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سمع

سمع

See also: شمع and س م ع

Arabic

Verb

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

  1. to hear
  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

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

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


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 سمع
Iranian Persian سمع
Tajik самъ (samʾ)

سمع (sam')

  1. hearing, sense of hearing
  2. ear

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