Hans Wehr Arabic-English Dictionary

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سام

Root: سام

5 entries for this word

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Entry 1

سام sām Shem (eldest son of Noah)

Entry 2

سام sāmm poisonous; toxic, toxicant; venomous 427

Entry 3

سام sāmin pl. سماة sumāh high, elevated; exalted, lofty, eminent, sublime, august │ امر سام (amr) royal decree; المندوب السامي the High Commissioner

Entry 4

سام (سوم) sāma u (saum) to offer for sale (هـ a commodity); to impose (هـ ه upon s.o. a punishment or task), force (هـ ه upon s.o. a difficult task); to demand of s.o. (ه) s.th. (هـ) beyond his power │ سامه خسفا(kasfan) to treat s.o. unjustly, wrong s.o.; to humiliate s.o.; -- (سيامة siyāma) to ordain, consecrate (a priest, a bishop, etc.; Chr.) II to impose, force (ه هـ upon s.o. a difficult task), coerce (ه هـ s.o. to s.th. difficult); to demand of s.o. (ه) s.th. (هـ) beyond his power; to assess estimate (هـ the value of an object); to mark, provide with a mark (هـ s.th.) ill to bargain, haggle, chaffer over a price (ه with s.o.); to bargain, haggle (في or على, ب with s.o. over) IV to let (هـ cattle) graze freely; to let (هـ the eye) wander VI to bargain, haggle (في over, for) VID to bargain, haggle, chaffer ( or في, على over, for)

Entry 5

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