Arabic

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Etymology

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Possibly onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

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

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هَشَّ (hašša) I (non-past يَهُشُّ (yahuššu), verbal noun هَشّ (hašš))

  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 ʕaṣāya ʔatawakkaʔu ʕalayhā waʔahuššu bihā ʕalā ḡanamī waliya fīhā maʔāribu ʔuḵrā
      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

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هَشَّ (hašša) I (non-past يَهُشُّ (yahuššu) or يَهِشُّ (yahiššu), verbal noun هَشَاش (hašāš) or هَشَاشَة (hašāša))

  1. (intransitive) to smile; to make a friendly expression
    • 2018, وَجْدِيّ الْأَهْدَل [wajdiyy al-ʔahdal], أرض المؤامرات السعيدة, Bayrūt: Nawfal / Hachette Antoine, →ISBN, page 99:
      عندما وجدته عرّفته بنفسي، فهشّ في وجهي وقال لي إنّه في خدمتي.
      When I found him, I made my presence known to him, whereupon he behaved politely towards me and told me he would be in my service.

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Adjective

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هَشّ (hašš) (feminine هَشَّة (hašša))

  1. fragile, crisp
  2. cordial, welcoming

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