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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. إِِسْمَاعٌ: 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.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.

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