s m n
32 lemmas · 7 languages
soundAll three consonants are regular✡︎ m. Ber. 5:5
Themes:fat·4eight· ثَمَانِيَة · שְׁמוֹנֶה·4mark·2jasmine·2plump·2
POS shape:noun·15num·7verb·6adj·3name·1
This root is attested across 7 Semitic languages in our index. Each section below shows representative lemmas; attested means a Wiktionary editor explicitly tagged the root, inferredmeans we derived it mechanically from the word's consonantal skeleton.
Etymology treehow this root diverged from Proto-Semitic through the family
*s-m-nProto-Semitic
East Semitic
Akkadianšamnums m n— oil, fat, cream
West Semitic
Central Semitic
Northwest Semitic
Canaanite
Hebrewהִסְתַּמֵּןס מ ן— To appear, become apparent
Aramaic
Syriacܣܡܢܐܣ ܡ ܢ— emphatic plural of ܣܡܐ
Arabic
Arabicسَمِنَس م ن— to be fat, to be corpulent, to be obese, to be stout
South Semitic
Ethio-Semitic
Ge'ezሰማኒሰ መ ነ— eight (8)
Amharicሰሜንሰ መ ነ— north
Tigrinyaሰሜንሰ መ ነ— north
Branch structure: Huehnergard (2005), Rubin (2010). The reconstructed Proto-Semitic form is computed on the fly from the cognate set's majority reflex pattern.
Akkadian
akk · 2 lemmas- oil, fat, creamFrom Proto-Semitic *šamn- (“fat”). Cognate with Arabic سَمْن (samn, “ghee”) and Biblical Hebrew שֶׁמֶן (šɛ́mɛn, “oil”).
- eight, 8From Proto-Semitic *ṯamāniy- (“eight”). Cognate with Arabic ثَمَانِيَة (ṯamāniya) and Biblical Hebrew שְׁמוֹנָה (šəmonɔ).
Classical Syriac
syc · 1 lemma- emphatic plural of ܣܡܐ
Hebrew
he · 8 lemmas- To appear, become apparent
- symptom
- syndromeFrom תַּסְמִין (tasmín, “a symptom”) in the pattern תִּקְטֹלֶת (tiktolét), indicating collections of things, systems.
- a bookmarkFrom סִימָן (simán, “mark, sign, symbol”) + ־יָּה (-iyá).
- mark (sign for reference or measurement)From Ancient Greek σημεῖον (sēmeîon), whence also Aramaic סִימָנָא (sīmānā) and Arabic سِيمَا (sīmā). Therefrom was denominated the entire root ס־מ־ן.
▸ 7 derivations
- derivedס־מ־ןs-m-n
- derivedסִימַן קְרִיאָהsimán kri'á
- derivedסִימַן שְׁאֵלָהsimán she'elá
- derivedסִימָן־מוּלָדsimán-mulád
- derivedסִימָנוֹרsimanór
- derivedסימנייהsimaniyá
- derivedסִימָנִיָּהsimaniyá
- to mark, indicateFrom Ancient Greek σημεῖον (sēmeîon), whence also Aramaic סִימָנָא (sīmānā) and Arabic سِيمَا (sīmā). Therefrom was denominated the entire root ס־מ־ן.
- jasmineUltimately borrowed from Persian یاسمین.
- a female given name, Yasmin, equivalent to English JasmineUltimately borrowed from Persian یاسمین.
Arabic
ar · 8 lemmas- to be fat, to be corpulent, to be obese, to be stoutFrom Proto-Semitic *šamn- and the root س م ن (s m n).
- to make fat, make plump, to fatten
- elative degree of سَمِين (samīn):Elative of سَمِين (samīn, “fat”).
- to be caused to be fat or plump, to be well-nourished, to be full-figured
- quail (Coturnix coturnix)
- butter-dealerOccupational noun from the root س م ن (s m n).
- obesity
Ge'ez
gez · 2 lemmas- eight (8)From Proto-Semitic *ṯamāniy-. Cognates include Arabic ثَمَانِيَة (ṯamāniya).
- eight (8)Masculine form of ሰማኒ (sämani). Ultimately from Proto-Semitic *ṯamāniy-. Cognates include Arabic ثَمَانِيَة (ṯamāniya).
Amharic
am · 7 lemmas- north
- soapBorrowed from Arabic صَابُونَة (ṣābūna).
- eighty
- northernFrom ሰሜን (sämen).
- week
- eightFrom Proto-Semitic *ṯamāniy-. Cognates include Arabic ثَمَانِيَة (ṯamāniya) and Ge'ez ሰማንቱ (sämantu).
- eighth (8th)
Tigrinya
ti · 4 lemmas- north
- soapBorrowed from Arabic صَابُونَة (ṣābūna).
- weeklyFrom ሰሙን (sämun, “week”) + -ዊ (-wi).
- eighty