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صه

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the interjection and verb meaning 'to be silent' or 'to hush'. It is used to command someone to stop speaking or to quiet a group of people.

Derived headwords

صَهْparticle
  1. 1.
    Hush!both

    An interjection used to command someone to be silent or to stop speaking.

صَهْصَهَverb
  1. 1.
    to hushclassical

    To make someone be silent; to quiet a group of people.

Parallel reading

كلمة زجر للمتكلم، أي: اسكت.
A word of reprimand to the speaker, meaning: be silent.
وصهصه بهم: أسكتهم، فقال لهم: صه صه.
And he hushed them: he made them silent, and said to them: Hush, hush.