# سمك
## Arabic
### Etymology 1

From the root س م ك (s m k), meaning “to be elevated or lofty”, “to be supported or held up”, “to sustain”; hence the meaning of “a source of sustenance”, “a mainstay or staple-food”. Cognate with Hebrew סָמַך (samak, “to lean, lay, rest, support”) attested in the Bible with the similar semantic sense “to sustain” or “to nourish”.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sa.mak/
* Audio:(file)

#### Noun

سَمَك • (samak) m (collective, singulative سَمَكَة f (samaka), plural أَسْماك (ʔasmāk) or سِمَاك (simāk) or سُمُوك (sumūk))
* fish
    السَّرْدِينَ عِبَارَةً عَنْ سَمَكِ زَيْتَي صَغِيرٍ يُمْكِنُ أَكْلُهُ بِالْكَامِلِ.as-sardīna ʕibāratan ʕan samaki zaytay ṣaḡīrin yumkinu ʔakluhu bi-l-kāmili.Sardines are small, oily fish that can be eaten whole.

##### Descendants

* Gulf Arabic: سمچ (simič, simač)
* Iraqi Arabic: سمچ (simač)
* → Ge'ez: ሰመክ (sämäk)
* → Ottoman Turkish: سمك (semek)
** Turkish: semek
* → Swahili: samaki

### Etymology 2

From the root س م ك (s m k) in the sense of "to nourish", "to make well-fed", "to fatten up livestock".

#### Verb

سَمَّكَ • (sammaka) II (non-past يُسَمِّكُ (yusammiku), verbal noun تَسْمِيك (tasmīk))
* to thicken

##### Conjugation
#### Noun

سُمْك • (sumk) m
* thickness

##### Declension
### Etymology 3

From the root س م ك (s m k), in the sense of "to be elevated or lofty", "to be supported or held up".

#### Noun

سَمْك • (samk) m
* roof, ceiling

##### Declension
### References

* Lane, Edward William (1863) “سمك”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎, London: Williams & Norgate, pages 1430-1431
* H5564 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
* ↑ Genesis 27:37

## Hijazi Arabic
### Etymology

From Arabic سَمَك (samak).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sa.mak/

### Noun

سمك • (samak) m (collective, singulative سمكة f (samak), plural سمكات (samakāt))
* fish

## Ottoman Turkish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic سَمَك (samak, “fish”).

### Noun

سمك • (semek) (plural سماك (simak))
* fish, a cold-blooded animal that lives in water
    Synonyms: بالق (balık), حوت (hut), ماهی (mahi)

#### Descendants

* Turkish: semek

### Further reading

* Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “semek2”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4137
* Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “semek”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎ (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 1121
* Kélékian, Diran (1911) “سمك”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 692
* Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Piscis”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎, Vienna, column 1304
* Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “سمك”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎, Vienna, column 2673
* Redhouse, James W. (1890) “سمك”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1078

## South Levantine Arabic
### Etymology

From Arabic سَمَك (samak).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sa.mak/, [ˈsa.mak]
* Audio (Ramallah):(file)

### Noun

سمك • (samak) m (collective, singulative سمكة f (samake), paucal سمكات (samakāt))
* fish