أسمر

Arabic

Etymology

Color or defect adjective from the root س م ر‎ (s-m-r).

Adjective

أَسْمَر • (ʾasmar) (feminine سَمْرَاء‎ (samrāʾ), common plural سُمْر‎ (sumr))

dark-skinned
brown, tawny, deep yellow

Declension

Declension of adjective أَسْمَر (ʾasmar)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular diptote		basic singular diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	أَسْمَر ʾasmar	الْأَسْمَر‎ al-ʾasmar	سَمْرَاء‎ samrāʾ	السَّمْرَاء‎ as-samrāʾ
Nominative	أَسْمَرُ ʾasmaru	الْأَسْمَرُ‎ al-ʾasmaru	سَمْرَاءُ‎ samrāʾu	السَّمْرَاءُ‎ as-samrāʾu
Accusative	أَسْمَرَ ʾasmara	الْأَسْمَرَ‎ al-ʾasmara	سَمْرَاءَ‎ samrāʾa	السَّمْرَاءَ‎ as-samrāʾa
Genitive	أَسْمَرَ ʾasmara	الْأَسْمَرِ‎ al-ʾasmari	سَمْرَاءَ‎ samrāʾa	السَّمْرَاءِ‎ as-samrāʾi
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	أَسْمَرَيْن‎ ʾasmarayn	الْأَسْمَرَيْن‎ al-ʾasmarayn	سَمْرَاءَيْن‎ samrāʾayn	السَّمْرَاءَيْن‎ as-samrāʾayn
Nominative	أَسْمَرَانِ‎ ʾasmarāni	الْأَسْمَرَانِ‎ al-ʾasmarāni	سَمْرَاءَانِ‎ samrāʾāni	السَّمْرَاءَانِ‎ as-samrāʾāni
Accusative	أَسْمَرَيْنِ‎ ʾasmarayni	الْأَسْمَرَيْنِ‎ al-ʾasmarayni	سَمْرَاءَيْنِ‎ samrāʾayni	السَّمْرَاءَيْنِ‎ as-samrāʾayni
Genitive	أَسْمَرَيْنِ‎ ʾasmarayni	الْأَسْمَرَيْنِ‎ al-ʾasmarayni	سَمْرَاءَيْنِ‎ samrāʾayni	السَّمْرَاءَيْنِ‎ as-samrāʾayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	basic broken plural triptote		basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	سُمْر‎ sumr	السُّمْر‎ as-sumr	سُمْر‎ sumr	السُّمْر‎ as-sumr
Nominative	سُمْرٌ‎ sumrun	السُّمْرُ‎ as-sumru	سُمْرٌ‎ sumrun	السُّمْرُ‎ as-sumru
Accusative	سُمْرًا‎ sumran	السُّمْرَ‎ as-sumra	سُمْرًا‎ sumran	السُّمْرَ‎ as-sumra
Genitive	سُمْرٍ‎ sumrin	السُّمْرِ‎ as-sumri	سُمْرٍ‎ sumrin	السُّمْرِ‎ as-sumri

References

Lane, Edward William (1863), “أسمر”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate
Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “أسمر”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen
Wehr, Hans (1979), “أسمر”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

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