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س-م-و

The Arabic root س-م-و (s-m-w)

Form I verb سَمَا: to be high

14 words in the dictionary are built from س-م-و, including verbs in Forms I, II, III, VI. Each verb is listed with the nouns that come from it: its verbal noun (masdar), its participles, and words derived from it.

Most common

Verb · Form I
to be high
Verb · Form II
to name
Noun
the sky/skies
Adjective
high
Verb · Form III
to vie
Noun
أُسَامَة
lion

Verbs and the nouns that come from them

سَمَا · present يَسْمُو
Form I · The plain action

to be high, lofty; to rise up, to tower

سُمُوّ
Verbal noun
Active participle
high
مَسْمُوّ
Passive participle
سَمِيّ
Derived noun
high
سَمَّى · present يُسَمِّي
Form II · Causative or intensive

to name, to call, to designate, to denominate, to title, to entitle; to nominate, to appoint; to say بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ (bismi l-lahi, “in the name of God”)

تَسْمِيَة
Verbal noun
تَسْمِيَّة
Verbal noun
giving a name
مُسَمٍّ
Active participle
مُسَمًّى
Passive participle
سَامَى · present يُسَامِي
Form III · Done to or with someone

to vie, compete, sublimate, subtilize

مُسَامَاة
Verbal noun
مُسَامٍ
Active participle
مُسَامًى
Passive participle
تَسَامَى · present يَتَسَامَى
Form VI · Mutual action

to be or become exalted, to transcend, to sublimate; to vie for superiority, to compete, to strive against each other

تَسَامٍ
Verbal noun
مُتَسَامٍ
Active participle
مُتَسَامًى
Passive participle

Other nouns and adjectives

Noun
the sky/skies
أُسَامَة
Noun
lion
سَمِيّ
Adjective
homogeneous
سَمِيّ
Noun
namesake
أَسْمَى
Adjective
elative degree of سَامٍ
سَمَاوَة
Noun
loftiness
سَمَاوَة
Noun
eponymy

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