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4 اسمعهُ ذ , inf. n. إِِسْمَاعٌ: 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.
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.

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