sumac

== English == === Etymology 1 === The noun is derived from Middle English sumac, asimac, simak, sumak, symak (“portions of the shrub Rhus coriaria, chiefly used for medicinal purposes”), from Anglo-Norman sumak, symak, and Old French sumac, or directly from its etymon Medieval Latin sumach, sumac, from Arabic سُمَّاق (summāq), from Classical Syriac ܣܘܡܩܐ (summāqā, “red; sumac”). The English word is cognate with Italian sommaco, sommacco, Occitan simac, Portuguese sumagre, Spanish zumaque. The verb is derived from the noun. ==== Pronunciation ==== (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈs(j)uːmæk/, /ˈʃuː-/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈsuːˌmæk/, /ˈsu-/ Hyphenation: su‧mac ==== Noun ==== sumac (usually uncountable, plural sumacs) Any of various shrubs or small trees of the genus Rhus and certain other genera in Anacardiaceae. particularly, one of species Rhus coriaria (tanner's sumac) Synonyms: elm-leaved sumac, Sicilian sumac. Dried and chopped-up leaves and stems of a plant of the genus Rhus, particularly tanner's sumac (see sense 1), used for dyeing and tanning leather or for medicinal purposes. A sour spice popular in the Eastern Mediterranean, made from the berries of tanner's sumac. ===== Alternative forms ===== shumac (dated) shumack (obsolete) sumach sumack (obsolete) ===== Hyponyms ===== skunkbush (Rhus trilobata) ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== sumac (third-person singular simple present sumacs, present participle sumacing or sumacking, simple past and past participle sumaced or sumacked) (transitive) To apply a preparation of sumac to (an object), for example, to a piece of leather to tan it. ===== Alternative forms ===== shumac sumach ===== Translations ===== ==== References ==== ==== Further reading ==== sumac on Wikipedia.Wikipedia sumac (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Category:Anacardiaceae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons Anacardiaceae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== sumac (uncountable) Alternative form of soumak. === Anagrams === CUSMA, USMCA, musac, Musca, Camus, musca, camus, MUSCA == Catalan == === Etymology === Borrowed from Arabic سُمَّاق (summāq). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central, Valencia, Northwestern) [suˈmak] === Noun === sumac m (plural sumacs) sumac (tree) sumac (spice) === Further reading === “sumac”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 == French == === Pronunciation === === Noun === sumac m (plural sumacs) sumac ==== Derived terms ==== sumac vinaigrier === Further reading === “sumac”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Old French == === Noun === sumac oblique singular, m (oblique plural sumas, nominative singular sumas, nominative plural sumac) sumac ==== Descendants ==== → English: sumac French: sumac == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French sumac. === Noun === sumac m (uncountable) sumac ==== Declension ====