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iḥtasaā

drink, sip

اِحْتَسَىَ

Word

Verb · Form VIII

Root

ح س ي

Forms

Present
يَحْتَسِي

In the library

قلت: لست من الشعر والشعراء في شيء، وأكره أن أخطو على دحض ، وأحتسي غير محض.

Enjoyment and Conviviality, page 102 →
Conjugation
Person PastPresent
he هُوَ اِحْتَسَىيَحْتَسِي
she هِيَ اِحْتَسَتتَحْتَسِي
they two (m.) هُما اِحْتَسَيايَحْتَسِيانِ
they two (f.) هُما اِحْتَسَتاتَحْتَسِيانِ
they (m.) هُمْ اِحْتَسَوْايَحْتَسُونَ
they (f.) هُنَّ اِحْتَسَيْنَيَحْتَسِينَ
you (m.) أَنْتَ اِحْتَسَيْتَتَحْتَسِي
you (f.) أَنْتِ اِحْتَسَيْتِتَحْتَسِينَ
you two أَنْتُما اِحْتَسَيْتُماتَحْتَسِيانِ
you (m. pl.) أَنْتُمْ اِحْتَسَيْتُمتَحْتَسُونَ
you (f. pl.) أَنْتُنَّ اِحْتَسَيْتُنَّتَحْتَسِينَ
I أَنا اِحْتَسَيْتُأَحْتَسِي
we نَحْنُ اِحْتَسَيْنانَحْتَسِي

From the same root

All words from ح س ي →

Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 8 entries
  • حَسَى حِسْيًا Form I I knew the news certainly; or knew somewhat of the news
    : see 8. -A2- حَسِيتُ الخَبَرَ i. q. حَسِسْتُ [i. e. I knew the news certainly; or knew somewhat of the news; see 4 in art. حس]; as also الخَبَرَ ↓ أَحْسَيْتُ. (S, TA.) And حَسِىَ مَا فِى نَفْسِهِ He knew what was in his mind; as also ↓ احتساهُ. (K.) One says also, مِنْ ↓ هَلِ ٱحْتَسَيْتَ فُلَانٍ شَيْيأًا, meaning Hast thou found, or discovered, [or learned,] anything from such a one? (Az, TA.)
  • أَحْسَىَ Form IV Open entry
    see 1.
  • احتسى Form VIII He dug out the sand from a حِسْى to procure the water beneath
    He dug out the sand from a حِسْى to procure the water beneath: (S:) he dug out the earth for the water to come forth: (TA:) and احتسى حِسْيًا (T, K) he fetched out, by digging, the water of a حِسْى; so as heard by Az from more than one of Benoo-Temeem: (TA:) or he dug a حِسْى; as also ↓ حَسَاهُ. (K.) ― -b2- [Hence,] (assumed tropical:) He asked, or sought, information, news, or tidings. (TA.) ― -b3- See also 1, in two places.
  • حَسْىٌ Open entry
    : see what next follows.
  • حِسْىٌ Water which the earth imbibes from sand
    (T, S, K) and ↓ حِسًى (Ahmad Ibn-Yahyà, AAF, K) and ↓ حَسْىٌ, accord. to the K, but this is unknown, and the correct word is حَسًا, [or rather ↓ حَسًى,] mentioned by IAar, (TA,) Water which the earth imbibes from sand [above it], and which, when it reaches what is hard, is arrested thereby: one digs out the sand from over it, and draws it forth: (S:) or accumulated sand, beneath which is hard rock, so that, when the sand is rained upon, it imbibes the water of the rain, which, reaching the rock beneath, is arrested thereby, and the sand prevents the heat of the sun from drying up the water; wherefore, when the heat is vehement, the upper portion of the sand is dug out from over the water, and it wells forth, cold and sweet, and is taken by little and little: (Az, TA:) or soft, or plain, ground, in which water remains and collects: or rugged ground, over which is sand, that collects the rainwater; so that whenever a bucketful is drawn forth, another collects: (K, TA:) so in the M: (TA:) pl. [of pauc.] أَحْسَآءٌ (S, K) and [of mult.] حِسَآءٌ: (K:) أَحْسَآءٌ is syn. with كِرَارٌ. (S.) [See also حَشْرَجٌ.] ― -b2- حِسْىٌ also signifies A small quantity of water; and so ↓ حَسَآءٌ. (Th, TA.)
  • حَسًى Open entry
    : see حِسْىٌ.
  • حِسًى Open entry
    : see حِسْىٌ.
  • حَسَآءٌ Open entry
    : see حِسْىٌ.

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