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ش-م-ع

The Arabic root ش-م-ع (sh-m-a)

Form I verb شَمَعَ: to play

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

Most common

Noun
wax

Verbs and the nouns that come from them

شَمَعَ · present يَشْمَعُ
Form I · The plain action

to play, to sport, to game; to joke or jest; to be mirthful, to laugh

Verbal noun
wax
شُمُوع
Verbal noun
مَشْمَعَة
Verbal noun
شَامِع
Active participle
شَمَعَ · present يَشْمَعُ
Form I · The plain action

to become scattered, to become dispersed

شُمُوع
Verbal noun
شَامِع
Active participle
شَمَّعَ · present يُشَمِّعُ
Form II · Causative or intensive

to wax, to rub or smear with wax; to make waterproof or wax-coated

تَشْمِيع
Verbal noun
مُشَمِّع
Active participle
مُشَمَّع
Passive participle
watershed
مُشَمَّع
Passive participle
watershed canvas

Other nouns and adjectives

شَمَّاع
Noun
chandler
شَمَّاعَة
Noun
hanger

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