هسه

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to subtle, quiet, or hidden actions and sounds. It encompasses concepts like whispering, secret speech, stealthy movement, and faint noises, often associated with the night or stealth.

Derived headwords

هَسَّverb

1.
to whisperboth
To speak in a low, soft voice, often to oneself or secretly.
2.
to breakclassical
To shatter or break something into small pieces.
3.
to strikeclassical
To hit or strike something.

هَسْهَسَverb

1.
to flow stealthilyclassical
Describing the stealthy or continuous flow of water.
2.
to move stealthilyclassical
To move about stealthily, especially at night.

هَسْهَسْverb

1.
hush! (to sheep)classical
A command or sound used to quiet or drive sheep.

هَسِيسnoun

1.
whispersboth
Low, indistinct sounds or speech; whispers.
2.
fragmentsclassical
Small, broken pieces; fragments or dust.

هَسْهَاسnoun

1.
shepherdclassical
A shepherd who tends to his flock all night.
2.
sleepless personclassical
One who stays awake all night due to work or activity.
3.
butcherclassical
A butcher.

هَسْهَاسَةnoun

1.
trickling soundclassical
The sound of water trickling or flowing continuously.
2.
rustling soundclassical
The sound of armor, jewelry, or other objects moving.
3.
stealthy movementclassical
The sound of someone moving stealthily at night.
4.
faint soundclassical
Any subtle or hidden sound.

تَهَسْهَسَverb

1.
to make a faint soundclassical
To emit a subtle, hidden sound, similar to 'hissah'.

Parallel reading

الرجل يهس: حدث نفسه

A man 'yahiss': he speaks to himself.

وهس، بالضم: زجر للغنم، ولا يكسر

And 'wuhs', with damma: is a reprimand for sheep, and it is not broken.

والهسيس: الفتيت، والكلام الخفي

And 'al-hassīs': the fragments, and the hidden speech.

والهسهاس: الراعي يرعى الغنم ليله كله، أو الذي لا ينام ليله عملا، والقصاب

And 'al-hasshās': the shepherd who tends the sheep all his night, or he who does not sleep his night due to work, and the butcher.

وقرب هسهاس: سريع

And 'qarib hasshās': fast.

والهسهسة: تسلسل الماء، وصوت حركة الدرع والحلي، وحركة الرجل بالليل ونحوه، وكل ما له صوت خفي، كالتهسهس

And 'al-hassasah': the trickling of water, and the sound of the movement of armor and jewelry, and the movement of a man at night and the like, and everything that has a hidden sound, like 'tahassus'.

وهساهس الجن: عزيفها

And 'hasāhis' of the jinn: their howling/chirping.

ومن الناس: الكلام الخفي المجمجم، والمشي بالليل

And from people: the muffled, hidden speech, and walking at night.