سمار

Arabic

سَمَار

Etymology

From the root س م ر (s-m-r) meaning "to stand erect or jut out", "a bristle or thorn", "to nail", "to be studded".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sa.maːr/

Noun

سَمَار • (samār) m

1. spiny rush (Juncus spinosus)

Declension

Declension of noun سَمَار (samār)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سَمَار samār	السَّمَار as-samār	سَمَار samār
Nominative	سَمَارٌ samārun	السَّمَارُ as-samāru	سَمَارُ samāru
Accusative	سَمَارًا samāran	السَّمَارَ as-samāra	سَمَارَ samāra
Genitive	سَمَارٍ samārin	السَّمَارِ as-samāri	سَمَارِ samāri

Descendants

• Maltese: simar
• Moroccan Arabic: سمار (smār)

References

• Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “سمار”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎^[1] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 597