حاسة

Arabic

Etymology

Root
ح س س (ḥ-s-s)

Compare حِسّ (ḥiss, “perception, sensation”).

Noun

حَاسَّة • (ḥāssa) f (plural حَوَاسّ (ḥawāss))

1. sense (one of the five senses)
2. sensation, feeling
3. perception through the senses
4. sense organ

   اَلْعَيْن حَاسَّة اَلرُّؤْيَة

   al-ʿayn ḥāssat ar-ruʾya

   The eye is the sense organ of sight.

Declension

Declension of noun حَاسَّة (ḥāssa)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حَاسَّة ḥāssa	الْحَاسَّة al-ḥāssa	حَاسَّة ḥāssat
Nominative	حَاسَّةٌ ḥāssatun	الْحَاسَّةُ al-ḥāssatu	حَاسَّةُ ḥāssatu
Accusative	حَاسَّةً ḥāssatan	الْحَاسَّةَ al-ḥāssata	حَاسَّةَ ḥāssata
Genitive	حَاسَّةٍ ḥāssatin	الْحَاسَّةِ al-ḥāssati	حَاسَّةِ ḥāssati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حَاسَّتَيْن ḥāssatayn	الْحَاسَّتَيْن al-ḥāssatayn	حَاسَّتَيْ ḥāssatay
Nominative	حَاسَّتَانِ ḥāssatāni	الْحَاسَّتَانِ al-ḥāssatāni	حَاسَّتَا ḥāssatā
Accusative	حَاسَّتَيْنِ ḥāssatayni	الْحَاسَّتَيْنِ al-ḥāssatayni	حَاسَّتَيْ ḥāssatay
Genitive	حَاسَّتَيْنِ ḥāssatayni	الْحَاسَّتَيْنِ al-ḥāssatayni	حَاسَّتَيْ ḥāssatay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حَوَاسّ ḥawāss	الْحَوَاسّ al-ḥawāss	حَوَاسّ ḥawāss
Nominative	حَوَاسُّ ḥawāssu	الْحَوَاسُّ al-ḥawāssu	حَوَاسُّ ḥawāssu
Accusative	حَوَاسَّ ḥawāssa	الْحَوَاسَّ al-ḥawāssa	حَوَاسَّ ḥawāssa
Genitive	حَوَاسَّ ḥawāssa	الْحَوَاسِّ al-ḥawāssi	حَوَاسِّ ḥawāssi

References

• Lane, Edward William (1863) “حاسة”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[1], London: Williams & Norgate
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “حاسة”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[2], London: W.H. Allen