حساسية

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ح س س (ḥ s s)
11 terms

Relative noun (nisba) composed of حَسَّاس (ḥassās, “sensitive”) +‎ ـِيَّة (-iyya).

Noun

حَسَّاسِيَّة or حَسَاسِيَة or حَسَاسِيَّة • (ḥassāsiyya or ḥasāsiya or ḥasāsiyya) f

1. sensitivity to stimuli; receptiveness; responsiveness; reactivity
2. psychological sensitivity; fragility; tenderness
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     اِعْتِبَارَاتٌ غَبِيَّةٌ وَوَهْمِيَّةٌ مَنَعَتْنِي مِنِ ٱقْتِنَاءِ سَيَّارَةٍ رَشِيقَةٍ مِنْ أَحْدَثِ ٱلْمُودِيلَاتِ. كُنْتُ أَخْشَى مِنَ ٱلْقِيلِ وَٱلْقَالِ، وَأَنْ أُتَّهَمَ بِأَنَّنِي بَدَّلْتُ جِلْدِي. حَسَاسِيَّتِي ٱلْمُفْرِطَةُ مِنْ أَنْ تَظْهَرَ آثَارُ ٱلنِّعْمَةِ عَلَيَّ لَا مَعْنَى لَهَا، وَالِدِي ٱلشُّيُوعِيُّ ٱلْمُتَزَمِّتُ تُوُفِّيَ، وَٱلْمُجْتَمَعُ تَغَيَّرَتْ أَفْكَارُهُ كَثِيرًا، […]

     iʕtibārātun ḡabiyyatun wawahmiyyatun manaʕatnī mini qtināʔi sayyāratin rašīqatin min ʔaḥdaṯi l-mūdīlāti. kuntu ʔaḵšā mina l-qīli wal-qāli, waʔan ʔuttahama biʔannanī baddaltu jildī. ḥasāsiyyatī l-mufriṭatu min ʔan taẓhara ʔāṯāru n-niʕmati ʕalayya lā maʕnā lahā, wālidī š-šuyūʕiyyu l-mutazammitu tuwuffiya, wal-mujtamaʕu taḡayyarat ʔafkāruhu kaṯīran, […]

     Stupid and delirious considerations held me back from getting some elegant automobile of the newest model. I had fear of gossips and hearsay, of rumors being noised about, of being accused of shedding my skin. My hypersensitivity to having apparent signs and evidences of luxury had no meaning: my staunch communist father was gone, and the ideas of this society had changed much.

3. (medicine) physiological sensitivity to an agent; allergy

Declension

Declension of noun حَسَّاسِيَّة (ḥassāsiyya)‎; حَسَاسِيَة (ḥasāsiya)‎; حَسَاسِيَّة (ḥasāsiyya)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حَسَّاسِيَّة‎; حَسَاسِيَة‎; حَسَاسِيَّة ḥassāsiyya‎; ḥasāsiya‎; ḥasāsiyya	الْحَسَّاسِيَّة‎; الْحَسَاسِيَة‎; الْحَسَاسِيَّة al-ḥassāsiyya‎; al-ḥasāsiya‎; al-ḥasāsiyya	حَسَّاسِيَّة‎; حَسَاسِيَة‎; حَسَاسِيَّة ḥassāsiyyat‎; ḥasāsiyat‎; ḥasāsiyyat
Nominative	حَسَّاسِيَّةٌ‎; حَسَاسِيَةٌ‎; حَسَاسِيَّةٌ ḥassāsiyyatun‎; ḥasāsiyatun‎; ḥasāsiyyatun	الْحَسَّاسِيَّةُ‎; الْحَسَاسِيَةُ‎; الْحَسَاسِيَّةُ al-ḥassāsiyyatu‎; al-ḥasāsiyatu‎; al-ḥasāsiyyatu	حَسَّاسِيَّةُ‎; حَسَاسِيَةُ‎; حَسَاسِيَّةُ ḥassāsiyyatu‎; ḥasāsiyatu‎; ḥasāsiyyatu
Accusative	حَسَّاسِيَّةً‎; حَسَاسِيَةً‎; حَسَاسِيَّةً ḥassāsiyyatan‎; ḥasāsiyatan‎; ḥasāsiyyatan	الْحَسَّاسِيَّةَ‎; الْحَسَاسِيَةَ‎; الْحَسَاسِيَّةَ al-ḥassāsiyyata‎; al-ḥasāsiyata‎; al-ḥasāsiyyata	حَسَّاسِيَّةَ‎; حَسَاسِيَةَ‎; حَسَاسِيَّةَ ḥassāsiyyata‎; ḥasāsiyata‎; ḥasāsiyyata
Genitive	حَسَّاسِيَّةٍ‎; حَسَاسِيَةٍ‎; حَسَاسِيَّةٍ ḥassāsiyyatin‎; ḥasāsiyatin‎; ḥasāsiyyatin	الْحَسَّاسِيَّةِ‎; الْحَسَاسِيَةِ‎; الْحَسَاسِيَّةِ al-ḥassāsiyyati‎; al-ḥasāsiyati‎; al-ḥasāsiyyati	حَسَّاسِيَّةِ‎; حَسَاسِيَةِ‎; حَسَاسِيَّةِ ḥassāsiyyati‎; ḥasāsiyati‎; ḥasāsiyyati

Etymology 2

Feminine inflected form.

Adjective

حَسَّاسِيَّة • (ḥassāsiyya) f

1. feminine singular of حَسَّاسِيّ (ḥassāsiyy)

Hijazi Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic حَسَاسِيَّة (ḥasāsiyya).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ħa.saː.sij.ja/

Noun

حساسية • (ḥasāsiyya) f (plural حساسيات (ḥasāsiyyāt))

1. allergy

   عندي حساسية من الحليب

   ʕindi ḥasāsiyya min al-bēḍ

   I am allergic to milk.

   (literally, “I have an allergy of milk.”)