How to say "fat" in Arabic
CognateMeaningfat
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
سَمِين
samīnסמין
سمين
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
שמן
shamenشَامِن
How the two words are related
Cognate
Same Semitic root, same meaning — you already know this word.
Arabic root
س-م-نHebrew root
ש-מ-ןSame root as Hebrew shamen (שמן), 'fat' — sīn matches shin, and the rest lines up exactly. Arabic samn, clarified butter, and Hebrew shemen (שמן), 'oil', share this very root: both languages built rich, fatty words from it.
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On the street
How people actually say it in the spoken dialects, where it differs from the standard word.
Egyptian · Cairo and the Nile Delta
تِخِين
tikhīnתח'יןCairo's fat is tikhīn.
Moroccan · Morocco — Casablanca, Rabat, Fes
غْلِيض
ghlīḍע'ליץ'Darija's fat or thick is ghlīḍ.
In a phrase
رَجُل سَمِين
rajul samīnרג'ל סמיןa fat man
Plural
سِمَان
simānסמאןbroken plural CiCāC — like كبير→كبار
Feminine
سَمِينَة
samīnaסמינה