هش

Arabic

Etymology

Possibly onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

  • (verb): IPA(key): /haʃ.ʃa/
  • (adjective): IPA(key): /haʃʃ/
  • (file)

Verb

هَشَّ • (hašša) I, non-past يَهُشُّ‎‎ (yahuššu)

  1. (transitive) to beat down (leaves, branches)
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 20:18:
      ‏قَالَ هِيَ عَصَايَ أَتَوَكَّأُ عَلَيْهَا وَأَهُشُّ بِهَا عَلَىٰ غَنَمِي وَلِيَ فِيهَا مَآرِبُ أُخْرَىٰ‎
      qāla hiya ʿaṣāya ʾatawakkaʾu ʿalayhā waʾahuššu bihā ʿalā ḡanamī waliya fīhā maʾāribu ʾuḵrā
      He said, "It is my stick. I lean on it, I beat down with it for my sheep, and I have many other uses of it.

Conjugation

Adjective

هَشّ • (hašš) (feminine هَشَّة‎ (hašša))

  1. fragile

Declension

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