سماء

Meaning

1. (countable) the sky/skies; the heaven(s) (figurative, simile), space, the sphere(s), the cosmos(es), the lift(s).
2. (broadly, countable, uncountable) the sky/skies; the heaven(s) (figurative, simile), space, the sphere(s), the cosmos(es), the lift(s).
3. (uncountable) the sky/skies; the heaven(s) (figurative, simile), space, the sphere(s), the cosmos(es), the lift(s).
4. (archaic, figuratively, obsolete, poetic, proper-noun, rare, uncountable) the sky/skies; the heaven(s) (figurative, simile), space, the sphere(s), the cosmos(es), the lift(s).
5. (countable, uncountable) the sky/skies; the heaven(s) (figurative, simile), space, the sphere(s), the cosmos(es), the lift(s).
6. (countable, uncountable) the sky/skies; the heaven(s) (figurative, simile), space, the sphere(s), the cosmos(es), the lift(s).
7. (countable, uncountable) the sky/skies; the heaven(s) (figurative, simile), space, the sphere(s), the cosmos(es), the lift(s).
8. (countable, uncountable) the sky/skies; the heaven(s) (figurative, simile), space, the sphere(s), the cosmos(es), the lift(s).
9. (countable) a high covering; ceiling, vault, canopy
10. (figuratively, uncountable) a high covering; ceiling, vault, canopy
11. (Classical, archaic, countable) Arabian horse’s back.
12. (Classical, archaic, countable) mountaintop, summit.
13. (Classical, archaic, countable) rainy grass

Concepts

sky

heaven

firmament

Basis

Translations

ciel

Himmel

céu

ουρανός

cielo

cielo

cel

gök

hemel

caelum

gökyüzü

firmamento

lucht

Pronounced as (IPA)

/sa.maːʔ/

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *šamāy- (“sky, space”).