# سمح
## Arabic
### Etymology 1

* Root
* س م ح (s m ḥ)
* 8 terms

#### Verb

سَمَحَ • (samaḥa) I (non-past يَسْمَحُ (yasmaḥu), verbal noun سَمَاح (samāḥ))
* to allow, to permit (لِ (li) someone) (بِ (bi) something / أَن (ʔan) to do something)

##### Conjugation
### Etymology 2
#### Verb

سَمُحَ • (samuḥa) I (non-past يَسْمُحُ (yasmuḥu), verbal noun سَمْح (samḥ) or سَمَاح (samāḥ) or سَمَاحَة (samāḥa))
* to be magnanimous, to be generous (Can we add an example for this sense?), (particularly with verbal noun سَمْح samḥ)

##### Descendants

* → Swahili: -samehe (“to forgive”)

### Etymology 3
#### Verb

سَمَّحَ • (sammaḥa) II (non-past يُسَمِّحُ (yusammiḥu), verbal noun تَسْمِيح (tasmīḥ))
* act kindly
* walk with a light and noiseless step
* straighten

##### Conjugation
### Etymology 4
#### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

#### Noun

سَمْح • (samḥ) m
* verbal noun of سَمُحَ (samuḥa) (form I)
* magnanimity

##### Declension
#### Adjective

سَمْح • (samḥ) (common plural سِمَاح (simāḥ), elative أَسْمَح (ʔasmaḥ))
* magnanimous, generous

##### Declension
### References

* Freytag, Georg (1833) “سمح”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎ (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 350
* Lane, Edward William (1863) “سمح”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎, London: Williams & Norgate, page 1422
* Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “سمح”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen, pages 507–508
* Wehr, Hans (1979) “سمح”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, pages 499–500

## Moroccan Arabic

* Root
* س م ح
* 2 terms

### Etymology

From Arabic سَمَحَ (samaḥa).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /smaħ/

### Verb

سمح • (smaḥ) I (non-past يسمح (yismaḥ), verbal noun سميح (smīḥ), active participle سامح (sāmiḥ), passive participle مسموح (masmūḥ))
* to abandon, to give up, to relinquish [with ف]
    سمحت فما ملكت. ― smaḥt f-mā mlakt ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    سمحت فولاده. ― smaḥt fe-wlādu ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
* to condone, to allow [with ب]
    سمحوا بالغش فامتحان الإسلاميات.samḥu b-el-ḡašš fe-mtiḥān el-ʔislāmiyyāt.(please add an English translation of this usage example)
* to allow, to permit [with ل]
    سمح له ولي أمره باش يمشي للمخيم.smaḥlu wali ʔamru bāš yimši l-el-muḵayyam.(please add an English translation of this usage example)
* to forgive, to excuse [with ل]
    سمح لي على ما فعلته ديك المرةsmaḥli ʕla mā fʕaltu dīk el-marra.(please add an English translation of this usage example)

#### Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

## South Levantine Arabic

* Root
* س م ح
* 3 terms

### Etymology

From Arabic سَمَحَ (samaḥa).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sa.maħ/, [ˈsa.maħ]
* Audio (al-Lidd):(file)

### Verb

سمح • (samaḥ) I (present بسمح (bismaḥ), passive participle مسموح (masmūḥ))
* to allow, to permit
    Antonyms: منع (manaʕ), حرّم (ḥarram)

#### Conjugation

Conjugation of سمح (samaḥ) :
| | | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural |
| | | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person |
| past | m | سمحت (samaḥt) | سمحت (samaḥt) | سمح (samaḥ) | سمحنا (samaḥna) | سمحتو (samaḥtu) | سمحو (samaḥu) |
| past | f | سمحت (samaḥt) | سمحتي (samaḥti) | سمحت (samḥat) | سمحنا (samaḥna) | سمحتو (samaḥtu) | سمحو (samaḥu) |
| present | m | بسمح (basmaḥ) | بتسمح (btismaḥ) | بسمح (bismaḥ) | منسمح (mnismaḥ) | بتسمحو (btismaḥu) | بسمحو (bismaḥu) |
| present | f | بسمح (basmaḥ) | بتسمحي (btismaḥi) | بتسمح (btismaḥ) | منسمح (mnismaḥ) | بتسمحو (btismaḥu) | بسمحو (bismaḥu) |
| subjunctive | m | أسمح (ʔasmaḥ) | تسمح (tismaḥ) | يسمح (yismaḥ) | نسمح (nismaḥ) | تسمحو (tismaḥu) | يسمحو (yismaḥu) |
| subjunctive | f | أسمح (ʔasmaḥ) | تسمحي (tismaḥi) | تسمح (tismaḥ) | نسمح (nismaḥ) | تسمحو (tismaḥu) | يسمحو (yismaḥu) |
| imperative | m | | اسمح (ismaḥ) | | | اسمحو (ismaḥu) | |
| imperative | f | | اسمحي (ismaḥi) | | | اسمحو (ismaḥu) | |