سُمْعُنَّةٌ
Root: سمع
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سُمْعُنَّةٌ
, and سِمْعَنَّةٌ نِظْرَنَّةٌ, the former accord. to AZ, the latter accord. to ElAh, and سِمْعِنَّةٌ نِظْرِنَّةٌ, or the second and third are without teshdeed, and mentioned by Yaakoob also, (TA in art. نظر, [but this, I think, is a mistake,]) applied to a woman, Who listens, or hearkens, and endeavours to see, and, not seeing nor hearing anything, thinks it, or opines it: (S, * K, * [the latter in art. نظر,] and TA:) and one also applies to her the epithet سِمْعَنَةٌ, meaning who listens, or hearkens, and does so much, or habitually.
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