سمت

See also: شمت

Arabic

Etymology 1

From Aramaic סֵימִטָא (sēmiṭā) from Latin sēmĭta, but later reanalysed as deriving from an Arabic root س م ت (s m t) which contains only denominal verbs however.

Noun

سَمْت • (samt) m (plural سُمُوت (sumūt))

1. road, way
2. mode or manner of conduct, modus vivendi
   • 2017 March 18, مالك التريكي, “عن القسوة في السياسة”, in AlQuds.co.uk‎^[1]:

     وهذا لعمري من فضائل الشرط الإنساني عندما يتحرر من أنانية التمركز الذاتي. وليس مايكل بورتيلو نفسه ببعيد عن هذا السمت الإنساني.

     And this is a human requirement for my life of virtues, when one is freed of self-centered egoism. And Michael Portillo is himself not far from this mode of human conduct.

3. gravity, staidness, steadiness, sedateness, calmness
4. region or quarter towards which the course is directed
5. compass direction
6. azimuth

Declension

Declension of noun سَمْت (samt)

singular	basic singular triptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	سَمْت samt	السَّمْت as-samt	سَمْت samt
nominative	سَمْتٌ samtun	السَّمْتُ as-samtu	سَمْتُ samtu
accusative	سَمْتًا samtan	السَّمْتَ as-samta	سَمْتَ samta
genitive	سَمْتٍ samtin	السَّمْتِ as-samti	سَمْتِ samti
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	سَمْتَيْن samtayn	السَّمْتَيْن as-samtayn	سَمْتَيْ samtay
nominative	سَمْتَانِ samtāni	السَّمْتَانِ as-samtāni	سَمْتَا samtā
accusative	سَمْتَيْنِ samtayni	السَّمْتَيْنِ as-samtayni	سَمْتَيْ samtay
genitive	سَمْتَيْنِ samtayni	السَّمْتَيْنِ as-samtayni	سَمْتَيْ samtay
plural	basic broken plural triptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	سُمُوت sumūt	السُّمُوت as-sumūt	سُمُوت sumūt
nominative	سُمُوتٌ sumūtun	السُّمُوتُ as-sumūtu	سُمُوتُ sumūtu
accusative	سُمُوتًا sumūtan	السُّمُوتَ as-sumūta	سُمُوتَ sumūta
genitive	سُمُوتٍ sumūtin	السُّمُوتِ as-sumūti	سُمُوتِ sumūti

Derived terms

• سَمْت الرَّأْس (samt ar-raʔs, “zenith”)
• نَظِير السَّمْت (naẓīr as-samt, “nadir”)

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: səmt
• Kurdish:
  • → Northern Kurdish: semt
• → Medieval Latin: cenit, ceniz
  • → Middle English: cenyth, cenith, senyth, cenit, cinit, senith (learned)
    • English: zenith
  • → Old French: cenit m (learned)
    • Middle French: zenith
      • French: zénith
• → Ottoman Turkish: سمت (semt)
  • Turkish: semt
  • → Armenian: սամթ (samtʻ), սա̈մթ (sämtʻ), սեմթ (semtʻ)
  • → Laz: სემთი (semti)
• → Persian: سمت (samt)
  • Tajik: самт (samt)

References

• Lane, Edward William (1863-1893), “سمت”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 1421.

Etymology 2

Verb

سمت (form I)

1. سَمَّتْ (sammat) /sam.mat/: third-person feminine singular past active of سَمَّ (samma)
2. سُمَّتْ (summat) /sum.mat/: third-person feminine singular past passive of سَمَّ (samma)

Etymology 3

Verb

سَمَتْ • (samat) (form I) /sa.mat/

1. third-person feminine singular past active of سَمَا (samā)

Etymology 4

Verb

سَمَّتْ • (sammat) (form II) /sam.mat/

1. third-person feminine singular past active of سَمَّى (sammā)

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic سَمْت (samt).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ˈsamt/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [sämt̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [sämt̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [sämt̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [sämt̪]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [sæmt̪ʰ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [sämt̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	samt
Dari reading?	samt
Iranian reading?	samt
Tajik reading?	samt

Noun

سمت • (samt) (Tajik spelling самт)

1. side; way; hand; direction
2. azimuth

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934), “سمت”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–), “سمت”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press.