# Sin-Mim-Nun — سمن (smn)

> Occurs in 4 verses of the Quran.

- **Source:** https://quran.so/root/smn

- **Meaning:** To be fat, to get plump, to become greasy, to be fattened, to become chubby, to be plump
- **Derived forms:** سَمِين (3) · يُسْمِنُ (1)

## Verses containing this root

### 12. Surah Yusuf, Verse 43

- **Form in this verse:** سِمَانٍۢ — simānin · "fat"
  - **Grammar:** adjective · masculine, plural · genitive case · indefinite

وَقَالَ الْمَلِكُ اِنّ۪ٓي اَرٰى سَبْعَ بَقَرَاتٍ سِمَانٍ يَأْكُلُهُنَّ سَبْعٌ عِجَافٌ وَسَبْعَ سُنْبُلَاتٍ خُضْرٍ وَاُخَرَ يَابِسَاتٍۜ يَٓا اَيُّهَا الْمَلَأُ اَفْتُون۪ي ف۪ي رُءْيَايَ اِنْ كُنْتُمْ لِلرُّءْيَا تَعْبُرُونَ

Waqala almaliku innee arasabAAa baqaratin simanin ya/kuluhunna sabAAun AAijafunwasabAAa sunbulatin khudrin waokhara yabisatinya ayyuha almalao aftoonee fee ru/yaya inkuntum lirru/ya taAAburoon

And the King said: “I dreamed of seven fat cows, which seven lean were eating; and seven green ears of corn and others withered. O eminent ones: advise me concerning my dream, if you can interpret visions.”

_https://quran.so/surah-yusuf/verse-43.md_

### 12. Surah Yusuf, Verse 46

- **Form in this verse:** سِمَانٍۢ — simānin · "fat"
  - **Grammar:** adjective · masculine, plural · genitive case · indefinite

يُوسُفُ اَيُّهَا الصِّدّ۪يقُ اَفْتِنَا ف۪ي سَبْعِ بَقَرَاتٍ سِمَانٍ يَأْكُلُهُنَّ سَبْعٌ عِجَافٌ وَسَبْعِ سُنْبُلَاتٍ خُضْرٍ وَاُخَرَ يَابِسَاتٍۙ لَعَلّ۪ٓي اَرْجِعُ اِلَى النَّاسِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَعْلَمُونَ

Yoosufu ayyuha assiddeequaftina fee sabAAi baqaratin simaninya/kuluhunna sabAAun AAijafun wasabAAi sunbulatinkhudrin waokhara yabisatin laAAallee arjiAAuila annasi laAAallahum yaAAlamoon

“Joseph, O man of truth: advise thou us concerning the seven fat cows which seven lean were eating, and the seven green ears of corn and others withered, that I might return to the people, that they might know.”

_https://quran.so/surah-yusuf/verse-46.md_

### 51. Surah Adh-Dhariyat, Verse 26

- **Form in this verse:** سَمِينٍۢ — samīnin · "fat"
  - **Grammar:** adjective · masculine, singular · genitive case · indefinite

فَرَاغَ اِلٰٓى اَهْلِه۪ فَجَٓاءَ بِعِجْلٍ سَم۪ينٍۙ

Faragha ila ahlihi fajaabiAAijlin sameen

And he turned aside to his family and brought a fatted calf,

_https://quran.so/surah-adh-dhariyat/verse-26.md_

### 88. Surah Al-Ghashiyah, Verse 7

- **Form in this verse:** يُسْمِنُ — yus'minu · "it nourishes"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

لَا يُسْمِنُ وَلَا يُغْن۪ي مِنْ جُوعٍۜ

La yusminu wala yughnee minjooAA

Neither sustaining, nor availing against hunger.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-ghashiyah/verse-7.md_

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