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صِمام
valve /sˤɪˈmaːm/
nounB1#2396 most common
Also: stopper, plug
Example sentences
هذا صِمام الماء.
This is the water valve.
أغلق الصِمام قبل أن يتسرب الماء.
Close the valve before the water leaks.
صِمام الدراجة يحتاج إلى هواء.
The bicycle valve needs air.
صِمام الأمان يمنع الانفجار عند ارتفاع الضغط.
The safety valve prevents an explosion when the pressure rises.
استبدل الطبيب صِمام القلب التالف بصِمام صناعي.
The doctor replaced the damaged heart valve with an artificial one.
تصميم صِمامات التحكم الهيدروليكية يتطلب دقة عالية في حساب معدل التدفق.
Designing hydraulic control valves requires high precision in calculating the flow rate.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | صِمامٌ | صِمامَاتٌ |
| Genitive | صِمامٍ | صِمامَاتٍ |
| Accusative | صِمامًا | صِمامَاتٍ |
| Vocative | يا صِمامُ | يا صِمامَاتُ |
Word family
صمّto become deaf, to block up
أصمّdeaf
صمّمto decide firmly, to design
صمّام أمانsafety valve (fixed phrase)
Etymology
صِمام comes from the Semitic root ص-م-م, which carries the sense of being solid, blocked, or stopped up. The noun is built on the فِعال (fi'āl) pattern, a common shape for tools and instruments in Arabic, similar to لِجام (bridle) or زِمام (rein). So صِمام literally names the device that stops or blocks a flow.
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