سمع

العربية

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سمع^¹

/sa.mi.ʕa/

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Inherited from Proto-Semitic *šamaʕ-. Cognate with Hebrew שמע.

verb سَمِعَ · samiʕa · يَسْمَعُ · سَمْع · سَمَاع · مَسْمَع

to hear لَنْ تَسْمَعَ شَيْئًا
with ب (b) to hear of, to hear about فَلَمَّا سَمِعَتْ بِمَكْرِهِنَّ أَرْسَلَتْ إِلَيْهِنَّ وَأَعْتَدَتْ لَهُنَّ مُتَّكَأً وَآتَتْ كُلَّ وَاحِدَةٍ مِّنْهُنَّ سِكِّينًا وَقَالَتِ اخْرُجْ عَلَيْهِنَّ
with من to hear from
to learn, to be told
with من or ل (l) to listen to, to pay attention to, to hear someone out
to learn by hearsay
to overhear
to lend an ear

سمع^²

/sam.ma.ʕa/

verb سَمَّعَ · sammaʕa · يُسَمِّعُ · تَسْمِيع · مُسَمِّع

ditransitive to make hear, to let hear, to give someone something to hear
to recite
to dishonor, to discredit

سمع^³

/samʕ/

noun سَمْع · samʕ · أَسْمَاع · السَّمْع

noun from verb verbal noun of سَمِعَ (samiʕa) (form I)
hearing, sense of hearing خَتَمَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِمْ وَعَلَىٰ سَمْعِهِمْ وَعَلَىٰٓ أَبْصَـٰرِهِمْ غِشَـٰوَةٌ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ عَظِيمٌ
audition
ear

In English

hear to perceive with the ear
listen to pay attention to a sound
hearing sense
African hunting dog Lycaon pictus

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"سمع." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%B3%D9%85%D8%B9. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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Chicago

"سمع." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%B3%D9%85%D8%B9.

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {سمع},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%B3%D9%85%D8%B9},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}

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