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 quote)
  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

Etymology

From Arabic سَمِعَ‎ (samiʕa).

Verb

سمع • (simiʕ) (perfect, imperfect يسمع‎ (yismaʕ), verb form I)

  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) (form 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

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Etymology 2

From Arabic سَمَّعَ‎ (sammaʕa).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sam.maʕ/

Verb

سمع • (sammaʕ) (form 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) (form 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

  • (Tajik) IPA(key): /samʔ/

Noun

Dari سمع
Iranian Persian
Tajik самъ (samʾ)

سمع • (sam')

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

Derived terms

South Levantine Arabic

Root
س م ع‎

Etymology

From Arabic سَمِعَ‎ (samiʕa).

Pronunciation

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

Verb

سمع • (simiʕ) (form 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 Persian سمع‎ (sam'), from Arabic سَمِعَ‎ (samiʕa).

Pronunciation

Noun

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

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

References

  • “سمع”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “سمع”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.
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