صامت

Arabic

Root
ص م ت (ṣ-m-t)

Etymology 1

Root
ص م ت (ṣ-m-t)

Derived from the active participle of صَمَتَ (ṣamata, “to be silent”).

Adjective

صَامِت • (ṣāmit) (masculine plural صَامِتُون (ṣāmitūn) or صُمُوت (ṣumūt))

1. silent
2. (Mobile phones) silent mode

Declension

Declension of adjective صَامِت (ṣāmit)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	صَامِت ṣāmit	الصَّامِت aṣ-ṣāmit	صَامِتَة ṣāmita	الصَّامِتَة aṣ-ṣāmita
Nominative	صَامِتٌ ṣāmitun	الصَّامِتُ aṣ-ṣāmitu	صَامِتَةٌ ṣāmitatun	الصَّامِتَةُ aṣ-ṣāmitatu
Accusative	صَامِتًا ṣāmitan	الصَّامِتَ aṣ-ṣāmita	صَامِتَةً ṣāmitatan	الصَّامِتَةَ aṣ-ṣāmitata
Genitive	صَامِتٍ ṣāmitin	الصَّامِتِ aṣ-ṣāmiti	صَامِتَةٍ ṣāmitatin	الصَّامِتَةِ aṣ-ṣāmitati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	صَامِتَيْن ṣāmitayn	الصَّامِتَيْن aṣ-ṣāmitayn	صَامِتَتَيْن ṣāmitatayn	الصَّامِتَتَيْن aṣ-ṣāmitatayn
Nominative	صَامِتَانِ ṣāmitāni	الصَّامِتَانِ aṣ-ṣāmitāni	صَامِتَتَانِ ṣāmitatāni	الصَّامِتَتَانِ aṣ-ṣāmitatāni
Accusative	صَامِتَيْنِ ṣāmitayni	الصَّامِتَيْنِ aṣ-ṣāmitayni	صَامِتَتَيْنِ ṣāmitatayni	الصَّامِتَتَيْنِ aṣ-ṣāmitatayni
Genitive	صَامِتَيْنِ ṣāmitayni	الصَّامِتَيْنِ aṣ-ṣāmitayni	صَامِتَتَيْنِ ṣāmitatayni	الصَّامِتَتَيْنِ aṣ-ṣāmitatayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	sound masculine plural‎; basic broken plural triptote		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	صَامِتِين‎; صُمُوت ṣāmitīn‎; ṣumūt	الصَّامِتِين‎; الصُّمُوت aṣ-ṣāmitīn‎; aṣ-ṣumūt	صَامِتَات ṣāmitāt	الصَّامِتَات aṣ-ṣāmitāt
Nominative	صَامِتُونَ‎; صُمُوتٌ ṣāmitūna‎; ṣumūtun	الصَّامِتُونَ‎; الصُّمُوتُ aṣ-ṣāmitūna‎; aṣ-ṣumūtu	صَامِتَاتٌ ṣāmitātun	الصَّامِتَاتُ aṣ-ṣāmitātu
Accusative	صَامِتِينَ‎; صُمُوتًا ṣāmitīna‎; ṣumūtan	الصَّامِتِينَ‎; الصُّمُوتَ aṣ-ṣāmitīna‎; aṣ-ṣumūta	صَامِتَاتٍ ṣāmitātin	الصَّامِتَاتِ aṣ-ṣāmitāti
Genitive	صَامِتِينَ‎; صُمُوتٍ ṣāmitīna‎; ṣumūtin	الصَّامِتِينَ‎; الصُّمُوتِ aṣ-ṣāmitīna‎; aṣ-ṣumūti	صَامِتَاتٍ ṣāmitātin	الصَّامِتَاتِ aṣ-ṣāmitāti

References

• Wehr, Hans (1979) “صامت”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Noun

صَامِت • (ṣāmit) m (plural صَوَامِت (ṣawāmit))

1. consonant sound

   Coordinate term: مُتَحَرَّك (mutaḥarrak)

Declension

Declension of noun صَامِت (ṣāmit)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	صَامِت ṣāmit	الصَّامِت aṣ-ṣāmit	صَامِت ṣāmit
Nominative	صَامِتٌ ṣāmitun	الصَّامِتُ aṣ-ṣāmitu	صَامِتُ ṣāmitu
Accusative	صَامِتًا ṣāmitan	الصَّامِتَ aṣ-ṣāmita	صَامِتَ ṣāmita
Genitive	صَامِتٍ ṣāmitin	الصَّامِتِ aṣ-ṣāmiti	صَامِتِ ṣāmiti
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	صَامِتَيْن ṣāmitayn	الصَّامِتَيْن aṣ-ṣāmitayn	صَامِتَيْ ṣāmitay
Nominative	صَامِتَانِ ṣāmitāni	الصَّامِتَانِ aṣ-ṣāmitāni	صَامِتَا ṣāmitā
Accusative	صَامِتَيْنِ ṣāmitayni	الصَّامِتَيْنِ aṣ-ṣāmitayni	صَامِتَيْ ṣāmitay
Genitive	صَامِتَيْنِ ṣāmitayni	الصَّامِتَيْنِ aṣ-ṣāmitayni	صَامِتَيْ ṣāmitay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	صَوَامِت ṣawāmit	الصَّوَامِت aṣ-ṣawāmit	صَوَامِت ṣawāmit
Nominative	صَوَامِتُ ṣawāmitu	الصَّوَامِتُ aṣ-ṣawāmitu	صَوَامِتُ ṣawāmitu
Accusative	صَوَامِتَ ṣawāmita	الصَّوَامِتَ aṣ-ṣawāmita	صَوَامِتَ ṣawāmita
Genitive	صَوَامِتَ ṣawāmita	الصَّوَامِتِ aṣ-ṣawāmiti	صَوَامِتِ ṣawāmiti

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: samit

Etymology 2

Verb

صَامَتْ • (ṣāmat) (form I)

1. third-person feminine singular past active of صَامَ (ṣāma)