samtu 		سَمْتُ
samtu
Accusative سَمْتًا
samtan 		السَّمْتَ
as-samta 		سَمْتَ
samta
Genitive سَمْتٍ
samtin 		السَّمْتِ
as-samti 		سَمْتِ
samti
Dual Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal سَمْتَيْن
samtayn 		السَّمْتَيْن
as-samtayn 		سَمْتَيْ
samtay
Nominative سَمْتَانِ
samtāni 		السَّمْتَانِ
as-samtāni 		سَمْتَا
samtā
Accusative سَمْتَيْنِ
samtayni 		السَّمْتَيْنِ
as-samtayni 		سَمْتَيْ
samtay
Genitive سَمْتَيْنِ
samtayni 		السَّمْتَيْنِ
as-samtayni 		سَمْتَيْ
samtay
Plural basic broken plural triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal سُمُوت
sumūt 		السُّمُوت
as-sumūt 		سُمُوت
sumūt
Nominative سُمُوتٌ
sumūtun 		السُّمُوتُ
as-sumūtu 		سُمُوتُ
sumūtu
Accusative سُمُوتًا
sumūtan 		السُّمُوتَ
as-sumūta 		سُمُوتَ
sumūta
Genitive سُمُوتٍ
sumūtin 		السُّمُوتِ
as-sumūti 		سُمُوتِ
sumūti
Derived terms
Descendants
References

Etymology 2

Verb

سمت (form I)

  1. سَمَّتْ (sammat) /sam.mat/: third-person feminine singular past active of سَمَّ (samma)
  2. سُمَّتْ (summat) /sum.mat/: third-person feminine singular past passive of سَمَّ (samma)

Etymology 3

Verb

سَمَتْ • (samat) (form I) /sa.mat/

  1. third-person feminine singular past active of سَمَا (samā)

Etymology 4

Verb

سَمَّتْ • (sammat) (form II) /sam.mat/

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

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic سَمْت (samt).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? samt
Dari reading? samt
Iranian reading? samt
Tajik reading? samt

Noun

Dari سمت
Iranian Persian
Tajik самт

سمت • (samt)

  1. side; way; hand; direction
  2. azimuth
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