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س-م-و
height; the sky; names
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Words from this root
7 words in 7 patterns. Each pattern shapes the root's meaning in its own way.
فَعَال سَمَاءٌ
sky; heaven
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- Plural
- سَمَاوَاتٌ
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اِسْمٌ
name; (grammar) noun
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- Plural
- أَسْمَاءٌ
مَا اسْمُكَ؟ what is your name?; the hamzat wasl stands in for the lost root letter
فَعَّلَ سَمَّى
to name, call
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- Present
- يُسَمِّي
مَاذَا تُسَمِّي هَٰذَا؟ what do you call this?
فَعْلِيّ سَمَاوِيٌّ
heavenly; sky-blue
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- Feminine
- سَمَاوِيَّةٌ
تَفْعِلَة Masdar of form II (ending in ة)
تَفْعِلَة = form II noun when the root ends in a weak letter
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naming; a designation
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مُفَعَّل مُسَمًّى
named; (noun) what a name refers to
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فَعَلَ سَمَا
to rise high
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- يَسْمُو
How the patterns shape this root
The root means height: سَمَا is to rise high, and سَمَاء is the sky, what is high above us, plural سَمَاوَات; سَمَاوِيّ is heavenly, or sky-blue. Most grammarians put اِسْم, name, in the same root — a name 'raises' and marks a thing — plural أَسْمَاء; its first letter is a hamzat wasl standing in for the lost weak letter, so اِسْم keeps no pattern. Form II سَمَّى is to give a name — مَاذَا تُسَمِّي هَٰذَا؟ what do you call this? — with تَسْمِيَة the naming and مُسَمَّى the thing named.
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