listen
2 occurrences across 2 Arabic/Persian roots
س- م- ع (s-m-ʿ) — hear; hearing; heard
“listen” accounts for
1 of
222 occurrences of this root
(0%)
(s-m-ʿ) — hear; hearing; heard
“listen” accounts for 1 of 222 occurrences of this root (0%)
Forms seen
Translation spectrum for this root
heard 10% hearken 9% hear 8% hearing 5% hearest 4% ears 4% incline your ears 3% give ear 3% ear 2% hearken unto 2% heareth 2% thou hearest 1% hearkened 1% all-hearing 1% thine inner ear 1% them 1% that 1% sense of hearing 1% reached 1% let thine ear be attentive 1% incline thine ear unto 1% i hear 1% hearkeneth 1% have heard 1% bear witness 1% acquainted with 1% ye might hear 0% ye hear 0% will incline his ear 0% who hearest 0% voice may be heard 0% thou wouldst hear 0% thou hast hearkened 0% thou givest ear 0% thine ears 0% they heard 0% them that hear him 0% suffer me to hearken 0% sight 0% share 0% shall incline their ears 0% senses of hearing 0% produce 0% proclaims 0% perceive it 0% perceive 0% obtain 0% may 0% make 0% listener 0% listen 0% let my counsel be acceptable 0% let him give ear 0% known 0% ismá’íl 0% intoned 0% inner ears 0% inner ear 0% inclineth his ear 0% inclinest thine ear 0% incline thine ears 0% incline their ears 0% incline mine ear 0% incline 0% idle talk 0% i have heard 0% heedeth 0% hearkening 0% hearken unto our voice 0% hearken to thy call 0% hearer 0% heard ye not 0% heard it ye 0% hear thou therewith 0% hear that which 0% hear its accents 0% have learned 0% have known 0% have also heard 0% hath heard 0% hath ever heard 0% hath ever beheld 0% hast seen and heard 0% hast inclined mine ear to 0% had breathed 0% give thou ear 0% enable them to hearken 0% dost now hear 0% didst enable me to listen 0% didst cause me to hear 0% crieth out 0% couldst thou have been 0% caught 0% catch the 0% can be heard 0% been heard 0% be purged 0% aware 0% attune his ears 0% attentive ear 0% are uttered 0%
د- ه (d-h) — give; to give; given
“listen” accounts for
1 of
34 occurrences of this root
(3%)
(d-h) — give; to give; given
“listen” accounts for 1 of 34 occurrences of this root (3%)
Forms seen
Translation spectrum for this root
ye have suffered 3% will readily admit 3% will lead 3% unchanged 3% testify 3% telegraph and proclaim 3% still bear, witness 3% sentence him to death 3% recorded 3% readily 3% purpose 3% prepared 3% noised abroad 3% may cease to 3% listen 3% imputed 3% hurled 3% he yielded up 3% have borne 3% hath served 3% hath appeared 3% gave 3% fair 3% experience 3% enable them to 3% cut off 3% condemned 3% cast not away 3% can never 3% betrayed 3% beset 3% bear 3% be fair 3% admit 3%
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See Also
Other English words/phrases that share the same Arabic/Persian roots: