سمك (samak) — "fish" in Modern Standard Arabic

سمك

samak

fish

Topic
animals
Seen in
2 of our stories

"fish" in the other dialects

Egyptian Arabic

سمك

sámak

Egyptian Arabic

أسماك

asmaak

Levantine Arabic

سمك

sámak

Moroccan Darija

حوتة

سمك in a sentence

Every sentence below is taken from a story on Parallel Arabic, so you can see how the word behaves in real context rather than in isolation.

القط يريد ان ياكل سمك

Al-qitt yurid an ya'kul samak.

The cat wants to eat fish.

from The Cat and the Fish

القط يريد سمك كثير

Al-qitt yurid samakan kathiran

The cat wants a lot of fish.

from A Funny Visit to Aunt's House