A1noun
اِسْمٌ
ismun
name
Example
مَا اسْمُكَ؟
mā ismuka?
What is your name?
Grammar
Plural: asmāʾ (أَسْمَاءٌ). With possessive suffixes: ismī (my name), ismuka (your name m.), ismuki (your name f.).
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Arabic root
س-م-و
4 words from this root family
A1verb
سَمَّى
sammā
to name / to call
Example
سمّوا الطفلَ أحمدَ
sammaw aṭ-ṭifla aḥmada
They named the child Ahmad
Grammar
Form II defective verb (فَعَّلَ). Past: sammā, Present: yusammī. Takes double accusative.
B1noun
سَمَاء
samāʾ
sky
Example
السَّماءُ صافِيَةٌ اليَوم.
as-samāʾu ṣāfiyatun al-yawm.
The sky is clear today.
A1noun
سَمَاءٌ
samāʾ
sky / heaven
Example
أَفَلَمْ يَنْظُرُوا إِلَى السَّمَاءِ فَوْقَهُمْ كَيْفَ بَنَيْنَاهَا
afalam yanẓurū ilā as-samāʾi fawqahum kayfa banaynāhā
Have they not looked at the sky above them — how We structured it? (50:6)
Grammar
Feminine noun. Plural: سَمَاوَاتٌ (samāwāt). The Quran frequently mentions 'seven heavens' (سَبْعَ سَمَاوَاتٍ).
Culture
The heavens and earth are mentioned together over 200 times in the Quran as signs of God's creative power.