سماك

Arabic

Etymology 1

Occupational noun of سَمَك (samak, “fish”).

Noun

سَمَّاك • (sammāk) m (plural سَمَّاكُون (sammākūn))

fishmonger

Declension

Declension of noun سَمَّاك (sammāk)

Singular	basic singular triptote
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سَمَّاك sammāk	السَّمَّاك as-sammāk	سَمَّاك sammāk
Nominative	سَمَّاكٌ sammākun	السَّمَّاكُ as-sammāku	سَمَّاكُ sammāku
Accusative	سَمَّاكًا sammākan	السَّمَّاكَ as-sammāka	سَمَّاكَ sammāka
Genitive	سَمَّاكٍ sammākin	السَّمَّاكِ as-sammāki	سَمَّاكِ sammāki
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سَمَّاكَيْن sammākayn	السَّمَّاكَيْن as-sammākayn	سَمَّاكَيْ sammākay
Nominative	سَمَّاكَانِ sammākāni	السَّمَّاكَانِ as-sammākāni	سَمَّاكَا sammākā
Accusative	سَمَّاكَيْنِ sammākayni	السَّمَّاكَيْنِ as-sammākayni	سَمَّاكَيْ sammākay
Genitive	سَمَّاكَيْنِ sammākayni	السَّمَّاكَيْنِ as-sammākayni	سَمَّاكَيْ sammākay
Plural	sound masculine plural
Plural	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سَمَّاكِين sammākīn	السَّمَّاكِين as-sammākīn	سَمَّاكِي sammākī
Nominative	سَمَّاكُونَ sammākūna	السَّمَّاكُونَ as-sammākūna	سَمَّاكُو sammākū
Accusative	سَمَّاكِينَ sammākīna	السَّمَّاكِينَ as-sammākīna	سَمَّاكِي sammākī
Genitive	سَمَّاكِينَ sammākīna	السَّمَّاكِينَ as-sammākīna	سَمَّاكِي sammākī

Etymology 2

Noun

سِمَاك • (simāk) pl

plural of variety of سَمَك (samak, “fish”)

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Byzantine Greek σύμμαχος (súmmakhos).

Noun

سِمَّاك • (simmāk) m (plural سَمَامِكَة (samāmika))

(Egypt, obsolete, 8th century only) a lower-tier provincial official assisting in tax-gathering

Declension

Declension of noun سِمَّاك (simmāk)

Singular	basic singular triptote
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سِمَّاك simmāk	السِّمَّاك as-simmāk	سِمَّاك simmāk
Nominative	سِمَّاكٌ simmākun	السِّمَّاكُ as-simmāku	سِمَّاكُ simmāku
Accusative	سِمَّاكًا simmākan	السِّمَّاكَ as-simmāka	سِمَّاكَ simmāka
Genitive	سِمَّاكٍ simmākin	السِّمَّاكِ as-simmāki	سِمَّاكِ simmāki
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سِمَّاكَيْن simmākayn	السِّمَّاكَيْن as-simmākayn	سِمَّاكَيْ simmākay
Nominative	سِمَّاكَانِ simmākāni	السِّمَّاكَانِ as-simmākāni	سِمَّاكَا simmākā
Accusative	سِمَّاكَيْنِ simmākayni	السِّمَّاكَيْنِ as-simmākayni	سِمَّاكَيْ simmākay
Genitive	سِمَّاكَيْنِ simmākayni	السِّمَّاكَيْنِ as-simmākayni	سِمَّاكَيْ simmākay
Plural	broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a)
Plural	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سَمَامِكَة samāmika	السَّمَامِكَة as-samāmika	سَمَامِكَة samāmikat
Nominative	سَمَامِكَةٌ samāmikatun	السَّمَامِكَةُ as-samāmikatu	سَمَامِكَةُ samāmikatu
Accusative	سَمَامِكَةً samāmikatan	السَّمَامِكَةَ as-samāmikata	سَمَامِكَةَ samāmikata
Genitive	سَمَامِكَةٍ samāmikatin	السَّمَامِكَةِ as-samāmikati	سَمَامِكَةِ samāmikati

References

Garosi, Eugenio (2022 December 1) “Regional Diversity in the Use of Administrative Loanwords in Early Islamic Arabic Documentary Sources (632–800 CE): A Preliminary Survey”, in Egypt and the Eastern Mediterranean World. From Constantinople to Baghdad, 500-1000 CE, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →DOI, →ISBN, pages 413, 431
Younes, Khaled (2018 October 18) “New Governors Identified in Arabic Papyri”, in Authority and Control in the Countryside. From Antiquity to Islam in the Mediterranean and Near East (6th–10th Century), Leiden: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, page 23