Arabic word sheet
سَمْعٌ
Hearing
- Type
- noun
- Root
- س م ع
Meaning and usage
Hearing
The sense by which the ear takes in sounds, and the act of hearing itself; sometimes also what is heard.
فَقَدَ الْجَدُّ سَمْعَهُ بَعْدَ الْمَرَضِ.
The grandfather lost his hearing after the illness.
Ear
The ear itself, seen as what one hears with.
هَمَسَتْ لَيْلَى كَلِمَةً فِي سَمْعِ أُخْتِهَا.
Layla whispered a word in her sister's ear.
Plural
أَسْمَاعٌ
Word family
What the root means س م ع
The root carries the idea of hearing, of taking in sounds through the ear. From it come “to hear”, “listening”, “to make someone hear”, “one who hears”, “keen of hearing” and another name for the ear.
to hear
listening, hearing
سَمَاعٌ
to make hear
one who hears, listener
سَامِعٌ
keen of hearing
سَمِيعٌ
ear, ear-hole
مِسْمَعٌ
Synonyms
ear
Names the organ itself; the headword first means the sense of hearing and names the ear only by extension.
Opposites
deafness
صَمَمٌ