سَامِعٌ
Root: سمع
Full Definition
سَامِعٌ
and
سَمِيعٌ are syn.; [signifying Hearing; and hearkening, or listening;] like عَالِمٌ and عَلِيمٌ, and قَادِرٌ and قَدِيرٌ. [
, applied to God, signifies He whose hearing comprehends everything; who hears everything. And [hence, also,] ↓ this same epithet is applied to The lion that hears the faint sound of man and of the prey from afar. You say also, أُذُنٌ سَامِعَةٌ, and
, and
سَمِيعٌ , and
سَمْعَةٌ , and
سَمَعَةٌ , and
, and
, and
سَمُوعٌ : [the first signifying A hearing, or a hearkening or listening, ear: and the last two, and app. all but the first, an ear that hears, or hearkens or listens, much; or that is quick of hearing:] the pl. of ↓ the last is سُمُعٌ.
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