سماك
Arabic
Etymology 1
Occupational noun of سَمَك (samak, “fish”).
Noun
سَمَّاك • (sammāk) m (plural سَمَّاكُون (sammākūn))
Declension
| singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | سَمَّاك sammāk |
السَّمَّاك as-sammāk |
سَمَّاك sammāk |
| nominative | سَمَّاكٌ sammākun |
السَّمَّاكُ as-sammāku |
سَمَّاكُ sammāku |
| accusative | سَمَّاكًا sammākan |
السَّمَّاكَ as-sammāka |
سَمَّاكَ sammāka |
| genitive | سَمَّاكٍ sammākin |
السَّمَّاكِ as-sammāki |
سَمَّاكِ sammāki |
| dual | indefinite | definite | construct |
| informal | سَمَّاكَيْن sammākayn |
السَّمَّاكَيْن as-sammākayn |
سَمَّاكَيْ sammākay |
| nominative | سَمَّاكَانِ sammākāni |
السَّمَّاكَانِ as-sammākāni |
سَمَّاكَا sammākā |
| accusative | سَمَّاكَيْنِ sammākayni |
السَّمَّاكَيْنِ as-sammākayni |
سَمَّاكَيْ sammākay |
| genitive | سَمَّاكَيْنِ sammākayni |
السَّمَّاكَيْنِ as-sammākayni |
سَمَّاكَيْ sammākay |
| plural | sound masculine plural | ||
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | سَمَّاكِين sammākīn |
السَّمَّاكِين as-sammākīn |
سَمَّاكِي sammākī |
| nominative | سَمَّاكُونَ sammākūna |
السَّمَّاكُونَ as-sammākūna |
سَمَّاكُو sammākū |
| accusative | سَمَّاكِينَ sammākīna |
السَّمَّاكِينَ as-sammākīna |
سَمَّاكِي sammākī |
| genitive | سَمَّاكِينَ sammākīna |
السَّمَّاكِينَ as-sammākīna |
سَمَّاكِي sammākī |
Etymology 2
Noun
سِمَاك • (simāk) pl
- plural of variety of سَمَك (samak, “fish”)
Etymology 3
Borrowed from Byzantine Greek σύμμαχος (súmmakhos).
Noun
سِمَّاك • (simmāk) m (plural سَمَامِكَة (samāmika))
- (Egypt, obsolete, 8th century only) a lower-tier provincial official assisting in tax-gathering
Declension
| singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | سِمَّاك simmāk |
السِّمَّاك as-simmāk |
سِمَّاك simmāk |
| nominative | سِمَّاكٌ simmākun |
السِّمَّاكُ as-simmāku |
سِمَّاكُ simmāku |
| accusative | سِمَّاكًا simmākan |
السِّمَّاكَ as-simmāka |
سِمَّاكَ simmāka |
| genitive | سِمَّاكٍ simmākin |
السِّمَّاكِ as-simmāki |
سِمَّاكِ simmāki |
| dual | indefinite | definite | construct |
| informal | سِمَّاكَيْن simmākayn |
السِّمَّاكَيْن as-simmākayn |
سِمَّاكَيْ simmākay |
| nominative | سِمَّاكَانِ simmākāni |
السِّمَّاكَانِ as-simmākāni |
سِمَّاكَا simmākā |
| accusative | سِمَّاكَيْنِ simmākayni |
السِّمَّاكَيْنِ as-simmākayni |
سِمَّاكَيْ simmākay |
| genitive | سِمَّاكَيْنِ simmākayni |
السِّمَّاكَيْنِ as-simmākayni |
سِمَّاكَيْ simmākay |
| plural | broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a) | ||
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | سَمَامِكَة samāmika |
السَّمَامِكَة as-samāmika |
سَمَامِكَة samāmikat |
| nominative | سَمَامِكَةٌ samāmikatun |
السَّمَامِكَةُ as-samāmikatu |
سَمَامِكَةُ samāmikatu |
| accusative | سَمَامِكَةً samāmikatan |
السَّمَامِكَةَ as-samāmikata |
سَمَامِكَةَ samāmikata |
| genitive | سَمَامِكَةٍ samāmikatin |
السَّمَامِكَةِ as-samāmikati |
سَمَامِكَةِ samāmikati |
References
- Garosi, Eugenio (1 December 2022) “Regional Diversity in the Use of Administrative Loanwords in Early Islamic Arabic Documentary Sources (632–800 CE): A Preliminary Survey”, in Egypt and the Eastern Mediterranean World. From Constantinople to Baghdad, 500-1000 CE, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, , →ISBN, pages 413, 431
- Younes, Khaled (18 October 2018) “New Governors Identified in Arabic Papyri”, in Authority and Control in the Countryside. From Antiquity to Islam in the Mediterranean and Near East (6th–10th Century), Leiden: Brill, , →ISBN, page 23