سام

See also: شام‎

Arabic

Etymology

From the root س م و‎ (s-m-w); compare سَمَا‎ (samā, “to be high, to be exalted”).

Adjective

سَامٍ • (sāmin) (informal سَامِي‎ (sāmī), feminine سَامِيَة‎ (sāmiya), masculine plural سُمَاة‎ (sumāh), feminine plural سَامِيَات‎ (sāmiyāt), elative أَسْمَى‎ (ʾasmā))

Declension

Declension of adjective سَامٍ (sāmin)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	singular triptote in ـٍ (-in)		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	سَامِي‎ sāmī	السَّامِي‎ as-sāmī	سَامِيَة‎ sāmiya	السَّامِيَة‎ as-sāmiya
Nominative	سَامٍ sāmin	السَّامِي‎ as-sāmī	سَامِيَةٌ‎ sāmiyatun	السَّامِيَةُ‎ as-sāmiyatu
Accusative	سَامِيًا‎ sāmiyan	السَّامِيَ‎ as-sāmiya	سَامِيَةً‎ sāmiyatan	السَّامِيَةَ‎ as-sāmiyata
Genitive	سَامٍ sāmin	السَّامِي‎ as-sāmī	سَامِيَةٍ‎ sāmiyatin	السَّامِيَةِ‎ as-sāmiyati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	سَامِيَيْن‎ sāmiyayn	السَّامِيَيْن‎ as-sāmiyayn	سَامِيَتَيْن‎ sāmiyatayn	السَّامِيَتَيْن‎ as-sāmiyatayn
Nominative	سَامِيَانِ‎ sāmiyāni	السَّامِيَانِ‎ as-sāmiyāni	سَامِيَتَانِ‎ sāmiyatāni	السَّامِيَتَانِ‎ as-sāmiyatāni
Accusative	سَامِيَيْنِ‎ sāmiyayni	السَّامِيَيْنِ‎ as-sāmiyayni	سَامِيَتَيْنِ‎ sāmiyatayni	السَّامِيَتَيْنِ‎ as-sāmiyatayni
Genitive	سَامِيَيْنِ‎ sāmiyayni	السَّامِيَيْنِ‎ as-sāmiyayni	سَامِيَتَيْنِ‎ sāmiyatayni	السَّامِيَتَيْنِ‎ as-sāmiyatayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	broken plural triptote in ـَاة (-āh)		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	سُمَاة‎ sumāt	السُّمَاة‎ as-sumāt	سَامِيَات‎ sāmiyāt	السَّامِيَات‎ as-sāmiyāt
Nominative	سُمَاةٌ‎ sumātun	السُّمَاةُ‎ as-sumātu	سَامِيَاتٌ‎ sāmiyātun	السَّامِيَاتُ‎ as-sāmiyātu
Accusative	سُمَاةً‎ sumātan	السُّمَاةَ‎ as-sumāta	سَامِيَاتٍ‎ sāmiyātin	السَّامِيَاتِ‎ as-sāmiyāti
Genitive	سُمَاةٍ‎ sumātin	السُّمَاةِ‎ as-sumāti	سَامِيَاتٍ‎ sāmiyātin	السَّامِيَاتِ‎ as-sāmiyāti

References

Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “سام”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen
Wehr, Hans (1979), “سمو”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Persian

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian [Term?] (compare Avestan 𐬯𐬁𐬨𐬀‎ (sāma, “dark, black”)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian [Term?] (compare Sanskrit श्याम (śyāma)).

Proper noun

سام • (sâm)

A male given name, Sam or Saam.

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