سميذ

Arabic

Alternative forms

سَمِيد (samīd)

Etymology

Borrowed from Aramaic סְמִידָא / ܣܡܻܝܕܳܐ (səmīḏā), from Akkadian 𒆠𒅔𒆠𒅔𒄯𒄯 (/⁠samīdu⁠/, “a type of fine groats, coarse flour, semolina”), related to Akkadian 𒀀𒊏𒄯𒄯 (/⁠samādu⁠/, “to grind fine”).

Cognates

Old Armenian սիմինդր (simindr), Middle Armenian սիմինտ (simint), սիմիտ (simit), սիմիթ (simitʻ)
Old Georgian სამინდოჲ (samindoy), Georgian სიმინდი (simindi)
Ancient Greek σεμίδᾱλις (semídālis)
Latin simila, many descendants
Persian , whence Turkish simit
Sanskrit समिता (samitā), समीदा (samīdā)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sa.miːð/

Noun

سَمِيذ • (samīḏ) m

semolina

Declension

Declension of noun سَمِيذ (samīḏ)

Singular	basic singular triptote
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سَمِيذ samīḏ	السَّمِيذ as-samīḏ	سَمِيذ samīḏ
Nominative	سَمِيذٌ samīḏun	السَّمِيذُ as-samīḏu	سَمِيذُ samīḏu
Accusative	سَمِيذًا samīḏan	السَّمِيذَ as-samīḏa	سَمِيذَ samīḏa
Genitive	سَمِيذٍ samīḏin	السَّمِيذِ as-samīḏi	سَمِيذِ samīḏi

Descendants

Andalusian Arabic: سميد (samīd)
- → Spanish: acemite
Maltese: smid, smida
Moroccan Arabic: سميد (smīd), سميدة (smīda)
Turkish: simit

References

“samādu”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)‎, volume 15, S, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1984, page 107
“samīdu”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)‎, volume 15, S, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1984, pages 115–116
Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 32
Freytag, Georg (1833) “سميذ”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎ (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 351
Kaufman, Stephen A. (1974) The Akkadian Influences on Aramaic (The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago Assyriological Studies; 19)‎, Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, →ISBN, page 90
Lane, Edward William (1863) “سميذ”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎, London: Williams & Norgate, page 1424
Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “سميذ”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎ (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 596

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