سمى

• IPA^(key): /sam.maː/

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سَمَّى • (sammā) II (non-past يُسَمِّي (yusammī), verbal noun تَسْمِيَة (tasmiya))

1. (ditransitive) to name, to call, to designate, to denominate, to title, to entitle

   سَمَّى ٱبْنَهُ خَالِدًا / سَمَّى ٱبْنَهُ بِخَالِدٍ

   sammā bnahu ḵālidan / sammā bnahu bi-ḵālidin

   He named his son Khalid

2. to nominate, to appoint
3. to say بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ (bismi l-lahi, “in the name of God”)

   Synonym: بَسْمَلَ (basmala)

• اِسْم (ism)

From Arabic سَمَّى (sammā).

• IPA^(key): /sam.ma/

سمى • (samma) II (non-past يسمي (ysammi))

1. (ditransitive) to name, to call, to designate, to denominate

   شنو سميتي ولدك؟ ― šnu sammīti wuldek? ― How did you name your son?

   سمانا العيانين. ― sammāna l-ʕiyyānīn ― He called us weak.

2. to title, to entitle
3. to nominate, to appoint

From Arabic سَمَّى (sammā). Sense "to say the basmala" is adapted from the word اِسْم (ism, “name”) used in the basmala, بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيم (bismi llāhi r-raḥmāni r-raḥīm)

• IPA^(key): /sam.ma/

سمّى • (samma) II (non-past يسمّي (ysammi), verbal noun تسماية (tismāy(e)) or تسمية (tasmiye), active participle مسمّى (msamma) or مسمّي (msammi))

1. (ditransitive) to name, to call

   Synonyms: قال لـ (ʔāl la-), عيّط لـ (ʕayyaṭ la-)

2. (intransitive, Islam) to say the basmala

   سميت شي قبل الأكل؟

   sammēt šī ʔabl l-ʔakl?

   Did you say the basmala before you started eating?

From Arabic سَمَّى (sammā).

• IPA^(key): /sam.ma/, [ˈsam.ma]

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سمّى • (samma) II (present بسمّي (bisammi))

1. to name, to call

   Synonym: لقّب (laʔʔab)

   هادي بالعربي منسمّيها علبة.

   hādi bil-ʕarabi minsammīha ʕolbe

   In Arabic we call this "ʕolbe" (a tin).

   هادا بتسمّيه كتير؟ ― hāda bitsammī ktīr ― You call that a lot?

سمى (samma) II (non-past يسمي (ysammi))

1. (ditransitive) to name, to call, to designate, to denominate

   شسميت ولدك؟ ― šsammīt wildik? ― How did you name your son?

2. to title, to entitle
3. to nominate, to appoint