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ش-م-س
the sun
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Words from this root
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فَعْل شَمْسٌ
sun
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- Plural
- شُمُوسٌ
تَحْتَ الشَّمْسِ in the sun
مُفْعِل مُشْمِسٌ
sunny
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- Feminine
- مُشْمِسَةٌ
يَوْمٌ مُشْمِسٌ a sunny day
فَعْلِيّ شَمْسِيٌّ
solar
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- Feminine
- شَمْسِيَّةٌ
الطَّاقَةُ الشَّمْسِيَّةُ solar energy; الْحُرُوفُ الشَّمْسِيَّةُ the sun letters
فَعَّلَ شَمَّسَ
to put out in the sun, sun-dry
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- Present
- يُشَمِّسُ
How the patterns shape this root
شَمْس is the sun, feminine in Arabic. A sunny day is يَوْمٌ مُشْمِسٌ, with مُشْمِس the form IV participle (مُفْعِل), as in مُمْطِر, rainy. The nisba شَمْسِيّ is solar — الطَّاقَةُ الشَّمْسِيَّةُ, solar energy — and it also names the 'sun letters', the fourteen letters that swallow the ل of the article: الشَّمْس itself is the example. Form II شَمَّسَ is to put something out to dry in the sun.
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