سَمْعٌ
Root: سمع
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سَمْعٌ
Verbal.Noun of سَمِعَ, like
سَمَاعٌ , [&c.,] or the latter is a simple subst. [used in the abstract sense of the former]. You say, سَمْعًا وَطَاعَةً, [for أَسْمَعُ سَمْعًا وَأُطِيعُ طَاعَةً, an emphatic mode of expression, meaning I hear and I obey, or for سَمِعْتُ سَمْعًا وَأَطَعْتُ طَاعَةً, which means the same, but more emphatically; طَاعَةً being a quasi-Verbal.Noun for إِطَاعَةً;] the verb [of each] being understood: and سَمْعٌ وَطَاعَةٌ, meaning أَمْرِى ذٰلِكَ [i. e. أَمْرِى سَمْعٌ وَطَاعَةٌ
My affair is hearing and obeying]. You say also, [in like manner,] اَللّٰهُمَّ سَمْعًا لَا بَلْغًا, and سَمْعٌ لَا
بَلْغٌ: see سِمْعٌ. And سَمْعُ أُذُنِى فُلَانًا يَقُولَ
ذٰلِكَ, [said to be] the only instance of the kind among inf. ns. of trans. verbs except رَأْىُ
عَيْنِى, (TA in art. رأى,) [in a copy of the M, in art. رأى, written سَمْعَ اذنى and رَأْىَ عينى,] and اذنى, and اذنى, and اذنى [My ear heard such a one say that].
2 [As a simple subst., it signifies] The sense of the ear; [i. e., of hearing;] the faculty in the ear whereby it perceives sounds. Thus in the Kur [1. 36], أَوْ أَلْقَى السَّمْعُ, meaning, Or who hearkeneth. [And hence,] أُمُّ السَّمْعِ The brain; as also أُمُّ . One says, ضَرَبَهُ عَلَى أُمِّ السَّمْعِ [He struck him upon the brain].
3 [It is also used for the Verbal.Noun of أَسْمَعَ. Hence] one says, قَالُوا ذٰلِكَ سَمْعَ أُذُنِى, and in like manner, اذنى, and اذنى, and اذنى, i. e. إِسْمَاعَهَا [They said that making my ear to hear]: and one may say, سَمْعًا [making to hear]: this latter one says when he does not particularize himself. And كَلَّمَهُ , with kesr, meaning, [He spoke to him making them to hear, or] so that they heard. And a poet says,
4 It also signifies The ear; as also مِسْمَعٌ , because it is the instrument of hearing, and مَسْمَعٌ , [because it is the place thereof,] and سَامِعَةٌ ; or مِسْمَعٌ signifies the ear-hole; and so مَسْمَعٌ , and مُسْتَمَعٌ : and سَمْعٌ is also used as a pl., being originally an Verbal.Noun; but sometimes it has for its pl. أَسْمَاعٌ and أَسْمُعٌ, a pl. of pauc., [as is also the former,] and أَسَامِعُ is a pl. pl., i. e. pl. of أَسْمَاعٌ, or of أَسْمُعٌ: [for an ex. of the pl. pl., see 2:] the pl. of مِسْمَعٌ is مَسَامِعُ; or this may be an irreg. pl. of سَمْعٌ, like as مَشَابِهُ is of شَبَهٌ. You say, سَمْعُكَ إِلَىَّ i. e. [Incline thine ear to me; or] hear thou from me. And طَرَقَ الكَلَامُ السَّمْعُ [The speech struck the ear]. سَمْعٌ is used as a pl. in the Kur [ii. 6], where it is said, خَتَمَ ٱللّٰهُ عَلَى قُلُوبِهِمْ وَعَلَى سَمِعْهِمْ [God hath set a seal upon their hearts and upon their ears]. One also says, فُلَانٌ عَظِيمُ Such a one is great in the ears. The phrase هُوَ بَيْنَ سَمْعِ الأَرْضِ وَبَصَرِهَا means
5 Also What rests in the ear, of a thing which one hears.
6 See also سِمْعٌ, in three places, beside the two places before referred to.
2 [As a simple subst., it signifies] The sense of the ear; [i. e., of hearing;] the faculty in the ear whereby it perceives sounds. Thus in the Kur [1. 36], أَوْ أَلْقَى السَّمْعُ, meaning, Or who hearkeneth. [And hence,] أُمُّ السَّمْعِ The brain; as also أُمُّ . One says, ضَرَبَهُ عَلَى أُمِّ السَّمْعِ [He struck him upon the brain].
3 [It is also used for the Verbal.Noun of أَسْمَعَ. Hence] one says, قَالُوا ذٰلِكَ سَمْعَ أُذُنِى, and in like manner, اذنى, and اذنى, and اذنى, i. e. إِسْمَاعَهَا [They said that making my ear to hear]: and one may say, سَمْعًا [making to hear]: this latter one says when he does not particularize himself. And كَلَّمَهُ , with kesr, meaning, [He spoke to him making them to hear, or] so that they heard. And a poet says,
[Making God and the learned men to hear that I seek protection by the goodness of thy maternal uncle, O son of 'Amr; or أَعُوذُ بِحَقْوِ خَالِكَ, i. e. I have recourse for protection to thy maternal uncle; thus in the TA in art. حقو;] using the subst. in the place of the Verbal.Noun, as though he said إِسْمَاعًا عَنِّى. One says also, أَخَذْتُ ذٰلِكَ عَنْهُ سَمْعًا, and in like manner, , [i. e. I received that from him by being made to hear, which virtually means, by hearsay, or hearing it from him,] making the Verbal.Noun [in each case] to be of a different form from that of the verb to which it belongs [in respect of signification; i. e., using an Verbal.Noun of سَمِعَ for that of أَسْمَعَ]. [See also سُمْعَةٌ.]ٱللّٰهِ وَالعُلَمَآءِ أَنِّى أَعُوذُ بِخَيْرِ خَالِكَ يَاٱبْنَ عَمْرِو
4 It also signifies The ear; as also مِسْمَعٌ , because it is the instrument of hearing, and مَسْمَعٌ , [because it is the place thereof,] and سَامِعَةٌ ; or مِسْمَعٌ signifies the ear-hole; and so مَسْمَعٌ , and مُسْتَمَعٌ : and سَمْعٌ is also used as a pl., being originally an Verbal.Noun; but sometimes it has for its pl. أَسْمَاعٌ and أَسْمُعٌ, a pl. of pauc., [as is also the former,] and أَسَامِعُ is a pl. pl., i. e. pl. of أَسْمَاعٌ, or of أَسْمُعٌ: [for an ex. of the pl. pl., see 2:] the pl. of مِسْمَعٌ is مَسَامِعُ; or this may be an irreg. pl. of سَمْعٌ, like as مَشَابِهُ is of شَبَهٌ. You say, سَمْعُكَ إِلَىَّ i. e. [Incline thine ear to me; or] hear thou from me. And طَرَقَ الكَلَامُ السَّمْعُ [The speech struck the ear]. سَمْعٌ is used as a pl. in the Kur [ii. 6], where it is said, خَتَمَ ٱللّٰهُ عَلَى قُلُوبِهِمْ وَعَلَى سَمِعْهِمْ [God hath set a seal upon their hearts and upon their ears]. One also says, فُلَانٌ عَظِيمُ Such a one is great in the ears. The phrase هُوَ بَيْنَ سَمْعِ الأَرْضِ وَبَصَرِهَا means
5 Also What rests in the ear, of a thing which one hears.
6 See also سِمْعٌ, in three places, beside the two places before referred to.
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