A1noun
سَمَك
samak
fish
Example
السَّمَكُ طَازَجٌ اليَوْمَ
as-samaku ṭāzajun al-yawma
The fish is fresh today
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Quran 79:28
Arabic root
س-م-ك
Sin-Mim-Kaf
2 words from this root family
About this root
Sin-Mim-Kaf (س-م-ك) has 2 words in the Fahm dictionary: samak (fish), samaka (fish).
In the Quran, words built on this root occur 1 time in 1 verse, across 1 of the 114 suras. The first is in 79:28.
Themes: Food, Basics, Nature Weather
Words from this root
| Word | Meaning | Type | Taught in |
|---|---|---|---|
سَمَك samak | fish | noun, A1 | Food Basics - Bread, Rice & Staples |
سَمَكَة samaka | fish | noun, B1 | Weather Patterns |
In the Quran
رَفَعَ سَمْكَهَا فَسَوَّىٰهَاHe raised the height thereof and ordered it;
Arabic text: Tanzil Quran Text (Uthmani 1.1), CC BY 3.0, tanzil.net. English: Marmaduke Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (1930), public domain, via Project Gutenberg. Counts and verse choice: Quranic Arabic Corpus morphology data (corpus.quran.com).
Word cards with examples
B1noun
سَمَكَة
samaka
fish
Example
اصطادَ سَمَكَةً كَبيرَة.
iṣṭāda samakatan kabīra.
He caught a big fish.