همس

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Form 1هَمَس4 senses · 3 main

muḍāriʿـِيَفْعِلُmaṣdarهَمْس هَمْسٌ

Core sense — he spoke in a low, faint voice; he trod faintly; he chewed with mouth closedgenerated

1.1and some of us began to speak to others in a low, faint, gentle, or soft way, so as to be hardly intelligible—فَجَعَلَ بَعْضُنَا يَهْمِسُ إِلَى بَعْضٍ

maṣdar هَمْس, هَمِيسٌ, and هُمُوسٌ: he spoke inaudibly, or in a low, faint, gentle, or soft way, so as to be hardly intelligible.

when he performed the afternoon-prayer, he used to utter something in a low, faint, gentle, or soft way, and we did not understand it—كَانَ ذَا إِصَلَّى العَصْرَ هَمَسَ بِشَىْءٍ لَا نَفْهَمُهُ

[He uttered his discourse to me inaudibly, or in a low, faint, gentle, or soft way.]—هَمَسَ إِلَىَّ بِحَدِيثِهِ

[The devil speaks inaudibly in suggesting vain or unprofitable things into the breast of man.]—الشَّيْطَانُ يَهْمِسُ بِوَسْوَسَتِهِ صَدْرَ الإِنْسَانِ

the devil suggested vain or unprofitable things in the breast—هَمَسَ الشَّيْطَانُ فِى الصَّدْرِ

Said in a tradition.

In another tradition.

Synonym: وَسْوَسَ.

See also هَمْسٌ below.

1.2he made the sound, or the voice, low, faint, gentle, or soft—هَمَسَ الصَّوْتَ

he spoke in a low, faint, gentle, or soft way—هَمَسَ الكَلَامَ

Muḍāriʿ and maṣdar as above; like هَمَسَ alone. Literally: he made speech, or the speech, low, faint, gentle, or soft.

1.3he chewed the food with the mouth closed, or without opening the mouth—هَمَسَ الطَّعَامَ

he eats without opening his mouth—هُوَ يَْكُلُ هَمْسًا

Muḍāriʿ and maṣdar as above.

Hence a toothless old woman's eating is called هَمْسٌ.

he chewed it—هَمَسَهُ

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, aor. هَمِسَ , (A, TA,) inf. n. هَمْس (AHeyth, L, TA) and هَمِيسٌ and هُمُوسٌ , (L, TA,) He spoke inaudibly: (AHeyth, TA:) or in a low, faint, gentle, or soft, manner, (AHeyth, TA,) so as to be hardly intelligible. (TA.) It is said in a trad. فَجَعَلَ بَعْضُنَا يَهْمِسُ إِلَى بَعْضٍ And some of us began to speak to others in a low, faint, gentle, or soft, manner, so as to be hardly intelligible. (TA.) And in another trad., كَانَ ذَا إِصَلَّى العَصْرَ هَمَسَ بِشَىْءٍ لَا نَفْهَمُهُ He used, when he performed the afternoon-prayer, to utter something in a low, faint, gentle, or soft manner, we not understanding it. (TA.) You say also, هَمَسَ إِلَىَّ بِحَدِيثِهِ [He uttered his discourse to me inaudibly: or in a low, faint, gentle, or soft, manner.] (A.) And الشَّيْطَانُ يَهْمِسُ بِوَسْوَسَتِهِ صَدْرَ الإِنْسَانِ [The devil speaks inaudibly in his suggesting vain or unprofitable things into the bosom of man]. (A.) And هَمَسَ الشَّيْطَانُ فِى الصَّدْرِ The devil suggested vain, or unprofitable things in the bosom; syn. وَسْوَسَ . (TA.) See also هَمْسٌ below. Also, aor. and inf. n. as above, He made the faintest, or slightest, sound in treading. So in the saying, إِهْمِسْ وَصَهْ and هَمْسًا وَصَهْ Make thou the faintest, or slightest, sound in treading, and be thou silent: addressed by a thief to his companion. (TA.) And hence the saying of the Rájiz, 1 And they walk with him making the faintest, or slightest, sound in treading. (S.) هَمِيسٌ also signifies The walking softly; with a soft-sounding tread: (TA:) [and so هَمْسٌ ; as in the saying,] سَمِعْتُ هَمْسَ الأَخْفَافِ وَالأَقْدَامِ [I heard the soft-sounding treading of the feet of camels and of the feet of men]. (A.) See also هَمْسٌ below. فَهُنَّ يَمْشِينَ بِهِ هَمِيسَا هَمَسَ الصَّوْتَ , aor. هَمِسَ , inf. n. هَمْسٌ , He made the sound, or voice to be low, faint, gentle, or soft. (Msb.) And هَمَسَ الكَلَامَ , [aor. and] inf. n. as above, [He spoke in a low, faint, gentle, or soft manner; like هَمَسَ alone; lit.,] he made speech, or the speech to be low, faint, gentle, or soft. (A, TA.) هَمَسَ الطَّعَامَ , (TK), [aor. and] inf. n. as above, (AZ, K,) He chewed the food with the mouth closed: (AZ, K, TA:) or without opening the mouth. (TA.) You say, هُوَ يَْكُلُ هَمْسًا He eats without opening his mouth. (A.) Hence, a toothless old woman's eating is termed هَمْسٌ . (AHeyth.) هَمَسَهُ also signifies [simply] He chewed it. (TA.)

Form 3هامسهُ1 sense

maṣdarمُهَامَسَةٌ

Core sense — he spoke secretly to himgenerated

3.1they spoke, or talked, secretly together—هَامَسُوا

he spoke, or talked, secretly to him, or with him.

With maṣdar as above; also تهامسوا.

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, inf. n. مُهَامَسَةٌ , He spoke, or discoursed secretly to him, or with him. (A.) You say also, هَامَسُوا , (TK,) inf. n. as above, (K,) They spoke, or discoursed, secretly together; as also تهامسوا . (K, * TK.)

Form 6تَهَاْمَسَ1 sense

Core sense — they spoke secretly togethergenerated

6.1

See form 3.

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see 3.

Derived nouns 3

Nounهَمْسٌ3 senses · 1 main

Core sense — a low, faint, soft sound; the faintest sound of the feetgenerated

1[So that you will hear nothing but] a low, faint, gentle, or soft sound—فَلَا تَسْمَعُ إِلَّا هَمْسًا

So it has been explained as occurring in the Qur'ān 20:107: the sound arising from the shifting of the feet from place to place towards the place of gathering [for the general judgment].

Az thinks the meaning here is the sound of the patting, or pattering, of the feet on the ground.

1.1

The faint, or gentle, sound of the voice in the mouth, of the kind that has no mixture of the voice of the chest and no loudness of utterance.

See also مَهْمُوسٌ.

1.2anything low, faint, gentle, or soft, of speech and the like—كُلُّ خَفِىٍّ

Or the faintest, or slightest, sound of the feet, that is, of their tread upon the ground: so, according to J, in the instance in the Qur'ān 20:107 mentioned above.

[See again مَهْمُوسٌ.]

the sound of the shifting from place to place of the feet of camels—هَمِيسٌ

on this sense See also form 1.

Qur’ānic occurrences هَمْس

20:108

يَوْمَئِذٍ يَتَّبِعُونَ ٱلدَّاعِىَ لَا عِوَجَ لَهُۥ ۖ وَخَشَعَتِ ٱلْأَصْوَاتُ لِلرَّحْمَـٰنِ فَلَا تَسْمَعُ إِلَّا هَمْسًا

On that Day will they follow the Caller (straight): no crookedness (can they show) him: all sounds shall humble themselves in the Presence of (Allah) Most Gracious: nothing shalt thou hear but the tramp of their feet (as they march).

Occurrences of this form in the Qur’ān, not Lane’s choice of verse. They show the word in use; they do not say which sense above applies. Where more occur than are shown, the shortest āyāt are chosen.

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A low, faint, gentle, or soft, sound. (S, A, Msb, K.) So it has been explained as occurring in the words of the Kur, [xx. 107,] فَلَا تَسْمَعُ إِلَّا هَمْسًا [So that thou shalt not hear aught save] a low, faint, gentle, or soft, sound, arising from the shifting of the feet from place to place towards the scene of congregation [for the general judgment]: or, as Az thinks, the meaning here is, the sound of the patting, or pattering, of the feet ( خَفْقَ الأَقْدَامِ ) upon the ground. (TA.) The faint, or gentle, sound of the voice in the mouth, of such kind as has no mixture of the voice of the chest, nor loudness of utterance. (Lth, K.) See also مَهْمُوسٌ . And Anything low, faint, gentle, or soft, ( كُلُّ خَفِىٍّ , K, TA,) of speech and the like: (TA:) [see again, مَهْمُوسٌ :] or the faintest, or slightest, sound of the feet; (S, K;) i. e., of their tread upon the ground: (TA:) so [accord. to J] in the instance in the Kur, [xx. 107,] mentioned above: (S:) and [in like manner] هَمِيسٌ signifies the sound of the shifting from place to place of the feet of camels. (K.) See also 1.

Nounهَمِيسٌ1 sense

Core sense — the faint sound of treading; a soft-sounding treadgenerated

See form 1, and see هَمْسٌ.

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: see 1: and see هَمْسٌ .

Nounكَلَامٌ مَهْمُوسٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — speech spoken in a low voice; a non-vocal lettergenerated

[Speech spoken inaudibly, or in a low, faint, gentle, or soft way, so as to be hardly intelligible: see form 1: or] speech not spoken out or openly.

1.1a letter pronounced with the breath only, without the voice; a non-vocal letter—حَرْفٌ مَهْمُوسٌ

Or حَرْفُ الهَمْسِ.

A sound with which the breath passes out, not from the voice of the chest, but passing out gently; the opposite of مَجْهُورٌ.

the non-vocal letters, ten in number—الحُرُوفُ المَهْمُوسَةُ

They are the letters comprised in the saying حَثَّهُ شَخْصٌ فَسَكَتْ, so called, according to some, because the stress is made weak in the place where any one of them occurs until the breath has passed out with it.

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[Speech spoken inaudibly: or in a low, faint, gentle, or soft manner, so as to be hardly intelligible: see 1: or] speech not spoken out or openly. (A, * Msb.) حَرْفٌ مَهْمُوسٌ , (Msb,) or حَرْفُ الهَمْسِ , (IJ,) [A letter which is pronounced with the breath only, without the voice; a non-vocal letter; a sound with which the breath passes forth, not from the voice of the chest, but passing forth gently; (IJ;) contr. of مَجْهُورٌ : (Msb:) الحُرُوفُ المَهْمُوسَةُ are the letters (ten in number, S,) which are comprised in the saying حَثَّهُ شَخْصٌ فَسَكَتْ : (S, K: *) so called [accord. to some] because the stress is made weak in the place where any one of them occurs until the breath has passed forth with it. (Sb, S.)