سَمَاعٌ

: see its synonym سَمْعٌ; first sentence.

Also synonym with إِسْمَاعٌ, as in three exs. explained above; see سَمْعٌ, in the middle portion of the paragraph.

Also [a verbal noun used in the sense of a pass. particle n., meaning What has been heard, or heard of:] a thing that one has heard of, and that has become current, and talked of. (TA.) [Hence, used in lexicology and grammar as meaning What has been received by hearsay; i. e. what is established by received usage: as in the phrase, مَقْصُورٌ عَلَى السَّمَاعِ restricted to what has been received by hearsay; &c.: and in the phrase شَاذٌّ فِى السَّمَاعِ deviating from the constant course of speech with respect to what has been receeived by hearsay; &c.; which virtually means deviating from what is established by received usage: “ what has been received by hearsay ” always meaning “ what has been heard, either immediately or mediately, from one or more of the Arabs of the classical times. ”]

[Also What is heard, or being heard, of discourse, or narration, and of matters of science. See an example voce مُرِذٌّ, in article رذ.]

And [hence,] Singing, or song; and any [musical performance whether vocal or instrumental or both combined, or any other] pleasant sound in which the ears take delight: as in the saying, بَاتَ فِى لَهْوٍ وَسَمَاعٍ [He passed the night in the enjoyment of diversion and singing, &c.]. (TA.) [See an example in a verse cited voce مُشَارٌ, in article شور.]

See also سِمْعٌ, in three places.