sm

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sm"

Translingual

Symbol

sm

(international standards) ISO 639-1 language code for Samoan.

English

Noun

sm

(knitting) Initialism of slip marker.
- 2011, Nicki Moulton, Knit This Doll!, page 19:
  Rnd 16: K23, sm, k2tog, join CC, k10, join MC, k2tog, sm, k7 (42sts).

Adverb

sm (not comparable)

(Internet slang, text messaging) Initialism of so much.
- 2018, Kaleigh Lawson, “Senior Portraits”, in Billerica Memorial High School 2018: Make Your Mark, page 20:
  Lucky for the memories BMHS, thanks sm
- 2019, Gemma Files, “The Puppet Motel”, in Ellen Datlow, editor, Echoes: The Saga Anthology of Ghost Stories, New York, N.Y.: Saga Press, →ISBN, page 327:
  Omg, thank you. Thank you sm. Can send smthng rn.
- 2020, Eileen Moskowitz-Palma, The Popularity Pact (Camp Clique, book one), Philadelphia, Pa.: Running Press Kids, →ISBN:
  I commented, Miss you guys sm! XOXO […] She used to hate when I texted her ILY SM!

Related terms

ILYSM

Anagrams

M's, M.S., M/S, MS, MS., Ms, Ms., m's, m.s., ms, ms., μms

Abinomn

Noun

sm

centipede

Dutch

Etymology

Initialism.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɛzˈɛm/
Audio: (file)

Noun

sm n (uncountable)

sadomasochism

Synonyms

sadomasochisme

Derived terms

sm'en, sm'er

Anagrams

Ms.

Egyptian

Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /sɛm/
- Conventional anglicization: sem

Verb

2-lit.

(transitive) to respect (someone)
(transitive) to help or succour (someone)

Inflection

Conjugation of sm (biliteral / 2-lit. / 2rad.) — base stem: sm, geminated stem: smm

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive¹	singular	plural
sm	smw, sm	smt	sm, j.sm	sm, j.sm

‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem	periphrastic imperfective²		periphrastic prospective²
sm	ḥr sm	m sm	r sm

suffix conjugation
aspect / mood	active	passive	contingent
aspect / mood	active	passive	aspect / mood	active	passive
perfect	sm.n	smw, sm	consecutive	sm.jn	active + .tj¹, .tw²
perfect	sm.n	active + .tj¹, .tw²
terminative	smt
perfective³	sm	active + .tj¹, .tw²	obligative¹	sm.ḫr	active + .tj¹, .tw²
imperfective	sm, j.sm¹	active + .tj¹, .tw²	obligative¹	sm.ḫr	active + .tj¹, .tw²
prospective³	sm	smm	potentialis¹	sm.kꜣ	active + .tj¹, .tw²
prospective³	sm	active + .tj¹, .tw²
subjunctive	sm, j.sm¹	active + .tj¹, .tw²

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms		participles
aspect / mood	active	passive	active	passive
perfect	sm.n	active + .tj¹, .tw²	—	—
perfective	sm	active + .tj¹, .tw²	sm	smm, smmj⁶, sm², smw^{2 5}, smy^{2 5}
imperfective	j.sm¹, sm, smy, smw⁵	active + .tj¹, .tw²	j.sm¹, j.smw^{1 5}, sm, smj⁶, smy⁶	sm, smw⁵
prospective	sm, smtj⁷	—	smtj⁴, smt⁴

¹ Used in Old Egyptian; archaic by Middle Egyptian.
² Used mostly since Middle Egyptian.
³ Archaic or greatly restricted in usage by Middle Egyptian. The perfect has mostly taken over the functions of the perfective, and the subjunctive and periphrastic prospective have mostly replaced the prospective.
⁴ Declines using third-person suffix pronouns instead of adjectival endings: masculine .f/.fj, feminine .s/.sj, dual .sn/.snj, plural .sn. ⁵ Only in the masculine singular.
⁶ Only in the masculine.
⁷ Only in the feminine.

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of sm

sm

Noun

m

a type of priest that played a role in funerary ritual, notably performing the opening of the mouth ceremony

Inflection

Declension of sm (masculine)
singular	sm
dual	smwj
plural	smw

References

Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1930) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 4, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 119.3–119.9, 120.7–120.8, 120.11–120.13
Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 225

Ingrian

Noun

sm (invariable)

abbreviation of santimetra
- 1937, N. S. Popova, translated by Mihailov and D. I. Efimov, Arifmetiikan oppikirja alkușkouluja vart (kolmas osa), Leningrad: Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 18:
  1 m = 10 dm, 1 dm = 10 sm,
  1 m = 10 dm, 1 dm = 10 cm,