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سَماء

samāwātin

sky, heaven

আকাশ, আসমান

Root letters: س م وAppears 310 times in the Qur'an#37 most frequentNoun (ism)Feminine (muʾannath)
Learn it in lesson 4

About this word

Noun (ism)Feminine (muʾannath)Root letters: س م و

Singular & plural — as used in the Qur'an

  • Singular (mufrad)سَمَآءٍ120 times
  • Plural (jamʿ)سَمَـٰوَٰتٍۢ190 times

Forms in the Qur'an

  • ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ(of) the heavensl-samāwāti · 174 times
  • ٱلسَّمَآءِthe skyl-samāi · 75 times
  • ٱلسَّمَآءَ(rain from) the skyl-samāa · 13 times
  • ٱلسَّمَآءُthe heavensl-samāu · 13 times
  • ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتُ(is like that of) the heavensl-samāwātu · 7 times
  • وَٱلسَّمَآءِBy the heavenwal-samāi · 5 times

Opposite words

Words from the same root

More words from the root س م و — know one root, recognise many words.

Examples from the Qur'an

By the heaven containing pathways,

Surah 51:7 — Read full ayah

And when the heaven is opened

Surah 77:9 — Read full ayah

And when the sky is stripped away

Surah 81:11 — Read full ayah