Arabic

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Etymology

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Reduplicated from the root ش م م (š-m-m)

Pronunciation

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Verb

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شَمْشَمَ (šamšama) Iq, non-past يُشَمْشِمُ‎ (yušamšimu)

  1. to sniff
    أُشَمْشِمُ ٱلهَوَاءَ
    ʔušamšimu l-hawāʔa
    I'm sniffing the air

Conjugation

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