هويس

Arabic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ha.wiːs/

Etymology 1

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

    Alternative forms

    Noun

    هَوِيس • (hawīsm (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)
      7 terms

      Noun

      هَوِيس • (hawīsm

      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, →DOI, 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