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سَمّ
poison /ˈsamm/
nounB1#1727 most common
Also: venom, toxin
Example sentences
السَّمُّ خَطيرٌ.
Poison is dangerous.
لا تَشرَبْ هذا، فيهِ سَمٌّ.
Do not drink this, it has poison in it.
ماتَ الكَلبُ بَعدَ أَن أَكَلَ سَمّاً.
The dog died after it ate poison.
تَحتَوي بَعضُ الأَفاعي على سَمٍّ قاتِلٍ.
Some snakes contain a deadly poison.
اِستَخدَمَ القاتِلُ سَمّاً بَطيءَ المَفعولِ يَصعُبُ اكتِشافُهُ.
The killer used a slow-acting poison that is hard to detect.
يَقولونَ إِنَّ كَلِماتِهِ كانَت كالسَّمِّ المَبثوثِ في العَسَلِ.
They say his words were like poison mixed into honey.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | سَمٌّ | سُمومٌ |
| Genitive | سَمٍّ | سُمومٍ |
| Accusative | سَمّاً | سُموماً |
| Vocative | يا سَمُّ | يا سُمومُ |
Word family
Etymology
The word comes from the Semitic root s-m-m, tied to the idea of a deadly substance. The same root sits behind related Arabic words for toxic and poisoning. Close forms appear across other Semitic languages with the sense of drug or poison.
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