Arabic word sheet
أَسْمَعَ
To make hear
- Type
- verb
- Root
- س م ع
Meaning and usage
To make hear
To cause someone to hear a sound, a voice or some words. It is said of a person who speaks, plays or reads loudly enough to be heard by another.
أَسْمَعَ الْمُعَلِّمُ الطُّلَّابَ أُغْنِيَةً جَمِيلَةً.
The teacher played a lovely song for the students to hear.
To tell
To tell someone something, to pass on a piece of news or a story. It is said when one brings a piece of information to a person's knowledge.
أَسْمَعَتْ لَيْلَى أُمَّهَا خَبَرَ نَجَاحِهَا.
Layla told her mother the news of her success.
To say hurtful things to
To address unpleasant or insulting words to someone. It is said of a person who makes another hear what he does not like to hear.
أَسْمَعَ الْجَارُ سَامِيًا كَلَامًا قَبِيحًا.
The neighbour said rude words to Sami.
Word family
What the root means س م ع
The root carries the idea of hearing: its basic verb means to hear or listen to something. From it come to make hear, to give ear, to strain to listen, the sense of hearing, listening and the ear itself.
to hear
to listen
to listen closely
تَسَمَّعَ
hearing
listening, hearing
سَمَاعٌ
ear
مِسْمَعٌ
Synonyms
to insult
شَتَمَ
It matches only the sense of saying hurtful things; it is blunt and has nothing to do with making someone hear a sound.
Opposites
to make deaf
أَصَمَّ