سَمِعَ يَسْمَعُ
Translation: He heard; he hears.
Samiʿa has kasra on the middle radical in the perfect and fatḥa in the imperfect. Importantly, سَمِعَ زَيْدٌ الصَّوْتَ
Translation: Zayd heard the sound.
The named model verb itself can take an object. Therefore 'mainly intransitive' does not mean 'all its verbs are intransitive.' Judge each verb in its actual usage.
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Diagnosing Samiʿa Without Overgeneralising
Properties of the Six Basic Triliteral Forms: Contest, Transitivity, and Semantic Patterns
سَمِعَ يَسْمَعُ
Translation: He heard; he hears.
Samiʿa has kasra on the middle radical in the perfect and fatḥa in the imperfect. Importantly, سَمِعَ زَيْدٌ الصَّوْتَ
Translation: Zayd heard the sound.
The named model verb itself can take an object. Therefore 'mainly intransitive' does not mean 'all its verbs are intransitive.' Judge each verb in its actual usage.