CommunicationRoot 10 of 11 in this field

س-م-ع

hearing, listening

A2ElementaryAppears 185 times in the Quran

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فَعِلَ
Form I verb (i)
فَعِلَ = a basic verb, often a feeling or a state
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- سَمِعَ
  to hear
  Still to comeA1
  No audio yet
  Present
  يَسْمَعُ
  Command
  اِسْمَعْ
  لَا أَسْمَعُكَ I can't hear you
اِفْتَعَلَ
Form VIII verb
اِفْتَعَلَ = do it for yourself, together
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- اِسْتَمَعَ
  to listen (to: اِسْتَمَعَ إِلَى)
  Still to comeA1
  No audio yet
  Present
  يَسْتَمِعُ
  Command
  اِسْتَمِعْ
اِفْتِعَال
Masdar of form VIII
اِفْتِعَال = the -ing of a form VIII verb
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- اِسْتِمَاعٌ
  listening (the skill)
  Still to comeA1
  No audio yet
  اِخْتِبَارُ الِاسْتِمَاعِ the listening test
مُفْتَعِل
Doer of form VIII
مُفْتَعِل = the one who does form VIII
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- مُسْتَمِعٌ
  listener
  Still to comeA2
  No audio yet
  Feminine
  مُسْتَمِعَةٌ
فَعْل
Short noun فَعْل
فَعْل = the act, or a basic thing
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- سَمْعٌ
  hearing (the sense)
  Still to comeA2
  No audio yet
مَفْعُول
Done-to (passive participle of form I)
مَفْعُول = the thing it was done to
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- مَسْمُوعٌ
  audible, heard
  Still to comeA2
  No audio yet
  Feminine
  مَسْمُوعَةٌ
فَعَّالَة
Machine noun فَعَّالَة
فَعَّالَة = the machine that does it
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- سَمَّاعَةٌ
  headphones, earpiece; stethoscope
  Still to comeA2
  No audio yet
  Plural
  سَمَّاعَاتٌ
فَعَال
Noun فَعَال
فَعَال = a general noun with ā
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- سَمَاعٌ
  hearing; listening (to music)
  Still to comeB1
  No audio yet
فَاعِل
Doer (active participle of form I)
فَاعِل = the one who does it
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- سَامِعٌ
  hearer
  Still to comeB1
  No audio yet
  Feminine
  سَامِعَةٌ

How the patterns shape this root

سَمِعَ (فَعِلَ, the perception pattern) is to hear: لَا أَسْمَعُكَ, I can't hear you. Hearing on purpose is form VIII اِسْتَمَعَ إِلَى, to listen — the ت of the form slips in after the س — and its noun اِسْتِمَاع names the listening section of every exam, with مُسْتَمِع the listener. سَمْع is the sense of hearing, مَسْمُوع (مَفْعُول) is audible, and the machine pattern فَعَّالَة gives سَمَّاعَة, headphones or the doctor's stethoscope.

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