Arabic edit

Root
ه م س (h-m-s)

Pronunciation 1 edit

Verb edit

هَمَسَ (hamasa) I, non-past يَهْمِسُ‎ (yahmisu)

  1. to whisper
    Synonym: وَسْوَسَ (waswasa)
    • 2002, “الحديقة السرية”, Ahmad Natouf (lyrics), Shakir Murtadha (music), performed by Hālah Al-Sabbagh:
      فِي يَوْمٍ هَمَسَتْ فِي أُذْنِي / مَنْ يَمْسَحُ عَنْ قَلْبِي حُزْنِي / يُرْجِعُنِي خَضْرَاءَ اللَّوْنِ / أَعْشَاشًا لِلْأَطْيَار
      fī yawmin hamasat fī ʔuḏnī / man yamsaḥu ʕan qalbī ḥuznī / yurjiʕunī ḵaḍrāʔa l-lawni / ʔaʕšāšan lilʔaṭyār
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  2. to mumble
    Antonym: جَهَرَ (jahara)
Conjugation edit

Pronunciation 2 edit

Noun edit

هَمْس (hamsm

  1. verbal noun of هَمَسَ (hamasa)
Declension edit