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سِنّ
tooth /ˈsɪnː/
nounA1#685 most common
Also: age (in years), point or tip (of a nib or blade), clove (of garlic)
Example sentences
تُؤْلِمُني سِنّي.
My tooth hurts.
يَجِبُ أَنْ نُنَظِّفَ أَسْنانَنا كُلَّ يَوْم.
We must clean our teeth every day.
كَمْ سِنُّكَ الآن؟
How old are you now?
ذَهَبَتْ إِلى طَبيبِ الأَسْنانِ لِأَنَّ سِنّاً واحِدةً كانَتْ تُؤْلِمُها.
She went to the dentist because one tooth was hurting her.
في سِنِّ الثّامِنةَ عَشْرةَ يَبْلُغُ الشَّخْصُ سِنَّ الرُّشْد.
At eighteen a person reaches the age of majority.
يُقالُ إِنَّ الحِكْمةَ تَأْتي مَعَ تَقَدُّمِ السِّنّ، غَيْرَ أَنَّ ذلِكَ لَيْسَ قاعِدةً ثابِتة.
It is said that wisdom comes with advancing age, though that is no fixed rule.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | سِنٌّ | أَسْنانٌ |
| Genitive | سِنٍّ | أَسْنانٍ |
| Accusative | سِنّاً | أَسْناناً |
| Vocative | يا سِنُّ | يا أَسْنانُ |
Word family
أَسْنانteeth
طَبيب أَسْنانdentist
سَنَّto sharpen; to enact a law
مِسَنّwhetstone
سِنانspearhead
Etymology
سِنّ comes from the Semitic root s-n-n, which carries the sense of sharpening or whetting. A tooth is the sharp thing in the mouth, so the noun and the verb to sharpen share one root. The same word runs across the Semitic family, from Hebrew shen to Akkadian shinnu. The verb سَنَّ, to sharpen or to set a precedent, belongs to the same family.
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