سميع

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Arabic[edit]

Root
س م ع (s-m-ʕ)

Etymology[edit]

فَعِيل (faʕīl)-type stative-verb derived from the active participle from the verb سَمِعَ (samiʕa, to hear).

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

سَمِيعٌ (samīʕun) (feminine سَمِيعَة (samīʕa), masculine plural سَمِيعُونَ (samīʕūna) or سُمَعَاء (sumaʕāʔ), feminine plural سَمِيعَات (samīʕāt), elative أَسْمَع (ʔasmaʕ))

  1. well-hearing
    Antonym: أَصَمّ (ʔaṣamm)
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 11:24:
      مَثَلُ الْفَرِيقَيْنِ كَٱلْأَعْمَى وَٱلْأَصَمِّ وَٱلْبَصِيرِ وَٱلسَّمِيعِ ۚ هَلْ يَسْتَوِيَانِ مَثَلًا ۚ أَفَلَا تَذَكَّرُونَ
      maṯalu l-farīqayni ka-l-ʔaʕmā wa-l-ʔaṣammi wa-l-baṣīri wa-s-samīʕi hal yastawiyāni maṯalan ʔa-fa-lā taḏakkarūna
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Declension[edit]