سماء

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سماء

/sa.maːʔ/

Rhymes with -aːʔ

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Inherited from Proto-Semitic *šamāy-.

noun سَمَاء · samāʔ · سَمَاوَان · سَمَاءَان · سَمَاوَات · سَمَاءَات

countable the sky/skies; the heaven(s) (figurative, simile), space, the sphere(s), the cosmos(es), the lift(s). وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِي أَنْزَلَ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَاءِ مَاءً فَأَخْرَجْنَا بِهِ نَبَاتَ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ
broadly, countable, uncountable the produce of the sky (such as clouds, nimbuses, or rain) فَقُلْتُ ٱسْتَغْفِرُوا رَبَّكُمْ إِنَّهُ كَانَ غَفَّارًا يُّرْسِلِ ٱلسَّمَاءَ عَلَيْكُمْ مِّدْرَارًا وَّيُمْدِدْكُمْ بِأَمْوَالٍ وَّبَنِينَ وَيَجْعَلْ لَّكُمْ جَنَّاتٍ وَّيَجْعَلْ لَّكُمْ أَنْهَارًا
uncountable outer space (when observed from earth), the upper regions, the multiverses, the universe, the cosmos(es), the heavens (figurative, simile) تَبَارَكَ ٱلَّذِي جَعَلَ فِي ٱلسَّمَاءِ بُرُوجًا وَّجَعَلَ فِيهَا سِرَٰجًا وَّقَمَرًا مُّنِيرًا
Similar: فَضَاء, فَلَك
archaic, figuratively, obsolete, poetic, proper noun, rare the abode of God traditionally conceived as beyond the sky; Heaven, the empyrean ءَأَمِنْتُمْ مَّنْ فِي ٱلسَّمَاءِ أَنْ يَّخْسِفَ بِكُمُ ٱلْأَرْضَ فَإِذَا هِيَ تَمُورُ
countable, uncountable airspace, the aether
Similar: أَثِير, مَجَال جَوِّيّ
countable, uncountable the celestial sphere(s)
Similar: قُبَّة سَمَاوِيَّة, مَجَال سَمَاوِيّ
countable, uncountable the atmosphere(s)
Similar: غِلَاف جَوِيّ
countable, uncountable the stratosphere
Similar: سْتْرَاتُوسْفِير
countable a high covering; ceiling, vault, canopy وَقَالَتْ سَمَاءُ الْبَيْتِ فَوْقَكَ مُخَلَّقٌ
Similar: سَقْف, بِنَاء
figuratively, uncountable anything which resembles a vault, particularly the sky; the firmament, the vault of heaven, the welkin وَيُمْسِكُ ٱلسَّمَاءَ أَنْ تَقَعَ عَلَىٰ ٱلْأَرْضِ إِلَّا بِإِذْنِهِ
Similar: سَقْف, بِنَاء, رَقِيع
Classical, archaic, countable Arabian horse’s back.
Similar: ظَهْرُ الْفَرَسِ
Classical, archaic, countable mountaintop, summit.
Similar: ضَهْر
Classical, archaic, countable rainy grass
Similar: عُشْب

In English

sky atmosphere above a given point, especially as visible from the surface of the Ea
heaven sky
firmament vault of the heavens — see also heavens, sky
welkin sky which appears to an observer on the Earth as a dome in which celestial bodie

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {سماء},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%B3%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%A1},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}