سمك

Meaning

Noun

fish

Verb

to thicken

Concepts

fish

🐟

Pisces

♓

bream

make thick

thickness

ceiling

piscicultural

Synonyms

سمكة

حوت

🐟

سَمَك

بريم

سقف

Translations

pesce

🐟

poisson

🐟

peix

🐟

peixe

🐟

ψάρι

piscis

🐟

pez

pescado

🎣

vis

🐟

Fisch

🐟

balık

🐟

masî

🐟

brème

brasem

Pronounced as (IPA)

/sa.mak/

Etymology

From the root س م ك (s m k), meaning “to be elevated or lofty”, “to be supported or held up”, “to sustain”; hence the meaning of “a source of sustenance”, “a mainstay or staple-food”. Cognate with Hebrew סָמַך (samak, “to lean, lay, rest, support”) attested in the Bible with the similar semantic sense “to sustain” or “to nourish”.