حس

See also: چش, چس, خش, and خس

Arabic

Etymology 1

From the root ح س س (ḥ-s-s). Cognate with Hebrew חָשׁ (ḥaš).

Verb

1. to freeze (transitive)
2. to kill
3. to annihilate
4. to curry (use a currycomb on a horse)

Verb

1. to be moved with compassion

Verb

1. to be moved with compassion
2. to feel
3. to have sensation, perceive by the senses
4. to listen
5. to notice, know, understand
6. to know for certain
7. to awaken (intransitive, modern)

Etymology 2

Noun

حَسّ • (ḥass) m

1. verbal noun of حَسَّ (ḥassa, “to feel, be moved with compassion, kill, freeze, curry a horse”) (form I)
2. feeling
3. being moved with compassion
4. killing
5. freezing
6. currying of a horse
7. perception, sensation
8. instinct
9. compassion
10. low sound
11. voice

Declension

Declension of noun حَسّ (ḥass)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حَسّ ḥass	الْحَسّ al-ḥass	حَسّ ḥass
Nominative	حَسٌّ ḥassun	الْحَسُّ al-ḥassu	حَسُّ ḥassu
Accusative	حَسًّا ḥassan	الْحَسَّ al-ḥassa	حَسَّ ḥassa
Genitive	حَسٍّ ḥassin	الْحَسِّ al-ḥassi	حَسِّ ḥassi

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “حس”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen

Etymology 3

Noun

حِسّ • (ḥiss) m

1. verbal noun of حَسَّ (ḥassa, “to feel, be moved with compassion”) (form I)
2. feeling
3. being moved with compassion
4. perception, sensation
5. instinct
6. compassion
7. low sound
8. voice

Declension

Declension of noun حِسّ (ḥiss)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حِسّ ḥiss	الْحِسّ al-ḥiss	حِسّ ḥiss
Nominative	حِسٌّ ḥissun	الْحِسُّ al-ḥissu	حِسُّ ḥissu
Accusative	حِسًّا ḥissan	الْحِسَّ al-ḥissa	حِسَّ ḥissa
Genitive	حِسٍّ ḥissin	الْحِسِّ al-ḥissi	حِسِّ ḥissi

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: hiss

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “حس”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[2], London: W.H. Allen

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Persian

Alternative forms

• حسّ (hess) — with a tashdid.

Etymology

From Arabic حس.

Noun

حس • (hess) (plural حس‌ها (hess-hâ))

1. sense
2. feeling

Derived terms

• بی‌حس (bi-hess)
• حس کردن (hess kardan)