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Root entry · 13 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the act of sipping or swallowing liquid, particularly in small amounts or gradually. It extends to the concept of something being sipped or swallowed, and metaphorically to a short duration.

Derived headwords

حَسَاverb

1.
to sipboth
To drink liquid by sipping, taking small mouthfuls.

حَسْواًnoun

1.
sippingboth
The act of sipping liquid.

تَحَسَّاهُverb

1.
to sip itboth
To sip something, often implying a gradual intake.

احْتَسَاهُverb

1.
to sip itboth
To sip something, often implying a gradual intake.

أَحْسَيْتُهُverb

1.
I made him sip itboth
To cause someone to sip something.

حَسِّيْتُهُverb

1.
I made him sip itboth
To cause someone to sip something.

الحِسْيَةnoun

1.
what is sippedboth
That which is sipped or swallowed.

الحَسَاnoun

1.
what is sippedboth
That which is sipped or swallowed.

الحَسْوnoun

1.
what is sippedboth
That which is sipped or swallowed.
2.
much sippingboth
The act of sipping a great deal; abundant sipping.

الحَسْوَةnoun

1.
a small sipboth
A small quantity of liquid that is sipped.

أَحْسِيَةnoun

1.
small sipsboth
Plural of الحسوة, referring to small quantities of liquid sipped.

أَحْسُوَةnoun

1.
small sipsboth
Plural of الحسوة, referring to small quantities of liquid sipped.

أَحَاسِيnoun

1.
small sipsboth
Plural of الحسوة, referring to small quantities of liquid sipped.

Parallel reading

حسا الطائر الماء حسوا

The bird sipped the water, sipping it.

ولا تقل: شرب

And do not say: drank.

وزيد المرق: شربه شيئا بعد شيء

And Zayd drank the broth: he drank it bit by bit.

كتحساه واحتساه

Like sipping it and swallowing it.

وأحسيته أنا

And I made him sip it.

وحسيته

And I made him sip it.

واسم ما يحتسى: الحسية والحسا

And the name for what is sipped is: al-Hissiyah and al-Hasa.

وهو أيضا الكثير التحسي

And it (al-Hasw) is also abundant sipping.

والحسوة، بالضم: الشيء القليل منه

And al-Huswah, with dammah: the small quantity of it.

ج: أحسية وأحسوة جج: أحاسي

Plural: Ahsiya and Ahsuwah, plural of plural: Ahasi.

والمرة من الحسو، وبالفتح أفصح

And the single instance of sipping, and with fatha is more eloquent.

ويوم كحسو الطير: قصير

And a day like the sipping of a bird: short.