ሰምዐ

Ge'ez

Etymology

Cognate with Classical Syriac ܫܡܰܥ, Hebrew שָׁמַע, Arabic سَمِعَ (samiʕa), Amharic ሰማ (säma).

Verb

ሰምዐ • (sämʿä)

1. to hear
2. to have the sense of hearing
3. to perceive with the ears, apprehend comprehend, discover, learn
4. to listen to, pay attention to, lend one's ears to
5. to hearken, hear the complaint, counsel, prayer of someone
6. to obey, comply with
7. to approve, assent, accept
8. to bear witness

Related terms

• አስምዐ (ʾäsməʿä)
• ተሰምዐ (täsämʿä)
• ተሳምዐ (täsamʿä)
• ስሙዕ (səmuʿ)
• ስምዕ (səmʿ)
• ሰማዒ (sämaʿi)
• ስሙዓት (səmuʿat)
• ሰማዕት (sämaʿt)
• ስማዔ (səmaʿe)
• መስማዕት (mäsmaʿt)
• ምስማዕ (məsmaʿ)

References

• Dillmann, August (1865) “ሰምዐ”, in Lexicon linguae aethiopicae cum indice latino (in Latin), Leipzig: T. O. Weigel