# سمع
## Arabic
### Etymology 1.1

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

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sa.mi.ʕa/
* Audio:(file)

#### Verb

سَمِعَ • (samiʕa) I (non-past يَسْمَعُ (yasmaʕu), verbal noun سَمْع (samʕ) or سَمَاع (samāʕ) or مَسْمَع (masmaʕ))
* to hear
    لَنْ تَسْمَعَ شَيْئًا ― lan tasmaʕa šayʔan ― You won't hear anything.
* (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)
* (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

##### Conjugation
### Etymology 1.2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sam.ma.ʕa/

#### Verb

سَمَّعَ • (sammaʕa) II (non-past يُسَمِّعُ (yusammiʕu), verbal noun تَسْمِيع (tasmīʕ))
* (ditransitive) to make hear, to let hear, to give someone something to hear
* (monotransitive) to recite
* to dishonor, to discredit

##### Conjugation
### Etymology 1.3
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /samʕ/

#### Noun

سَمْع • (samʕ) m (plural أَسْمَاع (ʔasmāʕ))
* verbal noun of سَمِعَ (samiʕa) (form I)
* hearing, sense of hearing
* audition
* 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).

### Pronunciation

* This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA then please add some!

### Verb

سمع • (simiʕ) I (non-past يسمع (yismaʕ))
* to hear (to perceive with the ear)
* to listen (to pay attention to a sound)

#### Conjugation

$^1$ The future tense can be prefixed with either هـ (ha-) or حـ (ḥa-) depending on the speaker.

## Moroccan Arabic
### Etymology 1

From Arabic سَمِعَ (samiʕa).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /smaʕ/
* Audio:(file)

#### Verb

سمع • (smaʕ) I (non-past يسمع (yismaʕ))
* to hear
* to hear of
* 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: /sam.maʕ/

#### Verb

سمع • (sammaʕ) II (non-past يسمع (ysammaʕ))
* (ditransitive) to make hear, to let hear, to give someone something to hear

##### Conjugation
### Etymology 3

From Arabic سَمْع (samʕ).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /samʕ/

#### Noun

سمع • (samʕ) m
* hearing, sense of hearing

## North Levantine Arabic
### Etymology

From Arabic سَمِعَ (samiʕa).

### Verb

سمع • (simiʕ or siməʕ) I (non-past بيسمع (byismaʕ))
* to hear
* to hear of
* to listen to, to pay attention to, to hear someone out

### Noun

سمع • (samiʕ) m
* hearing, sense of hearing

## Persian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic سَمْع (samʕ).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [samʔ]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [sämʔ]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [sämʔ]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [säm]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [säm]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [sæmʔ]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [sämʔ]

### Noun

سمع • (sam')
* 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 صداhast bar sam' u basar muhr-i xudā dar hajab bas sūrat ast u bas sadāGod's seal lies upon the hearing and sight: within the veils is many a form and many a sound.
* ear
    Synonym: گوش (guš)

#### Derived terms

* استراق سمع (esterâq-e sam')
* سمعک (sam'ak)

## South Levantine Arabic
### Etymology

From Arabic سَمِعَ (samiʕa).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /si.miʕ/, [ˈsi.mɪʕ]
* Audio (al-Lidd):(file)

### Verb

سمع • (simiʕ) I (present بسمع (bismaʕ), active participle سامع (sāmeʕ))
* 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.”)
* to listen (+ لـ)
    انا بسمع لفيروز بالصبح.ana basmaʕ la-fayrūz biṣ-ṣubḥ.I listen to Fayrouz in the morning.

#### Conjugation
## Urdu
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Urdu) IPA: /səm(ʔ)/

### Noun

سَمْع • (sam', sam'a) f (Hindi spelling सम)
* hearing, listening
* sense of hearing
* 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, 2025.