سمك

From the root س م ك‎ (s-m-k), meaning “to be elevated or lofty”, “to be supported or held up”, “to sustain”; hence the meaning of “a source of sustenance”, “a mainstay or staple-food”. Cognate with Hebrew סָמַך‎ (samak, “to lean, lay, rest, support”) attested in the Bible with the similar semantic sense “to sustain” or “to nourish”.[1]

• IPA^(key): /sa.mak/

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سَمَك • (samak) m (collective, singulative سَمَكَة‎ (samaka), plural أَسْماك‎ (ʾasmāk))

1. fish

• سَمَّاك‎ (sammāk, “fishmonger, fisherman”)
• سَمَّاكَة‎ (sammāka, “woman fishmonger, fisherwoman”)
• سَمَكِيّ‎ (samakiyy, “fishy, fishlike, fish-”)
• مَسَامِك‎ (masāmik, “fish stores, seafood stores”)

• → Ge'ez: ሰመክ (sämäk)
• → Swahili: samaki

From the root س م ك‎ (s-m-k) in the sense of "to nourish", "to make well-fed", "to fatten up livestock".

سَمَّكَ • (sammaka) II, non-past يُسَمِّكُ‎‎ (yusammiku)

1. to thicken

سُمْك • (sumk) m

1. thickness

From the root س م ك‎ (s-m-k), in the sense of "to be elevated or lofty", "to be supported or held up".

سَمْك • (samk) m

1. roof, ceiling

• Lane, Edward William (1863), “سمك”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, pages 1430-1431
• H5564 in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979