سمع

See also: شمع and س م ع

Arabic

Root
س م ع (s-m-ʕ)

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *šamaʕ-. Cognate with Hebrew שמע.

Pronunciation 1

  • IPA(key): /sa.mi.ʕa/
  • (file)

Verb

سَمِعَ • (samiʕa) I, non-past يَسْمَعُ‎ (yasmaʕu)

  1. to hear
    لَنْ تَسْمَعَ شَيْئًا
    lan tasmaʕa šayʔan
    You won't hear anything.
  2. (with ب (b)) to hear of, to hear about
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 12:31:
      فَلَمَّا سَمِعَتْ بِمَكْرِهِنَّ أَرْسَلَتْ إِلَيْهِنَّ وَأَعْتَدَتْ لَهُنَّ مُتَّكَأً وَآتَتْ كُلَّ وَاحِدَةٍ مِّنْهُنَّ سِكِّينًا وَقَالَتِ اخْرُجْ عَلَيْهِنَّ
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  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 • (sammaʕa) II, non-past يُسَمِّعُ‎ (yusammiʕu)

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

Pronunciation 3

  • IPA(key): /samʕ/

Noun

سَمْع • (samʕ) m (plural أَسْمَاع (ʔasmāʕ))

  1. verbal noun of سَمِعَ (samiʕa) (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

Root
س م ع
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic سَمِعَ (samiʕa).

Verb

سمع • (simiʕ) I (non-past يسمع (yismaʕ))

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

Conjugation

Moroccan Arabic

Root
س م ع
1 term

Etymology 1

From Arabic سَمِعَ (samiʕa).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /smaʕ/
  • (file)

Verb

سمع • (smaʕ) I (non-past يسمع (yismaʕ))

  1. to hear
  2. to hear of
  3. to listen to, to pay attention to, to hear someone out
Conjugation
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Etymology 2

From Arabic سَمَّعَ (sammaʕa).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sam.maʕ/

Verb

سمع • (sammaʕ) II (non-past يسمع (ysammaʕ))

  1. (ditransitive) to make hear, to let hear, to give someone something to hear
Conjugation
    Conjugation of سمع
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m سمّعت (sammaʕt) سمّعتي (sammaʕti) سمّع (sammaʕ) سمّعنا (sammaʕna) سمّعتوا (sammaʕtu) سمّعوا (sammʕu)
f سمّعت (sammʕāt)
non-past m نسمّع (nsammaʕ) تسمّع (tsammaʕ) يسمّع (ysammaʕ) نسمّعوا (nsammʕu) تسمّعوا (tsammʕu) يسمّعوا (ysammʕu)
f تسمّعي (tsammʕi) تسمّع (tsammaʕ)
imperative m سمّع (sammaʕ) سمّعوا (sammʕu)
f سمّعي (sammʕi)

Etymology 3

From Arabic سَمْع (samʕ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /samʕ/

Noun

سمع • (samʕ) m

  1. hearing, sense of hearing

North Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic سَمِعَ (samiʕa).

Verb

سمع • (transliteration needed) I

  1. to hear
  2. to hear of
  3. to listen to, to pay attention to, to hear someone out

Noun

سمع • (samiʕ) m

  1. hearing, sense of hearing

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic سَمْع (samʕ).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? sam'
Dari reading? sam'
Iranian reading? sam'
Tajik reading? samʾ

Noun

Dari سمع
Iranian Persian
Tajik самъ

سمع • (sam')

  1. hearing, sense of hearing
    Synonym: شنوایی (šenavâyi)
  2. ear
    Synonym: گوش (guš)

Derived terms

South Levantine Arabic

Root
س م ع
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic سَمِعَ (samiʕa).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /si.miʕ/, [ˈsi.mɪʕ]
  • (file)

Verb

سمع • (simiʕ) I (present بسمع (bismaʕ), active participle سامع (sāmeʕ))

  1. to hear
    هو شخص عصبي حسب ما بسمع.
    huwwe šaḵṣ ʕaṣabi ḥasab-ma basmaʕ.
    He's an irritable person, according to what I hear.
    الصوت واطي كتير، انا مش سامع.
    iṣ-ṣōt wāṭi ktīr, ana miš sāmeʕ.
    The volume is too low, I can't hear.
    (literally, “The volume is very low, I'm not hearing.”)
  2. to listen (+ لـ)
    انا بسمع لفيروز بالصبح.
    ana basmaʕ la-fayrūz biṣ-ṣubḥ.
    I listen to Fayrouz in the morning.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of سمع (simiʕ)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m سمعت (smiʕt) سمعت (smiʕt) سمع (simiʕ) سمعنا (smiʕna) سمعتو (smiʕtu) سمعو (simʕu)
f سمعتي (smiʕti) سمعت (simʕat)
present m بسمع (basmaʕ) بتسمع (btismaʕ) بسمع (bismaʕ) منسمع (mnismaʕ) بتسمعو (btismaʕu) بسمعو (bismaʕu)
f بتسمعي (btismaʕi) بتسمع (btismaʕ)
subjunctive m أسمع (ʔasmaʕ) تسمع (tismaʕ) يسمع (yismaʕ) نسمع (nismaʕ) تسمعو (tismaʕu) يسمعو (yismaʕu)
f تسمعي (tismaʕi) تسمع (tismaʕ)
imperative m اسمع (ismaʕ) اسمعو (ismaʕu)
f اسمعي (ismaʕi)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian سمع (sam'), from Arabic سَمْع (samʕ).

Pronunciation

Noun

سَمْع • (sam', sam'a) f (Hindi spelling सम्अ)

  1. hearing, listening
  2. sense of hearing
  3. ear

References

  • سمع”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • سمع”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
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