هويس

Arabic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ha.wiːs/

Etymology 1

Originally Egyptian Arabic, from Ottoman Turkish حوض (havız), from Arabic حَوْض (ḥawḍ).

Alternative forms

• هَاوِيس (hāwīs)

Noun

هَوِيس • (hawīs) m (plural أَهْوِسَة (ʔahwisa) or هَوِيسَات (hawīsāt))

1. lock of water, sluice

   Coordinate term: خَوْخَة (ḵawḵa)

Declension

Declension of noun هَوِيس (hawīs)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	هَوِيس hawīs	الْهَوِيس al-hawīs	هَوِيس hawīs
Nominative	هَوِيسٌ hawīsun	الْهَوِيسُ al-hawīsu	هَوِيسُ hawīsu
Accusative	هَوِيسًا hawīsan	الْهَوِيسَ al-hawīsa	هَوِيسَ hawīsa
Genitive	هَوِيسٍ hawīsin	الْهَوِيسِ al-hawīsi	هَوِيسِ hawīsi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	هَوِيسَيْن hawīsayn	الْهَوِيسَيْن al-hawīsayn	هَوِيسَيْ hawīsay
Nominative	هَوِيسَانِ hawīsāni	الْهَوِيسَانِ al-hawīsāni	هَوِيسَا hawīsā
Accusative	هَوِيسَيْنِ hawīsayni	الْهَوِيسَيْنِ al-hawīsayni	هَوِيسَيْ hawīsay
Genitive	هَوِيسَيْنِ hawīsayni	الْهَوِيسَيْنِ al-hawīsayni	هَوِيسَيْ hawīsay
Plural	broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a)‎; sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَهْوِسَة‎; هَوِيسَات ʔahwisa‎; hawīsāt	الْأَهْوِسَة‎; الْهَوِيسَات al-ʔahwisa‎; al-hawīsāt	أَهْوِسَة‎; هَوِيسَات ʔahwisat‎; hawīsāt
Nominative	أَهْوِسَةٌ‎; هَوِيسَاتٌ ʔahwisatun‎; hawīsātun	الْأَهْوِسَةُ‎; الْهَوِيسَاتُ al-ʔahwisatu‎; al-hawīsātu	أَهْوِسَةُ‎; هَوِيسَاتُ ʔahwisatu‎; hawīsātu
Accusative	أَهْوِسَةً‎; هَوِيسَاتٍ ʔahwisatan‎; hawīsātin	الْأَهْوِسَةَ‎; الْهَوِيسَاتِ al-ʔahwisata‎; al-hawīsāti	أَهْوِسَةَ‎; هَوِيسَاتِ ʔahwisata‎; hawīsāti
Genitive	أَهْوِسَةٍ‎; هَوِيسَاتٍ ʔahwisatin‎; hawīsātin	الْأَهْوِسَةِ‎; الْهَوِيسَاتِ al-ʔahwisati‎; al-hawīsāti	أَهْوِسَةِ‎; هَوِيسَاتِ ʔahwisati‎; hawīsāti

Etymology 2

Root
ه و س (h-w-s)

Noun

هَوِيس • (hawīs) m

1.  (rare) notion, fancy

Declension

Declension of noun هَوِيس (hawīs)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	هَوِيس hawīs	الْهَوِيس al-hawīs	هَوِيس hawīs
Nominative	هَوِيسٌ hawīsun	الْهَوِيسُ al-hawīsu	هَوِيسُ hawīsu
Accusative	هَوِيسًا hawīsan	الْهَوِيسَ al-hawīsa	هَوِيسَ hawīsa
Genitive	هَوِيسٍ hawīsin	الْهَوِيسِ al-hawīsi	هَوِيسِ hawīsi

References

• Hinds, Martin, Badawi, El-Said (1986) A Dictionary of Egyptian Arabic‎^[1], Beirut: Librairie du Liban, page 916a
• Littmann, Enno (1954) “Türkisches Sprachgut im Ägyptisch-Arabischen”, in Fritz Meier, editor, Westöstliche Abhandlungen : Rudolf Tschudi zum 70. Geburtstag überreicht von Freunden und Schülern‎^[2], Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, page 126
• Vollers, Karl (1897) “Beiträge zur Kenntniss der lebenden arabischen Sprache in Aegypten”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft‎^[3] (in German), volume 51, page 310
• Wehr, Hans (1979) “هويس”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 1217a