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Arabic root

س-م-ح

2 words from this root family

A1phrase
لَوْ سَمَحْتَ
law samaḥta

if you permit / excuse me (to a male)

Example
لَوْ سَمَحْتَ، هَلْ يُمْكِنُنِي الْمُرُورُ؟
law samaḥta, hal yumkinunī al-murūru?
Excuse me, may I pass?
Grammar

To a female: 'law samaḥti' (لَوْ سَمَحْتِ). Literally 'if you permitted'.

A1verb
سَمَحَ
samaḥa

to allow / to permit

Example
سمحَ لي المديرُ بالخروجِ مبكّراً
samaḥa lī al-mudīru bil-khurūji mubakkiran
The manager allowed me to leave early
Grammar

Form I verb. Past: samaḥa, Present: yasmaḥu. Takes li- for person and bi- for thing allowed.