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حسر

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

حَسْرَةٌ حسر حسره حسرة Grief, or regret; syn. تَلَهُّفٌ, (Msb, K,) and تَأَسُّفٌ, (Msb,) or نَدَامَةٌ, (Jel in ii. 162 and viii. 36 and xxxix. 57,) or نَدَمٌ and غَمٌّ: (Bd in viii. 36:) or intense lamentation or expression of pain or of grief or of sorrow; syn. شِدَّةُ التَّأَلُّمِ: (Jel in vi. 31 and xxxvi. 29:) or most intense grief or regret (أَشَدُّ التَّلَهُّفِ, S, or أَشَدُّ النَّدَمِ, Zj) for a thing that has escaped one, (S,) so that he who feels it is like a beast that is tired, or fatigued, or jaded, (حَسِير,) and of no use: (Zj in xxxvi. 29 of the Kur:) pl. حَسَرَاتٌ. (Msb.) You say, يَا حَسْرَتَا عَلَيْهِ [ O my grief, or regret, &c., for it! ] (A.)

Derived headwords

حَسْرَةٌ
  1. 1.
شِدَّةُ التَّأَلُّمِ
أَشَدُّ التَّلَهُّفِ
أَشَدُّ النَّدَمِ
يَا حَسْرَتَا عَلَيْهِ