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سَمَك
fish /ˈsa.mak/
nounA2#1013 most common
Also: fish (as food), fish (collective, fish in general)
Example sentences
أُحِبُّ السَّمَكَ.
I like fish.
نَأْكُلُ السَّمَكَ يَوْمَ الجُمُعَةِ.
We eat fish on Friday.
اِشْتَرَتْ أُمِّي سَمَكاً طازَجاً مِنَ السُّوقِ.
My mother bought fresh fish from the market.
يُفَضِّلُ كَثيرٌ مِنَ النّاسِ السَّمَكَ المَشْوِيَّ عَلى المَقْلِيِّ.
Many people prefer grilled fish to fried.
تَعيشُ أَنواعٌ كَثيرةٌ مِنَ الأَسْماكِ في المِياهِ العَذْبةِ والمالِحةِ.
Many species of fish live in fresh and salt water.
يُحَذِّرُ العُلَماءُ مِنْ أَنَّ الصَّيْدَ الجائِرَ قَدِ اسْتَنْزَفَ مَخْزونَ السَّمَكِ في كَثيرٍ مِنَ البِحارِ.
Scientists warn that overfishing has depleted fish stocks in many seas.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | سَمَكٌ | أَسْماكٌ |
| Genitive | سَمَكٍ | أَسْماكٍ |
| Accusative | سَمَكاً | أَسْماكاً |
| Vocative | يا سَمَكُ | يا أَسْماكُ |
Word family
سَمَكة (samaka)a single fish (singulative)
أَسْماك (asmāk)fishes, fish species (plural)
سَمّاك (sammāk)fishmonger
سَمَكِيّ (samakī)fish-related, piscine
Etymology
Arabic سَمَك is a collective noun for fish, built on the root s-m-k. The singulative سَمَكة names one individual fish, and the broken plural أَسْماك names species or kinds. The word passed into Maltese, a Semitic language descended from Arabic, where samak still means fish.
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