سمع

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

• IPA^(key): /sa.mi.ʕa/

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سَمِعَ • (samiʕa) I (non-past يَسْمَعُ (yasmaʕu), verbal noun سَمْع (samʕ) or سَمَاع (samāʕ) or مَسْمَع (masmaʕ))

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

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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

• IPA^(key): /sam.ma.ʕa/

سَمَّعَ • (sammaʕa) II (non-past يُسَمِّعُ (yusammiʕu), verbal noun تَسْمِيع (tasmīʕ))

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

• IPA^(key): /samʕ/

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

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

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

Inherited from Arabic سَمِعَ (samiʕa).

سَمَع or سِمِع • (samaʕ or simiʕ) I (verbal noun سَمْع (samʕ) or سَمَع (samaʕ), active participle سامع (sāmiʕ), passive participle مسموع (masmūʕ))

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

Inherited from Arabic سَمَّعَ (sammaʕa).

سمّع • (sammaʕ) II (active participle مسمّع (misammaʕ), passive participle متسمّع (mitsammaʕ))

1. (ditransitive) causative of سمع (samaʕ, “to hear”): to make hear (verbal noun تسميع (tasmīʕ))

   سمّعني الأغنيّة دي كدا ― sammaʕni il-uḡniyya di kida ― Come show me this song

2. (obsolete, intransitive, of noise) to be loud; to resound

   صوت المنشار بيسمّع جامد

   ṣōt il-munšār biysammaʕ gāmid

   The sound of the chainsaw is pretty loud

3. (by extension; of reputation, with chiefly negative connotations) to spread

   سمعتك سمّعت في المنطقة كلّها

   sumʕitak sammaʕit fi il-manṭiʔa kullaha

   Your reputation has spread all over the area

From Arabic سَمِعَ (samiʕa).

• IPA^(key): /smaʕ/

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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

1=س
4=s
5=m
3=ع
2=م
6=ʕ

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From Arabic سَمَّعَ (sammaʕa).

• IPA^(key): /sam.maʕ/

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

1. (ditransitive) to make hear, to let hear, to give someone something to hear

From Arabic سَمْع (samʕ).

• IPA^(key): /samʕ/

سمع • (samʕ) m

1. hearing, sense of hearing

From Arabic سَمِعَ (samiʕa).

سمع • (simiʕ or siməʕ) I (non-past بيسمع (byismaʕ))

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

سمع • (samiʕ) m

1. hearing, sense of hearing

Borrowed from Arabic سَمْع (samʕ).

سمع • (sam')

1. hearing, sense of hearing

   Synonym: شنوایی (šenavâyi)

   • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume II, verse 679:

     هست بر سمع و بصر مهر خدا
     در حجب بس صورت است و بس صدا

     hast bar sam' u basar muhr-i xudā
     dar hajab bas sūrat ast u bas sadā

     God's seal lies upon the hearing and sight:
     within the veils is many a form and many a sound.

2. ear

   Synonym: گوش (guš)

From Arabic سَمِعَ (samiʕa).

• IPA^(key): /si.miʕ/, [ˈsi.mɪʕ]

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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.

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

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /səm(ʔ)/

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

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

• “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, 2025.