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سَمّاعَة
headphone / earphone /samˈmaː.ʕa/
nounB2#3558 most common
Also: telephone receiver / handset, stethoscope, earbud
Example sentences
أَيْنَ سَمّاعَتي؟
Where is my headphone?
أَضَعُ السَمّاعَةَ في أُذُني.
I put the earphone in my ear.
اِشْتَرَيْتُ سَمّاعَةً جَديدَةً لِلْهاتِفِ.
I bought a new headset for the phone.
يَسْتَخْدِمُ الطَبيبُ السَمّاعَةَ لِفَحْصِ قَلْبِ المَريضِ.
The doctor uses the stethoscope to examine the patient's heart.
لا أَسْتَطيعُ التَرْكيزَ في العَمَلِ دونَ سَمّاعاتي اللاسِلْكِيَّةِ.
I cannot concentrate at work without my wireless headphones.
أَوْصى الطَبيبُ بِعَدَمِ رَفْعِ صَوْتِ السَمّاعَةِ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ ساعَةٍ يَوْمِيًّا حِفاظًا عَلى السَمْعِ.
The doctor advised against raising the headphone volume for more than an hour a day, to protect hearing.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | سَمّاعَةٌ | سَمّاعَاتٌ |
| Genitive | سَمّاعَةٍ | سَمّاعَاتٍ |
| Accusative | سَمّاعَةً | سَمّاعَاتٍ |
| Vocative | يا سَمّاعَةُ | يا سَمّاعَاتُ |
Word family
سَمِعَto hear
سَمْعhearing, audition
سَميعall-hearing, attentive
مُسْتَمِعlistener
اِسْتِماعthe act of listening
Etymology
Arabic سَمّاعَة comes from the triliteral root س-م-ع, meaning to hear. The root takes the فَعّالة pattern, a common template for naming instruments or devices, so the word literally reads as a device for hearing. This same pattern gives Arabic غَسّالة (washing machine) and ثَلّاجة (refrigerator), each naming a tool by the action it performs.
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