Lane's Lexicon (Edward Lane, 1863)

مِسْمَارٌ ذ A nail; a pin, or peg, of iron; (Mgh;) a certain thing of iron; (S, K) a thing with which one makes fast, firm, or strong: (M, K:) pl. مَسَامِيرُ. (S, Msb, K.) ― -b2- Also, (K, TA,) or مِسَْمارُاـِبِلٍ, (A, O,) (tropical:) A good manager of camels; (A, O, K, TA;) a skilful, good pastor thereof. (A.)

مَسْمُورٌ ذ Nailed; made fast, firm, or strong, with a nail [or nails ]. (S, * Mgh.) ― -b2- (assumed tropical:) A man, (TA,) having little flesh, strongly knit in the bones and sinews. (K, TA.) ― -b3- And, with ة, (tropical:) A woman, (M,) or girl, or young woman, (A, O, K,) compact, or firm, in body, (M, A, O, K,) not flabby in flesh. (M, O, K.) -A2- عَيْشٌ مَسْمُورٌ (tropical:) A turbid life: (M, O, * K, * TA:) from سَمَارٌ applied to milk. (M, TA.)

مُسَامِرٌ ذ : see سَمِيرٌ, in two places.

Q. 1 سَمْرَجَةٌ ذ [inf. n. of سَمْرَجَ] The collecting of the [ tax called ] خَرَاج: (Ibn-'Abbád, O:) [and the giving, or paying, thereof: for] one says, سَمْرِجْ لَهُ, meaning Give thou to him [ the tax so called ]. (ISh, O, K. [It seems to be intentionally indicated in the O and K, by what immediately precedes the explanation of this phrase, which explanation is أَعْطِهِ, that الخَرَاجَ is to be understood after it.])

سمرج ذ [written without any syll. signs, and therefore probably سَمْرَجْ,] sing. of سَمَارِجُ, (TA,) which signifies Even, or plain, places [or tracts ] of land. (T, * Ibn-'Abbád, O, TA. *)

سَمَرَّجٌ ذ and ↓ سَمَرَّجَةٌ, (S, O, K,) each a Pers. word arabicized, (S, O,) [or rather a compound of the Pers. سِهْ “ three ” and the Arabic مَرَّهْ for مَرَّة “ a time, ”] The levying of the [ tax called ] خَرَاج at three several times [or instalments ]: (S, O, K:) or the name of the day on which payment of the خَرَاج is received; (K;) thus the former word is expl. by ISh; (O;) the day of the collecting of the خراج; (Ibn-'Abbád, ISd, O, TA;) a day when the foreigners, or Persians, (العَجَم) levy the خراج at three several times [or instalments ]: also mentioned as written with ش. (TA.)

سَمَرَّجَةٌ ذ : see the next preceding parapraph.

سَمَّاسٌ ذ : see art. سم.

Q. 1 سَمْسَرَ ذ , inf. n. سَمْسَرَةٌ, He acted as a سِمْسَار [q. v.]. (K.)

سِمْساَرٌ ذ A broker; or one who acts as an intermediary between the seller and the buyer, (Lth, Mgh, K,) for effecting the sale; whom people call دَلَّالٌ, because he directs the purchaser to the merchandise, and the seller to the price: (TA:) pl. سَمَاسِرَةٌ: (Mgh, K:) a Pers. word, arabicized: (Lth, Mgh:) or one who sells wheat to the people: (M, TA:) or (TA, in the K “ and ”) the possessor of a thing: (K:) or (TA, in the K “ and ”) one who has the care of a thing. (K.) ― -b2- (tropical:) A messenger, or mediator, (سَفِيرٌ,) between two lovers or friends. (K.) ― -b3- سِمْسَارُ الأَرْضِ (tropical:) He who is acquainted with the land, or country; (K;) an acute scrutinizer of its circumstances: (TA:) fem. with ة. (K.) ― -b4- هُوَ ا@بْنُ سِمْسَارِهَا [app. means (assumed tropical:) He is the careful and skilful manager of it ]. (Fr, TA voce حِلسٌ.)

1 سمَطَهُ ذ , and سَمُطَ , and سَمِطَ , (S, M, Msb, K,) inf. n. سَمْطٌ, (S, M, Msb,) namely, a kid, (S, M, Msb, K,) and a lamb, (M,) He removed its hair, (Msb,) or wool, (K,) or cleansed it of the hair, [or wool, ] (S,) by means of hot water; (S, Msb, K;) in order to roast it; (S;) or it is generally done for this purpose: (TA:) or he plucked from it the [ hair, or] wool, after putting it into hot water. (A.) ― -b2- [And It scalded it: for] you say, of boiling water, يَسْمُطُ الشَّىْءَ [ it scalds the thing ]. (TA.) -A2- سَمَطَهُ, (M, K,) inf. n. as above, (M,) also signifies He hung it; suspended it; namely, a thing; (M, K;) as also ↓ سمّطهُ, inf. n. تَسْمِيطٌ: (TA:) or the latter, he hung it, or suspended it, upon, (S, K,) or by means of, (so in some copies of the K and in the TA,) سُمُوط, (S, K,) meaning thongs, or straps. (TA.) And الذِّرْعَ ↓ سمّط, (M,) inf. n. تَسْمِيطٌ, (TA,) He hung the coat of mail upon the hinder part of his horse. (M.)

2 سَمَّطَ see 1, in two places. ― -b2- سَمَّطْتُ الشَّىْءَ, inf. n. تَسْمِيتٌ, also signifies I kept, or clave, to the thing: hence a verse cited voce دَرِينٌ. (TA in art. درن.)

5 تسمّط ذ It (a thing, TA) was, or became, hung, or suspended. (K.)

سِمْطٌ ذ A thread, or string, having upon it beads (S, Mgh) or pearls; (Mgh;) otherwise it is called سِلْكٌ: (S, Mgh:) a string of beads or the like; (M, K;) so called because it is hung, or suspended; (M;) a single string thereof; like يَكْ رَسَنْ [in Persian]; a necklace of two strings thereof being called ذَاتُ سِمْطَيْنِ: (IDrd:) or it signifies, (M,) or signifies also, (K,) a necklace longer than the مِخْنَقَة: (IDrd, M, K:) or [simply] a necklace: (Msb:) pl. سُمُوطٌ: (M, K:) which also signifies the things that are suspended (مَعَالِيقُ) from necklaces. (TA.) ― -b2- A thong, or strap, that is suspended from the horse's saddle; (S, K;) sing. of سُمُوطٌ. (S.) ― -b3- The redundant part of the turban, which is left hanging down upon the breast and the shoulder-blades: (K:) pl. as above. (TA.) ― -b4- A coat of mail which the horseman hangs upon the hinder part of his horse. (M, K.) ― -b5- (tropical:) A trail, or long and elevated tract, (حَبْل,) of sand, (K, TA,) regularly disposed, as though it were a necklace. (TA.) -A2- See also سُمُطٌ, in two places.

نَعْلٌ سُمُطٌ ذ , (M, K,) and ↓ سَمِيطٌ, (S, M, K,) and ↓ أَسْمَاطٌ, (M, K,) which last is pl. of سَمِيطٌ, (TA,) A sandal, or sole, that is of a single piece [ of leather, not of two or more pieces sewed together, one upon another ], (طَاقٌ وَاحِدٌ, S, TA,) in which is no patch: (S, M, K:) or the last, (S,) or all, (M,) not having a second piece sewed on to it; (AZ, S, M;) as also ↓ سِمْطٌ. (So in the K, voce فَرْدٌ.) ― -b2- [ثَوْبٌ سُمُطٌ (the latter word occurring twice in art. لجف in the TA, and there opposed to مُبَطَّنٌ, and said to be masc. and fem.,) i. q. ] ↓ ثَوْبٌ سِمْطٌ A garment having no lining; [either] a طَيْلَسَان, or such as is of cotton: (ISh, K:) but one does not say كِسَاآءٌ سِمْطٌ nor مِلْحَفَةٌ سِمْطٌ, because such are not [ever] lined: (ISh:) or [accord. to some] سِمْطٌ signifies a garment that is lined below; expl. by saying, أَوِ السِّمْطُ مِنَ الثِّيَابِ مَا ظُهِّرَ مِنْ تَحْتُ, (K, TA, [in the CK, and in a MS. copy of the K, for ظُهِّرَ, we find ظَهَرَ,]) i. e. جُعِلَ لَهُ ظَهْرٌ: (TA:) [but I think that ظَهَرَ is undoubtedly the right reading; and that سِمْطٌ means any portion that appears of a garment worn beneath a shorter garment: ] see سَنَدٌ, last sentence. ― -b3- ↓ سَرَاوِيلُ أَسْمَاطٌ Trousers, or drawers, not stuffed: (M, K:) i. e., (K,) or, as Th says, (M,) of single cloth, طَاقٌ وَاحِدٌ. (M, K.) ― -b4- نَاقَةٌ سُمُطٌ, (Kr, M, K,) and ↓ أَسْمَاطٌ, (K,) A she-camel without any brand, or mark made by a hot iron. (Kr, M, K.) -A2- سُمُطٌ is also a pl. of سِمَاطٌ [q. v.]. (K.)

سِمَاطٌ ذ A rank of people: (M, K:) or a side, or lateral part or portion: (Msb:) each of the two sides, or lateral portions, of men, and of palmtrees. (S, Msb.) You say, قَامَ بَيْنَ السِّمَاطَيْنِ He stood between the two ranks. (TA.) And قَامَ القَوْمَ حَوْلَهُ سِمَاطَيْنِ The people stood around him in two ranks. (TA.) And هُمْ عَلَى سِمَاطٍ وَاحِدٍ They are according to one order. (K.) And مَشَى بَيْنَ السِّمَاطَيْنِ He walked between the two sides. (S, Msb.) And خُذُوا سِمَاطَىِ الطَّرِىِّ Take ye the two sides of the fresh, or moist. (TA.) And اِجْعَلِ الأَمْرَ سِمَاطًا وَاحِدًا Make thou the affair, or case, [ uniform, or] one uniform thing. (Fr, TA in art. بأج.) ― -b2- The part of a valley which is between the upper extremity and the lower: (M, K:) pl. سُمُطٌ. (K) ― -b3- سِمَاطُ الطَّعَامِ The thing upon which food is spread: (K:) pronounced by the vulgar سُمَاط: [and applied by them to such as is long, prepared for a large company of people: ] pl. أَسْمِطَةٌ [a pl. of pauc.] and سِمَاطَاتٌ. (TA.)

سَمِيطٌ ذ and ↓ مَسْمُوطٌ, applied to a kid, (S, M, Msb, K,) and to a lamb, (M,) Of which the hair, (Msb,) or wool, (K,) has been removed, (Msb, K,) or cleansed of its hair [or wool ], (S,) by means of hot water; (S, Msb, K;) in order to its being roasted: (S:) or of which the [ hair or] wool has been plucked off from it, after its having been put into hot water: (M:) or the former, plucked of its [ hair or] wool, and then roasted with its skin: (Lth:) and a roasted sheep or goat: the former word of the measure فَعِيلٌ in the sense of the measure مَفْعُولٌ. (TA.) -A2- See also سَمِيطٌ, and its pl. أَسْمَاطٌ, voce سُمُطٌ; the pl. in three places.

سَامِطٌ ذ Boiling water, that scalds (يَسْمُطُ) a thing. (TA.) -A2- Hanging a thing by a rope behind him; from السُّمُوطُ [pl. of السِّمْطُ]. (TA.)

مَسْمُوطٌ ذ : see سَمِيطٌ.

1 سَمِعَهُ ذ , (S, Msb, K, *) aor. سَمَعَ , (K,) inf. n. سَمْعٌ (S Msb, K) and سِمْعٌ, or this latter is a simple subst., (Lh, K,) and سَمَاعٌ, (S, K,) or this last [also] is a simple subst., (Msb,) and سَمَاعَةٌ and سَمَاعِيَةٌ (K) and مَسْمَعٌ, (TA,) [ He heard it, (namely, a thing, as in the S,) or (tropical:) him; ] and ↓ تسمّع, (Msb, K,) also written and pronounced اِسَّمَّعَ; (K, TA;) and ↓ استمع; (Msb;) are syn. with سَمِعَ (Msb,K) as trans. By itself; (Msb;) and استمع [also] in sys. With سَمِعَ [ as trans. by itself]: (Ham p. 694, where occurs a usage of its act. part. n. showing the verb to be trans. by itself:) or ↓ استمع denotes what is intentional, signifying only he gave ear, hearkened, or listened: but سَمِعَ, [as also ↓ تمسمّع and ↓ استسمع,] what is unintentional, as well as what is intentional. (Msb.) You say, سَمِعَ الشَّىْءَ [ He heard or listened to, the thing ] (S.) And الصَّوْتَ ↓ تسمّع [ He listened to, or heard, the sound ]. (TA.) [And سَمِعْتُ لَهُ صَوْتًا I heard him, or it, utter, or produce, a sound; lit. I heard a sound attributable to him, or it. And سَمِعَهُ مِنْهُ He heard it form him. And سَمِعَهُ عَنْهُ He heard it as related from him; he heard it on his authority. And سَمِعَهُ يَقُولُ كَذَا He heard him say such a thing. ] And سَمِعَ بِهِ [ He heard of it; for سَمِعَ التَّكَلُّمَ بِهِ, or the like]. (Kur xii. 31 and xxviii. 36 and xxxviii. 6, S, K, TA.) [When trans. by means of لِ alone, or اـِلَى, it denotes what is intentional.] You say, سَمِعْتُ لَهُ, (S, Msb, TA,) and اـِلَيْهِ, (S, TA,) meaning I gave ear, hearkened, or listened, to him, or it; (S, Msb, * TA;) and له ↓ تسمّعت (Msb,) or اليه, and اِسَّمَّعْتُ, (S, TA,) signify the same; (S, Msb, TA;) and so له ↓ استمعت, (S, Msb, K,) and اليه. (K.) It is said in the Kur [xxxvii. 8], accord. to different readings, لَا يَسْمَعُونَ اـِلَى المَلَاـِ الأَعْلَى, and ↓ لَا يَسَّمَّعُونَ, They shall not listen [ to the archangels ]: (S:) or the former has this signification, they shall not listen to the angels (Bd, Jel) in heaven, (Jel,) or the exalted angels: (Bd:) and ↓ the latter, they shall not seek, or endeavour, to listen &c. (Bd.) And in the same [xvii. 50], ↓ نَحْنُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا يَسْتَمِعُونَ بِهِ اـِذْ يَسْتَمِعُونَ اـِلَيْكَ [ We are cognizant of that on account of which they hearken when they hearken to thee ]; به meaning بِسَبَبِهِ, (Bd, Jel,) and لِأَجْلِهِ, (Bd,) alluding to scoffing, or derision. (Bd, Jel.) [For various usages of سَمْعٌ and other inf. ns., whether employed as inf. ns. or as simple substs., see those words below.] ― -b2- It also signifies He understood it; (TA;) he understood its meaning; i. e., the meaning of a person's speech. (Msb.) You say, لَمْ تَسْمَعْ مَا قُلْتُ لَكَ Thou didst not understand what I said to thee. (TA.) And such is the most obvious meaning of the verb in the saying, اـِنْ كَانَ يَسْمَعُ الخَطِيبَ [ If he understand the words of the preacher ]; for this is the proper meaning in this case: but it may be rendered tropically, (tropical:) if he hear the voice of the preacher. (Msb.) ― -b3- Also He knew it: as in the saying, سَمِعَ ا@للّٰهُ قَوْلَكَ [ God knew thy saying ]. (Msb.) ― -b4- Also (assumed tropical:) He accepted it; namely, evidence, and praise: or, said of the latter, (assumed tropical:) he recompensed it by acceptance: (Msb:) (tropical:) he paid regard to it, and answered it; namely, prayer: (tropical:) he answered, or assented to, or complied with, it; namely, a person's speech. (TA.) The saying سَمِعَ ا@للّٰهُ لِمَنْ حَمِدَهُ means May God accept the praise of him who praiseth Him: or, accord. to IAmb, may God recompense by acceptance the praise of him who praiseth Him: (Msb:) or may God answer the prayer of him who praiseth Him. (TA, as on the authority of IAmb.) ― -b5- Also (assumed tropical:) He obeyed him: as in the saying in the Kur [xxxvi. 24], اـِنِّى اآمَنْتُ بِرَبِّكُمْ فَا@سْمَعُونِ (assumed tropical:) [ Verily I believe in your Lord, and do ye obey me ]. (TA.) ― -b6- Lth says that the phrase سَمِعَتْ أُذُنِى زَيْدًا يَفْعَلُ كَذَا وَكَذَا means (assumed tropical:) My eye saw Zeyd doing such and such things: but Az says, I know not whence Lth brought this; for it is not of the way of the Arabs to say سمعت اذنى as meaning my eye saw: it is in my judgment corrupt language, and I am not sure but that it may have been originated by those addicted to innovations and erroneous opinions. (TA.)

2 تَسْمِيعٌ ذ [inf. n of سمّع, as also تَسْمِعَةٌ, q. v. infrà, voce سُمْعَةٌ,] is syn. with ↓ اـِسْمَاعٌ [The making one to hear ]. (K.) You say, سمّعهُ الصَّوْتَ and ↓ اسمعهُ [ He made him to hear the sound ]. (S.) And سمّعهُ الحَدِيثَ (TA) and ↓ اسمعهُ (S, TA) [ He made him to hear the narra- tive ]; both signifying the same. (TA.) [And سمّع بِهِ He made to hear of it, or him. ] It is said in a trad., مَنْ سَمَّعَ النَّاسَ بِعَمَلِهِ سَمَّعَ ا@للّٰهُ بِهِ أَسَامِعَ خَلْقِهِ وَحَقَّرَهُ وَصَغَّرَهُ (S, * Mgh, TA) [ Whoso maketh men to hear of his deed, ] God will make the ears of his creatures to hear of him on the day of resurrection; (TA;) or whoso maketh his deed notorious, that men may see it and hear of it, God will make notorious his hypocrisy, and fill with it the ears of his creatures, and they shall be generally acquainted with it, [ and He will render him contemptible, and small in estimation, ] so that he will become disgraced; (Mgh;) or the meaning may be, God will manifest to men his internal state, and fill their ears with the evilness of his secret intentions, in requital of his deed: or, as some relate it, [for أَسَامِعَ خَلْقِهِ] we should say, سَامِعُ خَلْقِهِ, which is an epithet applied to God; so that the meaning is, Go [ the Hearer of his creatures ] will disgrace him: (TA:) [for] ― -b2- سمّع به, (S, Mgh, Msb,) inf. n. تَسْمِيعٌ, (S, Mgh, K,) signifies [also] He rendered him, or it, notorious, and infamous: (S, Mgh, K: *) or he spread it abroad, for men to speak of it. (Msb.) ― -b3- Also He raised him from obscurity to fame. (S, K. *) ― -b4- And He made him to hear what was bad, evil, abominable, or foul, and he reviled him: (AZ, T and L in art. ند:) and ↓ اسمعهُ [also] has the latter of these two significations. (S, K.)

4 اسمعهُ ذ , inf. n. اـِسْمَاعٌ: see 2, in four places. ― -b2- He told him [a thing]. (Msb) ― -b3- He made him to understand: the verb being used in this sense in the Kur [viii. 23], لَوْعَلِمَ ا@للّٰهُ فِيهِمْ خَيْرًا لَأَسْمَعَهُمْ [ Had God known any good in them, He had made them to understand ]. (TA.) ― -b4- أَسْمَعَكَ ا@للّٰهُ May God not make thee to be deaf. (TA.) ― -b5- أَسْمَعَتْ She sang. (TA.) One says to a female singer, أَسْمِعِينَا Sing thou to us: thus used in a verse of Tarafeh. (TA.) ― -b6- أَسْمَعْتَ Thou hast said a saying that ought to be heard and followed. (Har p. 398.) -A2- اسمع الدَّلْوَ (tropical:) He made, or put, a مِسْمَع [q. v.] to the bucket. (S, K, TA.) And in like manner, اسمع الزِّنْبِيلَ (K) (tropical:) He made, or put, what are termed مِسْمَعَانِ to the basket. (TA.) -A3- أَسْمِعْ بِهِمْ وَأَبْصِرْ; and أَبْصِرْ بِهِ وَأَسْمِعْ; see art. بصر.

5 تَسَمَّعَ ذ , also written and pronounced اِسَّمَّعَ: see 1, in the former half of the paragraph, in six places.

6 تسامع بِهِ النَّاسُ ذ (S, K) The people heard of it, [or him, ] one from another: (PS, TK:) [or the people heard one another talk of it, or him: ] or it, or he, became notorious among the people. (TA.) ― -b2- تسامع also signifies He feigned himself hearing. (KL.)

8 اـِسْتَمَعَ see 1, in the former half of the paragraph, in four places.

10 اـِسْتَسْمَعَ see 1, in the first sentence, in two places.

سَمْعٌ ذ inf. n. of سَمِعَ, (S, Msb, K,) like ↓ سَمَاعٌ, (S, K,) [&c.,] or the latter is a simple subst. [used in the abstract sense of the former]. (Msb.) 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-inf. n. for اـِطَاعَةً;] the verb [of each] being understood: and سَمْعٌ وَطَاعَةٌ, meaning أَمْرِى ذٰلِكَ [i. e. أَمْرِى سَمْعٌ وَطَاعَةٌ My affair is hearing and obeying ]. (K.) You say also, [in like manner,] اَللّٰهُمَّ سَمْعًا لَا بَلْغًا, (K,) and سَمْعٌ لَا بَلْغٌ: (TA:) see سِمْعٌ. And سَمْعُ أُذُنِى فُلَانًا يَقُولَ ذٰلِكَ, (K,) [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 ↓ سِمْعُ, and اذنى ↓ سَمْعَةُ, and اذنى ↓ سِمْعَةُ [ My ear heard (lit. my ear's hearing ) such a one say that ]. (K) ― -b2- [As a simple subst., it signifies] The sense of the ear; (K;) [i. e., of hearing; ] the faculty in the ear whereby it perceives sounds. (TA.) Thus in the Kur [1. 36], أَوْ أَلْقَى السَّمْعُ, (TA,) meaning, Or who hearkeneth. (Bd, Jel.) [And hence,] أُمُّ السَّمْعِ The brain; (Z, O, K;) as also ↓ أُمُّ السَّمِيعِ. (O, K.) One says, ضَرَبَهُ عَلَى أُمِّ السَّمْعِ [ He struck him upon the brain ]. (TA.) ― -b3- [It is also used for the inf. n. of أَسْمَعَ. Hence] one says, قَالُوا ذٰلِكَ سَمْعَ أُذُنِى, and in like manner, اذنى ↓ سِمْعَ, and اذنى ↓ سَمَاعَ, and اذنى ↓ سَمَاعَةَ, i. e. اـِسْمَاعَهَا [ They said that making my ear to hear ]: (K:) and one may say, سَمْعًا [ making to hear ]: this latter one says when he does not particularize himself. (Sb, K.) And ↓ كَلَّمَهُ سِمْعَهُمْ, with kesr, meaning, [ He spoke to him making them to hear, or] so that they heard. (TA.) And a poet says, ا@للّٰهِ وَالعُلَمَاآءِ أَنِّى ↓ سَمَاعَ أَعُوذُ بِخَيْرِ خَالِكَ يَاا@بْنَ عَمْرِو [ 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 inf. n., as though he said اـِسْمَاعًا عَنِّى. (TA.) One says also, أَخَذْتُ ذٰلِكَ عَنْهُ سَمْعًا, and in like manner, ↓ سَمَاعًا, [i. e. I received that from him by being made to hear, which virtually means, by hearsay, or hearing it from him, ] making the inf. n. [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 inf. n. of سَمِعَ for that of أَسْمَعَ]. (K, * TA.) [See also سُمْعَةٌ.] ― -b4- It also signifies The ear; (S, * Mgh, Msb, * K;) as also ↓ مِسْمَعٌ, (S, Msb, K, TA,) because it is the instrument of hearing, (TA,) and ↓ مَسْمَعٌ, [because it is the place thereof,] (Aboo-Jebeleh, TA,) and ↓ سَامِعَةٌ; (S, K;) or ↓ مِسْمَعٌ signifies the ear-hole; (TA;) and so ↓ مَسْمَعٌ, and ↓ مُسْتَمَعٌ: (Er-Rághib, TA:) and سَمْعٌ is also used as a pl., (S, K,) being originally an inf. n.; but sometimes (S) it has for its pl. أَسْمَاعٌ (S, Msb, K) and أَسْمُعٌ, (Mgh, O, K,) a pl. of pauc., (TA,) [as is also the former,] and أَسَامِعُ is a pl. pl., (S, Mgh, O, K,) i. e. pl. of أَسْمَاعٌ, (S,) or of أَسْمُعٌ: (Mgh, O:) [for an ex. of the pl. pl., see 2:] the pl. of ↓ مِسْمَعٌ is مَسَامِعُ; (Msb, K;) or this may be an irreg. pl. of سَمْعٌ, like as مَشَابِهُ is of شَبَهٌ. (Sgh, TA.) You say, سَمْعُكَ اـِلَىَّ i. e. [Incline thine ear to me; or] hear thou from me. (S, K.) And طَرَقَ الكَلَامُ السَّمْعُ [ The speech struck the ear ]. (Msb.) سَمْعٌ is used as a pl. in the Kur [ii. 6], where it is said, خَتَمَ ا@للّٰهُ عَلَى قُلُوبِهِمْ وَعَلَى سَمِعْهِمْ [ God hath set a seal upon their hearts and upon their ears ]. (S.) One also says, ↓ فُلَانٌ عَظِيمُ المِسْمَعَيْنِ Such a one is great in the ears. (S.) The phrase هُوَ بَيْنَ سَمْعِ الأَرْضِ وَبَصَرِهَا means (assumed tropical:) It is not known whither he has repaired: (AZ, K:) or he is between the ears of the people of the land and their eyes, [so that they neither hear him nor see him,] the prefixed noun أَهْل being suppressed: (AO, K, * TA:) or (assumed tropical:) in a void land, wherein is no one; (ISk, K;) i. e., none hears his speech, nor does any see him, except [the wild animals of] the desert land: (K:) or (tropical:) between the length and breadth of the land. (K, TA.) You say also, أَلْقَى نَفْسَهُ بَيْنَ سَمْعِ الأَرْضِ وَبَصَرِهَا (assumed tropical:) He exposed himself to perdition, or imperilled himself, and cast himself no one knew where: (IAar, Th:) or (assumed tropical:) he cast himself where no voice of man was heard, nor eye of man seen. (K, * TA.) ― -b5- Also What rests in the ear, of a thing which one hears. (L, K.) ― -b6- See also سِمْعٌ, in three places, beside the two places before referred to.

سِمْعٌ ذ i. q. سَمْعٌ, either as an inf. n. or as a a simple subst. (Lh, K.) You say, اَللّٰهُمَّ سِمْعًا لَا بِلْغًا, (S, K,) and لَا بَلْغًا ↓ سَمْعًا, (K,) and سِمْعٌ لَا بِلْغٌ, and لَا بَلْغٌ ↓ سَمْعٌ, (TA,) a form of prayer, (K,) meaning O God, may it be heard of but not fulfilled: (S, K:) or may it be heard but not come to: or may it be heard but not need to be come to: or it is said by him who hears tidings not pleasing to him: (K:) Ks says that it means I hear of calamities but may they not come to me. (TA.) You say also, سِمْعُ أُذُنِى فُلَانًا يَقُولُ ذٰلِكَ: see سَمْعٌ. ― -b2- Also i. q. اـِسْمَاعٌ: so in the phrase قَالُوا ذٰلِكَ سِمْعَ أُذُنِى: (K:) and in the phrase كَلَّمَهُ سِمْعَهُمْ: (TA:) both explained above: see سَمْعٌ. ― -b3- Also Mention, fame, report, that is heard; as also ↓ سَمْعٌ, and ↓ سَمَاعٌ: (K:) fame, or good report; (S, Msb, K, TA;) and so ↓ سَمْعٌ and ↓ سَمَاعٌ. (TA.) You say, ذَهَبَ سِمْعُهُ فِى النَّاسِ His fame, or good report, went among mankind. (S.) And the Arabs say, ا@للّٰهِ ↓ لَا وَسَمْعِ [or وَسِمْعِ اللّٰه,] meaning لَا وَ ذِكْرِ ا@للّٰهِ [ No, by the glory of God ]. (TA.) ― -b4- [It is also used as an epithet: thus,] رَجُلٌ سِمْعٌ means يُسَمِّعُ [ A man who makes others to hear of him]: or one says, هٰذَا ا@مْرُؤٌ ذُو سِمْعٍ, and ↓ ذُوسَمَاعٍ, [ This is a man of fame, or notoriety ], (K,) whether good or bad. (Lh, TA.) -A2- Also A certain mongrel beast of prey, (S,) the offspring of the wolf, begotten from the hyena: (S, Mgh, Msb, K:) fem. with ة: they assert that it does not die a natural death, like the serpent, (K, TA,) but by some accident that befalls it, not knowing diseases and maladies; and that it is unequalled by any other animal in running, (TA,) its running being quicker than [the flight of] the bird; and its leap exceeding thirty cubits, (K, TA,) or twenty. (TA.) It is said in a prov., مِنَ السِّمْعِ الأَزَلِّ ↓ أَسْمَعُ [ More quick of hearing than the سمع that is lean in the buttocks and thighs; or than the light, or active, سمع]: and sometimes they said أَسْمَعُ مِنْ سِمْعٍ [ more quick of hearing than a سمع]. (S.)

سَمْعَةٌ ذ A single hearing, or hearkening, or listening. (K.) ― -b2- سَمْعَةُ أُذُنِى فُلَانًا يَقُولُ ذٰلِكَ: see سَمْعٌ. ― -b3- See also سُمْعَةٌ. -A2- أُذُنٌ سَمْعَةٌ: see سَامِعٌ.

سُمْعَةٌ ذ is syn. with تَسْمِيعٌ, like as سُخْرَةٌ is with تَسْخِيرٌ. (TA.) You say, فَعَلَهُ رِئَاآءً وَسُمْعَةً He did it [ to make men to see it and hear of it, or] in order that men might see it and hear of it. (S.) And مَافَعَلَهُ رِئَاآءً وَلَاسُمْعَةً, and ↓ سَمْعَةً, and ↓ سَمَعَةً, He did it not making it notorious so as to make [ men ] to see and to hear [ it ]. (K.) And فَعَلْتُهُ ↓ تَسْمِعَتَكَ, and تَسْمِعَةً لَكَ, I did it in order that thou mightest hear it. (AZ, K.) [See also سَمْعٌ, where similar phrases are mentioned and explained.] ― -b2- السُّمْعَةُ, also, signifies What is heard, of fame, or report, &c.: (Har p. 34:) and [particularly] good report. (Id. p. 196.)

سِمْعَةٌ ذ A mode, or manner, of hearing, hearkening, or listening. (K.) You say, سَمِعْتُهُ سِمْعَةً حَسَنَةً [ I heard it with a good manner of hearing ]. (TA.) ― -b2- سِمْعَةُ أُذُنِى فُلَانًا يَقُولُ ذٰلِكَ: see سَمْعٌ.

سَمَعَةٌ ذ : see سُمْعَةٌ. -A2- أُذُنٌ سَمَعَةٌ: see سَامِعٌ.

أُذُنٌ سَمِعَةٌ ذ : see سَامِعٌ.

سُمْعُنَّةٌ نُظْرُنَّةٌ ذ , and سِمْعَنَّةٌ نِظْرَنَّةٌ, (S, K,) the former accord. to AZ, the latter accord. to ElAh, (S,) and سِمْعِنَّةٌ نِظْرِنَّةٌ, (K,) 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. (K.)

سَمَعْمَعٌ ذ (of the measure فَعَلْعَلٌ, S) Small in the head, (S, K,) and in the body; for او اللِّحْيَةِ in the K is a mistranscription for وَالجُثَّةِ: (TA:) cunning, or very cunning: (K, TA:) light of flesh, quick in work, wicked, and clever: (TA:) or [simply] light and quick: and applied as an epithet to a wolf. (K.) ― -b2- Also A woman that grins and frowns in thy face when thou enterest, and wails after thee when thou goest forth. (K, * TA.) ― -b3- And A tall and slender man: (K, TA:) fem. in this sense with ة. (TA.) ― -b4- And A wicked, deceitful, or crafty, devil. (TA.)

سَمَاعٍ ذ [an imperative verbal n.] Hear thou: (S, K:) like دَرَاكِ and مَنَاعِ, meaning أَدْرِكْ and اِمْنَعْ. (S.)

سَمَاعٌ ذ : see its syn. سَمْعٌ; first sentence. ― -b2- Also syn. with اـِسْمَاعٌ, as in three exs. expl. above; see سَمْعٌ, in the middle portion of the paragraph. ― -b3- Also [an inf. n. used in the sense of a pass. part. n., meaning What has been heard, or heard of: ] a thing that one has heard of, and that has become current, and talked of. (TA.) [Hence, used in lexicology and grammar as meaning What has been received by hearsay; i. e. what is established by received usage: as in the phrase, مَقْصُورٌ عَلَى السَّمَاعِ restricted to what has been received by hearsay; &c.: and in the phrase شَاذٌّ فِى السَّمَاعِ deviating from the constant course of speech with respect to what has been receeived by hearsay; &c.; which virtually means deviating from what is established by received usage: “ what has been received by hearsay ” always meaning “ what has been heard, either immediately or mediately, from one or more of the Arabs of the classical times. ”] ― -b4- [Also What is heard, or being heard, of discourse, or narration, and of matters of science. See an ex. voce مُرِذٌّ, in art. رذ.] ― -b5- And [hence,] Singing, or song; and any [ musical performance whether vocal or instrumental or both combined, or any other ] pleasant sound in which the ears take delight: as in the saying, بَاتَ فِى لَهْوٍ وَسَمَاعٍ [ He passed the night in the enjoyment of diversion and singing, &c.]. (TA.) [See an ex. in a verse cited voce مُشَارٌ, in art. شور.] ― -b6- See also سِمْعٌ, in three places.

سَمُوعٌ ذ : see سَامِعٌ, in two places.

سَمِيعٌ ذ : see سَامِعٌ, in six places. ― -b2- It is also syn. with مُسْمِعٌ [ Making to hear; &c.]. (S, K.) Az remarks its being wonderful that persons should explain it as having this meaning in order to avoid the assigning to God the attribute of hearing, since that attribute is assigned to Him in more than one place in the Kur-án, though his hearing is not like the hearing of his creatures: he, however, adds, I do not deny that, in the language of the Arabs, سميع may be syn. with سَامِعٌ or مُسْمِعٌ; but it is mostly syn. with سَامِعٌ, like as عَلِيمٌ is with عَالِمٌ, and قَدِيرٌ with قَادِرٌ. (TA.) ― -b3- Also [ Made to hear; or] told; applied to a man. (Msb.) ― -b4- أُمُّ السَّمِيعِ: see سَمْعٌ. -A2- السَّمِيعَانِ Two long pieces of wood [ fixed ] in the yoke with which the bull is yoked for ploughing the land. (Lth, TA.)

سَمَاعَةٌ ذ an inf. n. of سَمعَ. (K.) ― -b2- And i. q. اـِسْمَاعٌ, whence a phrase expl. above: see سَمْعٌ.

[ سَمَاعِىٌّ ذ , in lexicology and grammar, applied to a word &c., means Relating, or belonging, to what has been received by hearsay; i. e., to what is established by received usage. See سَمَاعٌ.]

سُمَّعٌ ذ Light, active, or agile: and applied as an epithet to a غُول. (K.)

سَمَّاعٌ ذ One who hearkens, or listens, much to what is said, and utters it. (TA.) [Its primary signification is simply One who hears, hearkens, or listens, much, or habitually: and it signifies also quick of hearing. ] See also سَامِعٌ. ― -b2- A spy, who searches for information, and brings it. (TA.) ― -b3- (assumed tropical:) Obedient. (TA.)

سَامِعٌ ذ and ↓ سَمِيعٌ are syn.; [signifying Hearing; and hearkening, or listening; ] (Az, S, Msb, K;) like عَالِمٌ and عَلِيمٌ, and قَادِرٌ and قَدِيرٌ. (Az, TA.) [↓ السَّمِيعُ, applied to God, signifies He whose hearing comprehends everything; who hears everything. (TA.) And [hence, also,] ↓ this same epithet is applied to The lion that hears the faint sound (K, TA) of man and of the prey (TA) from afar. (K, TA.) You say also, أُذُنٌ سَامِعَةٌ, and ↓ سَمِيعَةٌ, and ↓ سَمِيعٌ, and ↓ سَمْعَةٌ, and ↓ سَمَعَةٌ, and ↓ سَمِعَةٌ, and ↓ سَمَّاعَةٌ, 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. (K.)

سَامِعَةٌ ذ fem. of سَامِعٌ [q. v.]. ― -b2- [It is also used as an epithet in which the quality of a subst. is predominant]: see سَمْعٌ, in the latter half of the paragraph.

أَسْمَعُ ذ [ More, and most, quick of hearing ]: see سِمْعٌ; last sentence.

تَسْمِعَةٌ ذ [an inf. n. of 2]: see سُمْعَةٌ.

مَسْمَعٌ ذ A place whence [and where ] one hears, or hearkens, or listens. (IDrd, K.) You say, هُوَ مِنِّى بِمَرْأًى وَمَسْمَعٍ He is where I see him and hear his speech; (IDrd, K;) and in like manner, هُوَ مِنِّ مَرْأًى وَمَسْمَعٌ; (TA;) and مَرْأًى وَمَسْمَعًا, (M and K in art. رأى, q. v.,) and sometimes they said مَرًى. (TA.) And فُلَانٌ فِى مَنْظَرٍ وَمَسْمَعٍ Such a one is in a state in which he likes to be looked at and listened to. (T, A, TA, in art. نظر.) ― -b2- See also سَمْعٌ, in the latter half of the paragraph, in two places. ― -b3- It is also an inf. n. of سَمِعَ. (TA.)

مُسْمَعٌ ذ [pass. part. n. of 4, q. v.]. وَا@سْمَعْ غَيْرَ مُسْمَعٍ, in the Kur [iv. 48], means [ And hear thou without being made to hear; i. e.] mayest thou not be made to hear: (Ibn-'Arafeh, K:) or mayest thou not hear, (Akh, S, Bd, Jel,) by reason of deafness, or of death; (Bd;) said by way of imprecation: (Az, Er-Rághib:) or hear thou without being made to hear speech which thou wouldest approve: or not being made to hear what is disliked; accord. to which explanation, it is said hypocritically: or hear thou speech which thou wilt not be made [ really ] to hear; because thine ear will be averse from it; accord. to which explanation, what follows the verb is an objective complement: or hear thou without having thine invitation assented to: (Bd:) or without having what thou sayest accepted. (Mujáhid, K.)

مُسْمِعٌ ذ [act. part. n. of 4, q. v.] ― -b2- [Hence,] مُسْمِعَةٌ A female singer. (S, K.) [See an ex. of the pl. in a verse cited voce شَارِبٌ.] ― -b3- And hence, (TA in art. زمر,) the former is applied to (tropical:) A shackle. (K, and TA in art. زمر.)