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تَسْمِيَة
naming /tasˈmiː.ja/
nounB2#3740 most common
Also: nomination, designation, the Basmala (saying 'in the name of God')
Example sentences
مَا هِيَ تَسْمِيَةُ هَذَا الشَّارِعِ؟
What is the name of this street?
تَسْمِيَةُ الطِّفْلِ تَقْلِيدٌ مُهِمٌّ فِي كُلِّ الثَّقَافَاتِ.
Naming a child is an important tradition in every culture.
قَرَّرَتِ الأُسْرَةُ تَأْجِيلَ تَسْمِيَةِ الْمَوْلُودِ حَتَّى الأُسْبُوعِ الْقَادِمِ.
The family decided to postpone naming the newborn until next week.
تَخْتَلِفُ تَسْمِيَةُ الأَمْرَاضِ بَيْنَ الطِّبِّ الْحَدِيثِ وَالطِّبِّ الشَّعْبِيِّ.
The naming of diseases differs between modern medicine and folk medicine.
يَقُولُ الْمُسْلِمُ التَّسْمِيَةَ قَبْلَ الْأَكْلِ تَبَرُّكًا بِاسْمِ اللَّهِ.
A Muslim says the tasmiya (Bismillah) before eating, to seek blessing through God's name.
أَثَارَتْ إِعَادَةُ تَسْمِيَةِ الشَّوَارِعِ فِي الْمَدِينَةِ جَدَلًا وَاسِعًا بَيْنَ السُّكَّانِ حَوْلَ الْهُوِيَّةِ التَّارِيخِيَّةِ.
The renaming of streets in the city sparked wide controversy among residents over historical identity.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | تَسْمِيَةٌ | تَسْمِيَاتٌ |
| Genitive | تَسْمِيَةٍ | تَسْمِيَاتٍ |
| Accusative | تَسْمِيَةً | تَسْمِيَاتٍ |
| Vocative | يَا تَسْمِيَةُ | يَا تَسْمِيَاتُ |
Word family
اِسْمname
سَمَّىto name, call
مُسَمًّىthe named thing, so-called
تَسَمَّىto call oneself, take a name
أَسْمَاءnames (plural of اسم)
Etymology
تَسْمِيَة is the verbal noun of the Form II verb سَمَّى (sammā), 'to name,' built on the Semitic root س-م-ي (s-m-y), which also gives اسم (ism, 'name'). Verbs from weak-final roots like this one form their masdar with the pattern تَفْعِلَة rather than the usual تَفْعِيل, which is why the word ends in تَسْمِيَة and not تَسْمِيّ. The same root appears across the Semitic language family with the same core sense of 'name.'
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