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سَمَّى

to name

VerbForm IIRoot س-م-و

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Present tense
يُسَمِّي
Verbal noun
تَسْمِيَة
Active participle
مُسَمٍّ
Passive participle
مُسَمًّى

Most common words from the same root

Verb · Form I
سَمَا
to be high
Noun
سَمَاء
the sky/skies
Adjective
سَامٍ
high
Verb · Form III
سَامَى
to vie
Noun
أُسَامَة
lion

سَمَّى in English

Verb · Form II

  1. to name, to call, to designate, to denominate, to title, to entitle ditransitive
    سَمَّى ٱبْنَهُ خَالِدًا / سَمَّى ٱبْنَهُ بِخَالِدٍHe named his son Khalid
  2. to nominate, to appoint
  3. to say بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ (bismi l-lahi, “in the name of God”)

Words from the root س-م-و

Arabic verbs come in forms; each form's nouns are listed under its verb. See the whole root on one page →

سَمَا · present يَسْمُو
Form I · The plain action

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

سُمُوّ
Verbal noun
سَامٍ
Active participle · Adjective
high
مَسْمُوّ
Passive participle
سَمِيّ
Derived noun · Adjective
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
سَمَاء
Noun · f.
the sky/skies
أُسَامَة
Noun · m.
lion
سَمِيّ
Adjective
homogeneous
سَمِيّ
Noun · m.
namesake
أَسْمَى
Adjective
elative degree of سَامٍ
سَمَاوَة
Noun · f.
loftiness
سَمَاوَة
Noun · f.
eponymy

سَمَّى conjugation

Active voice. Present, subjunctive and jussive are the three moods of the non-past.

PronounPastPresentSubjunctiveJussiveImperative
أَنَا Iسَمَّيْتُأُسَمِّيأُسَمِّيَأُسَمِّ—
أَنْتَ you (m.)سَمَّيْتَتُسَمِّيتُسَمِّيَتُسَمِّسَمِّ
أَنْتِ you (f.)سَمَّيْتِتُسَمِّينَتُسَمِّيتُسَمِّيسَمِّي
هُوَ heسَمَّىيُسَمِّييُسَمِّيَيُسَمِّ—
هِيَ sheسَمَّتْتُسَمِّيتُسَمِّيَتُسَمِّ—
أَنْتُمَا you twoسَمَّيْتُمَاتُسَمِّيَانِتُسَمِّيَاتُسَمِّيَاسَمِّيَا
هُمَا they two (m.)سَمَّيَايُسَمِّيَانِيُسَمِّيَايُسَمِّيَا—
هُمَا they two (f.)سَمَّتَاتُسَمِّيَانِتُسَمِّيَاتُسَمِّيَا—
نَحْنُ weسَمَّيْنَانُسَمِّينُسَمِّيَنُسَمِّ—
أَنْتُمْ you all (m.)سَمَّيْتُمْتُسَمُّونَتُسَمُّواتُسَمُّواسَمُّوا
أَنْتُنَّ you all (f.)سَمَّيْتُنَّتُسَمِّينَتُسَمِّينَتُسَمِّينَسَمِّينَ
هُمْ they (m.)سَمَّوْايُسَمُّونَيُسَمُّوايُسَمُّوا—
هُنَّ they (f.)سَمَّيْنَيُسَمِّينَيُسَمِّينَيُسَمِّينَ—
Verbal nounتَسْمِيَة
Active participleمُسَمٍّ
Passive participleمُسَمًّى

سَمَّى in a sentence

Dictionary examples

to name

سَمَّى ٱبْنَهُ خَالِدًا / سَمَّى ٱبْنَهُ بِخَالِدٍHe named his son Khalid

From a fully vowelled text

لِهذَا سُمِّيَ ذلِكَ الْحَقْلُ «حَقْلَ الدَّمِ» إِلَى هذَا الْيَوْمِ.Wherefore that field was called, The field of blood, unto this day.Matthew 27:8, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
وَهَا أَنْتِ سَتَحْبَلِينَ وَتَلِدِينَ ابْنًا وَتُسَمِّينَهُ يَسُوعَ.And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS.Luke 1:31, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
فَيَرَى جَمِيعُ شُعُوبِ الأَرْضِ أَنَّ اسْمَ الرَّبِّ قَدْ سُمِّيَ عَلَيْكَ وَيَخَافُونَ مِنْكَ.And all people of the earth shall see that thou art called by the name of the LORD; and they shall be afraid of thee.Deuteronomy 28:10, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV

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