hearing in Arabic: سماع (samāʿ) – meaning, pronunciation, examples

How to use it

"Hearing" can refer to the sense of hearing (سَمَاع) or a formal legal hearing. It is a masculine noun. Context determines which meaning applies.

لَدَيّ سَمَاعٌ حَادٌّ لِلسَّمَاءِ.

ladayya samāʿun ḥāddun li-al-samāʾi.

I have sharp hearing for the sky.
قُدِّمَتْ سَمَاعٌ فِي المَحْكَمَةِ لِقَضِيَّةِ السَّلَامِ

qaddimat samāʿun fī al-maḥkamatī liqaḍiyyati al-salāmī.

A hearing was held in court for the peace case.
يُحَسِّنُ التَّدْرِيبُ السَّمَاعَ لِلْمُغَنِّينِ.

yuḥassinū al-tadrību al-samāʿa lil-mughannīn.

Training improves hearing for singers.

Sentences taken from published bilingual texts (subtitles, documents). They show the word in context and are not reviewed one by one.

Requests for hearing

طلبات استماع

My hearing is going.

أنا أفقد سمعي.

Likewise for hearing.

وبالمثل للسمع.

Hearing of petitioner

الاستماع إلى مقدم التماس

Hearing of petitioners

3 - الاستماع إلى مقدمي الالتماسات

Substantive issues: Unfair hearing

المسائل الموضوعية: المحاكمة غير العادلة

So faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

اذا الايمان بالخبر والخبر بكلمة الله.

Am I hearing a few "sorry’s"? I think I’m hearing a few sorry’s.

هل أسمع بعض الإعتذارات؟ أعتقد أني اسمع البعض منها

So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

اذا الايمان بالخبر والخبر بكلمة الله.

You wouldn't want decent hearing, you would want perfect hearing.

لن ترغب في سمع لائق، لكن ستريد سمعا تاما.

And you're not hearing the same thing that most people who have normal hearing are hearing.

ولست تستمع إلى نفس الشيء الذي يسمعه معظم ذوي السمع العادي.

But I tell you, if we lost our hearing, if anyone here suddenly lost your hearing, you would want perfect hearing back.

لكني أقول لكم، إن فقدنا سمعنا، إن فقد أي شخص هنا سمعه، سيريد استرجاع سمعه التام.

How do you say "to hear"?

The verb is "سَمِعَ" (samiʿa).

Is there a special term for a courtroom hearing?

Yes, "جلسة استماع" is commonly used for a legal hearing.