Arabic

Adjective

سَمِيّ • ‎(samiyy) ‎(feminine سَمِيَّة ‎(samiyya), masculine plural أَسْمِيَاء ‎(ʾasmiyāʾ), elative أَسْمَى ‎(ʾasmā))

1. high, lofty
2. exalted, sublime

Declension

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “سمي”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen
• Wehr, Hans (1979), “سمو”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, ISBN 0-87950-003-4

Etymology 2

From the root س م ي ‎(s-m-y), based on the biliteral root س م ‎(s-m) of اِسْم ‎(ism, “name”).

Adjective

سَمِيّ • ‎(samiyy) ‎(feminine سَمِيَّة ‎(samiyya), masculine plural أَسْمِيَاء ‎(ʾasmiyāʾ), elative أَسْمَى ‎(ʾasmā))

1. homogeneous, of the same name
2. similar

Declension

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “سمي”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen

Noun

سَمِيّ • ‎(samiyy) m ‎(plural أَسْمِيَاء ‎(ʾasmiyāʾ))

1. namesake

Declension

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “سمي”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen

Etymology 3

Verb

سُمِّي • ‎(summī) ‎(form I)

1. second-person feminine singular active imperative of سَمَّ ‎(samma)

Etymology 4

Verb

سُمِيَ • ‎(sumiya) ‎(form I)

1. third-person masculine singular past passive of سَمَا ‎(samā)

Etymology 5

Verb

سِمِي • ‎(simī) ‎(form I)

1. second-person feminine singular active imperative of وَسَمَ ‎(wasama)

Verb

سُمِي • ‎(sumī) ‎(form I)

1. second-person feminine singular active imperative of وَسُمَ ‎(wasuma)

Etymology 6

Verb

سَمِّي • ‎(sammī) ‎(form II)

1. second-person feminine singular active imperative of سَمَّى ‎(sammā)

Verb

سُمِّيَ • ‎(summiya) ‎(form II)

1. third-person masculine singular past passive of سَمَّى ‎(sammā)