وسواس

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Arabic[edit]

Root
و س و س (w-s-w-s)

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /was.waːs/, /wis.waːs/

Noun[edit]

وَسْوَاس or وِسْوَاس (waswās or wiswāsm (plural وَسَاوِس (wasāwis))

  1. (uncountable) verbal noun of وَسْوَسَ (waswasa) (form Iq)
  2. temptation, insinuation
  3. (in the definite) Satan, shaitan, the Devil
    Synonyms: إِبْلِيس (ʔiblīs), شَيْطَان (šayṭān)
  4. anxiety, worry
  5. (psychology) scrupulosity

Declension[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Swahili: wasiwasi