Arabic edit

Root
ص م م (ṣ-m-m)

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /sˤam.ma.ma/
  • (file)

Verb edit

صَمَّمَ (ṣammama) II, non-past يُصَمِّمُ‎ (yuṣammimu)

  1. to deafen [+accusative]
  2. to resolve, to become bent on [+ عَلَى (object)]
  3. to design, to configure, to devise, to contrive, to fix [+accusative]

Conjugation edit

Noun edit

صَمَم (ṣamamm

  1. deafness
    • 10th century, Al-Mutanabbi :
      أَنَا الَّذِي نَظَرَ الْأَعْمَى إِلَى أَدَبِي / وَأَسْمَعَتْ كَلِمَاتِي مَنْ بِهِ صَمَمُ
      ʔanā allaḏī naẓara l-ʔaʕmā ʔilā ʔadabī / waʔasmaʕat kalimātī man bihi ṣamamu

Declension edit

Related terms edit

South Levantine Arabic edit

Root
ص م م
1 term

Etymology edit

From Arabic صَمَّمَ (ṣammama).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /sˤam.mam/, [ˈsˤɑm.mɑm]
  • (file)

Verb edit

صمّم (ṣammam) II (present بصمّم (biṣammem))

  1. to design
  2. (by extension) to plan, to intend
    Synonym: خطط (ḵaṭṭaṭ)

Conjugation edit

    Conjugation of صمّم (ṣammam)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m صمّمت (ṣammamt) صمّمت (ṣammamt) صمّم (ṣammam) صمّمنا (ṣammamna) صمّمتو (ṣammamtu) صمّمو (ṣammamu)
f صمّمتي (ṣammamti) صمّمت (ṣammamat)
present m بصمّم (baṣammem) بتصمّم (bitṣammem) بصمّم (biṣammem) منصمّم (minṣammem) بتصمّمو (bitṣammmu) بصمّمو (biṣammmu)
f بتصمّمي (bitṣammmi) بتصمّم (bitṣammem)
subjunctive m اصمّم (aṣammem) تصمّم (tṣammem) يصمّم (yṣammem) نصمّم (nṣammem) تصمّمو (tṣammmu) يصمّمو (yṣammmu)
f تصمّمي (tṣammmi) تصمّم (tṣammem)
imperative m صمّم (ṣammem) صمّمو (ṣammmu)
f صمّمي (ṣammmi)