همس

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Arabic

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Etymology 1.1

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Root
ه م س (h m s)
3 terms

Pronunciation

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Verb

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هَمَسَ (hamasa) I (non-past يَهْمِسُ (yahmisu), verbal noun هَمْس (hams) or هُمُوس (humūs))

  1. to whisper
    Synonym: وَسْوَسَ (waswasa)
    • 2002, “الحديقة السرية”, Ahmad Natouf (lyrics), Shakir Murtadha (music), performed by Hālah Al-Sabbagh:
      فِي يَوْمٍ هَمَسَتْ فِي أُذْنِي / مَنْ يَمْسَحُ عَنْ قَلْبِي حُزْنِي / يُرْجِعُنِي خَضْرَاءَ اللَّوْنِ / أَعْشَاشًا لِلْأَطْيَار
      fī yawmin hamasat fī ʔuḏnī / man yamsaḥu ʕan qalbī ḥuznī / yurjiʕunī ḵaḍrāʔa l-lawni / ʔaʕšāšan lilʔaṭyār
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. to mumble
    Antonym: جَهَرَ (jahara)
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Etymology 1.2

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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هَمْس (hamsm

  1. verbal noun of هَمَسَ (hamasa)
Declension
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