شم
Root: شم
2 entries for this word
Hans Wehr Definitions
Entry 1
شم šamma (1st pers. perf. šamimtu) a and (1st pers. perf. šamamtu) u (šamm, شميم šamīm) to smell, sniff (هـ s.th.); to snulf (هـ s.th.); to emanate, exude (من from) │ شم النسيم (الهواء) (hawā’a) to get a breath of fresh air, take a walk; -- šamma (1st pers. perf. šamimtu) a (شمم šamam) to behave proudly or haughtily, be proud, haughty, supercilious II to give (هـ ه s.o. s.th.) to smell, 484 let (ه s.o.) smell (هـ s.th.) IV – II V to savor the smell of s.th. (هـ), sniff (هـ s.th.) │ تشمم الأخبار to nose about for news VIII to smell, sniff (هـ s.th.); to gather, understand (من هـ s.th. from), read (من ه s.th. into)
Entry 2
شم šamm smelling; sense of smell, olfaction │ شم النسيم Egyptian popular holiday on the Monday following the Greek Coptic Easter at the end of March, in April or in early May
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