ه س س

Root entry · 15 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns sounds, particularly quiet, rustling, or whispering sounds, and actions associated with them like crushing or ziging. It extends to concepts of stealth, hidden speech, and continuous, diligent action, often related to shepherding or labor.

Derived headwords

هَسَّverb

1.
to crushboth
To crush and break something into small pieces.
2.
to drive awayclassical
To drive away or chase animals, particularly sheep.

هَسّاًnoun

1.
crushingboth
The act of crushing or breaking something into small pieces.

هَسّnoun

1.
driving awayclassical
A sound or word used to drive away sheep.

هَسْ هَسْnoun

1.
driving soundclassical
A sound used to drive away sheep.

الهَسِيسnoun

1.
fine powderboth
The fine powder or fragments resulting from crushing something.
2.
whispered speechboth
Quiet, indistinct speech that is difficult to understand, akin to whispering.

هَسَّ الكلامَ هَسِيساًverb

1.
to whisper speechboth
To speak quietly or to conceal speech.

الهَسْهَاسadjective

1.
shepherdclassical
A shepherd who tends to sheep all night.
2.
diligentclassical
One who stays awake all night due to work or diligence.
3.
butcherclassical
A butcher, derived from the concept of crushing and breaking.
4.
fastclassical
Fast or quick, similar to 'حثحاث'.

الهَسْهَسَةnoun

1.
water flowingclassical
The sound of water flowing or trickling.
2.
rustling soundboth
The sound of movement from armor or jewelry.
3.
footsteps soundboth
The sound of a person's movement, especially at night.
4.
general quiet soundboth
A general term for any quiet sound, similar to 'تهسهس'.

الهَسَاهِسnoun

1.
whispersboth
Quiet, indistinct speech or murmuring among people that is not understood.
2.
night walkingclassical
The act of walking at night.
3.
camel hoof soundsclassical
The sound of camel hooves.
4.
inner thoughtsclassical
The inner thoughts or musings of the self.

هَسْهَسَverb

1.
to move quietlyboth
To move with a quiet, rustling sound, like armor or jewelry.
2.
to walk at nightclassical
To walk or move stealthily at night.

تَهَسْهَسَverb

1.
to make a quiet soundboth
To make a quiet, rustling sound, often used for jewelry or armor.

الهَسْهَاسُ والجِنّnoun

1.
jinn's whisperingclassical
The eerie, whispering sounds made by jinn in desolate places.

الهَسِيسُ والجِنّnoun

1.
jinn's whisperingclassical
The whispering or eerie sounds made by jinn.

هَسَّسَ الحديثَverb

1.
to conceal speechclassical
To conceal or hide speech.

المَهَسْهَسَةadjective

1.
skilled shepherdclassical
A woman who is skilled in herding sheep.

Parallel reading

الهس: زجر الغنم.

Al-hass: driving away sheep.

هس، بالضم: زجر للغنم، قال: ولا يكسر، وجوزه غيره

Hass, with damma: driving away sheep, he said: and it is not to be broken (kasra), and others permitted it.

إذا زجرت الشاة قلت: هس هس.

If you drive away a sheep, you say: hass hass.

الهسيس، كأمير: الفتيت المدقوق من كل شيء

Al-hassis, like amir: the crushed powder from everything.

الهسيس: الكلام الخفي الذي لا يفهم، وهو الهمس.

Al-hassis: hidden speech that is not understood, which is al-hams.

وقد هس الكلام هسيسا: أخفاه.

And he hushed the speech with a hissing sound: he concealed it.

والهسهاس، بالفتح: الراعي يرعى الغنم ليله كله

And al-hasahas, with fatha: the shepherd who tends sheep all his night.

يقال: راع هسهاس، وهو من الهسهسة، وهو دؤوب السير.

It is said: a diligent shepherd, and it is from al-hasahasan, which is continuous walking.

أو الهسهاس: الذي لا ينام ليله كله عملا واجتهادا.

Or al-hasahas: one who does not sleep all his night due to work and diligence.

وعن ابن الأعرابي: الهسهاس: القصاب، من الهس، وهو الدق والكسر.

And from Ibn al-A'rabi: al-hasahas: the butcher, from al-hass, which is crushing and breaking.

والهسهسة: تسلسل الماء

And al-hasahasan: the trickling of water.

والهسهسة: صوت حركة الدرع والحلي

And al-hasahasan: the sound of the movement of armor and jewelry.

ولهن بشباك الحديد هساهس

And they have rustling sounds in the iron netting.

وقيل: الهسهسة عام في كل ما له صوت خفي، كالتهسهس

And it was said: al-hasahasan is general for everything that has a quiet sound, like tahahsasa.

لبسن من حر الثياب ملبسا ... ومذهب الحلي إذا تهسهسا

They wore garments of fine silk ... and the adornment of jewelry when it rustled.

وهساهس الجن: عزيفها في القفر

And the hasahis of the jinn: their eerie calls in the wilderness.

والهساهس من الناس: الكلام الخفي المجمجم، تقول سمعت من القوم هساهس من نجي لم أفهمها

And al-hasahis from people: hidden, mumbled speech, you say I heard from the people hasahis of whispers that I did not understand.

وفي النوادر: الهساهس: المشي بالليل، يقال: بتنا نهسهس حتى أصبحنا.

And in al-Nawadir: al-hasahis: walking at night, it is said: we spent the night walking until morning.

ومما يستدرك عليه: هسهس الحديث: أخفاه.

And among what is to be added: hassasa the speech: he concealed it.

والهسهاس: الكلام لا يفهم.

And al-hasahas: speech that is not understood.

والهساهس: الوساوس

And al-hasahis: the whispers (of the mind).

وطويت ثوب بشاشة ألبسته ... فلهن منك هساهس وهموم

And I folded the garment of cheerfulness I clothed it with ... so from you they have whispers and worries.

والهساهس: صوت أخفاف الإبل

And al-hasahis: the sound of camel hooves.

إذا علون الظهر ذا الضماضم ... هساهسا كالهد بالجماجم

When they ascended the high ground with its rough terrain ... with sounds like the roaring of skulls.

وهسيس الجن: عزيفها.

And the hissing of the jinn: their eerie calls.

والهسيس: ضرب من المشي، كالهسهسة

And al-hassis: a type of walking, like al-hasahasan.

إن هسهست ليل التمام هسهساء

If you walk stealthily on the full moon night, a stealthy walker.

وهسهس ليلته كلها، وقسقس إذا أدأب السير.

And he walked all his night, and he hurried if he persisted in walking.

والهساهس بالضم: حديث النفس.

And al-hasahis with damma: the talk of the soul.

والمهسهسة: الحاذقة بسوق الغنم

And al-mahsahasa: the skillful one in herding sheep.