سمع

See also: شمع and س م ع

Arabic

Etymology

From the root س م ع (s-m-ʿ), from Proto-Semitic *šamaʿ-.

Pronunciation 1

  • IPA(key): /sa.mi.ʕa/
  • (file)

Verb

سَمِعَ (samiʿa) I, non-past يَسْمَعُ‎ (yasmaʿu)

  1. to hear
    لَنْ تَسْمَعَ شَيْئًا
    lan tasmaʿa šayʾan
    you won't hear anything
  2. (with ب (b)) to hear of, to hear about
  3. (with من) to hear from
  4. to learn, to be told
  5. (with من or ل (l)) to listen to, to pay attention to, to hear someone out
  6. to learn by hearsay
  7. to overhear
  8. to lend an ear
Conjugation

Pronunciation 2

  • IPA(key): /sam.ma.ʕa/

Verb

سَمَّعَ • (sammaʿa) II, non-past يُسَمِّعُ‎ (yusammiʿu)

(causative)
  1. to make hear, to let hear, to give someone something to hear
  2. to recite
  3. to dishonor, to discredit
Conjugation

Pronunciation 3

  • IPA(key): /samʕ/

Noun

سَمْع (samʿ) m (plural أَسْمَاع (ʾasmāʿ))

  1. verbal noun of سَمِعَ (samiʿa) (form I)
  2. hearing, sense of hearing
  3. audition
  4. ear
Declension

References

  • Wehr, Hans (1979), سمع”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Egyptian Arabic

Verb

سمع (simiʿ) (perfect, imperfect يسمع (yismaʿ), Verb form I)

  1. to hear (to perceive with the ear)
  2. to listen (to pay attention to a sound)

Conjugation


Moroccan Arabic

Verb

سْمع (sməʿ)

  1. to hear

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic سَمْع (samʿ).

Noun

Dari Persian سمع
Iranian Persian سمع
Tajiki Persian самъ (samʾ)

سمع (sam')

  1. hearing, sense of hearing
  2. ear

Synonyms

Derived terms

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