حوس

Algerian Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic حَوَّسَ (ḥawwasa).

Verb

حوس (ḥawwas) (non-past يحوس (yḥawwas))

1. to search, to look for

   يحوس يشري دار

   yḥawwas yišri dār

   He is looking to buy a house.

2. to stroll, to go for a walk

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic حَوَّسَ (ḥawwasa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ħaw.was/

Verb

حوس • (ḥawwas) II (non-past يحوس (yḥawwas), verbal noun تحواس (taḥwās), active participle محوس (mḥawwas))

1. to search, to look for

   Synonyms: قلب (qallab), فتش (fattaš)

   كيحوس يشري دار قريبة للخدمة.

   kayḥawwas yišri dār qrība l-el-ḵadma.

   He is looking to buy a house near his workplace.

2. to stroll, to go for a walk

   Synonym: تنزه (tnazzah)

   لقيناهم كيحوسوا.

   lqīnāhum kayḥawwsu.

   We found them going for a walk

Conjugation

Conjugation of حوس
		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
past	m	حوّست (ḥawwast)	حوّستي (ḥawwasti)	حوّس (ḥawwas)		حوّسنا (ḥawwasna)	حوّستوا (ḥawwastu)	حوّسوا (ḥawwsu)
	f			حوّست (ḥawwsāt)
non-past	m	نحوّس (nḥawwas)	تحوّس (tḥawwas)	يحوّس (yḥawwas)		نحوّسوا (nḥawwsu)	تحوّسوا (tḥawwsu)	يحوّسوا (yḥawwsu)
	f		تحوّسي (tḥawwsi)	تحوّس (tḥawwas)
imperative	m		حوّس (ḥawwas)				حوّسوا (ḥawwsu)
	f		حوّسي (ḥawwsi)