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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