اِسْمَعْ listen in Arabic
اِسْمَعْ is how you say “listen” in Arabic.
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Example sentence
فَقَالَتْ خَدِيجَةُ يَا ابْنَ عَمِّ اِسْمَعْ مِنْ ابْنِ أَخِيكَ
Khadijah said, "O cousin, listen to what your nephew has to say."
اِسْمَعْ listen
A bare command form, stripped down to its leanest shape, which is how Arabic builds the imperative. It is aimed at the man just called on, telling him to listen; the verb itself carries the 'you' so no separate pronoun appears. The thing listened to is then introduced by the following 'from'.
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يَا وَلِيدٍ رَافِعِ اِسْمَعْ أَقَلِّ لَكَ أَرَاكَ وَاللَّهِ مَثَلِي مَزْجِي الْبِضَاعَةِ ،
O young man Rafi, listen. I tell you, by God, I see you mixing the merchandise like I do.
اِسْمَعْ listen
A command form, directing the listener to listen. Arabic builds the singular command by stripping the present-tense verb down to its bare stem, so this is the imperative aimed straight at the person just addressed by name.