سمت

Arabic

Etymology

Probably from the (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Aramaic סימטא (s-y-m-ṭ-ʾ), but later reanalysed as deriving from the (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Arabic root س م ت (s-m-t).

Noun

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

1. road, way
2. mode or manner of 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 الرَأْس (samt ar-raʔs, “zenith”)
• نَظِير السَمْت (naẓīr as-samt, “nadir”)

Descendants

• Azeri: səmt
• English: azimuth, zenith
• Kurdish:
  • Northern Kurdish: semt
• Ottoman Turkish: سمت (semt)
  • Turkish: semt
  • Armenian: սամթ (samtʻ), սա̈մթ (sämtʻ), սեմթ (semtʻ)
• Persian: سمت (samt)
  • Tajik: самт (samt)

References

• Lane, Edward William (1863) “سمت”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[1], London: Williams & Norgate

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Persian

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Arabic (deprecated template usage) سَمْت (samt).

Noun

سمت • (samt)

1. side
2. way
3. hand
4. direction
5. azimuth