חש

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
ח־ו־שׁ (kh-w-sh)
5 terms

From the root ח־שׁ \ ח־ו־שׁ (“kh-sh / kh-v-sh”). Cognate with Arabic حَسَّ (ḥassa, “to sense, to feel”).

Pronunciation

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /χaʃ/

Verb

חָשׁ • (khash) (pa'al construction)

1. To sense, to feel: to have a sense, to experience a sensation.
   • 2011 July 4, רן לוי (Ran Levi), "השד של הופמן: על גילוי סם האל־אס־די" (hashéd shél hófman: ál gilúi sám ha'él.és.dí, “Hoffman's demon: on the discovery of the drug LSD”), in Ynet:

     כששכב במיטה חש כאילו הוא חולם, למרות שידע שהוא ער.

     k'sheshakháv bamitá khásh k'ílu hú kholém, lamrót sheyadá shehú ér.

     As he lay in bed he felt as though he were dreaming, despite knowing that he was awake.

2. (slang) to have a high sense of self, to overestimate one's worth, to think highly of oneself, to overween [with את and עצם (+ possessive suffix)]

Conjugation

Conjugation of חָשׁ (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs)

non-finite forms		to-infinitive		לָחוּשׁ
		action noun		חִישָׁה
finite forms		singular		plural
		m	f	m	f
past	first	חַשְׁתִּי		חַשְׁנוּ
	second	חַשְׁתָּ	חַשְׁתְּ	חַשְׁתֶּם	חַשְׁתֶּן
	third	חָשׁ	חָשָׁה	חָשׁוּ
present		חָשׁ	חָשָׁה	חָשִׁים	חָשׁוֹת
future	first	אָחוּשׁ		נָחוּשׁ
	second	תָּחוּשׁ	תָּחוּשִׁי	תָּחוּשׁוּ	תחושנה / תָּחֹשְׁנָה1
	third	יָחוּשׁ	תָּחוּשׁ	יָחוּשׁוּ	תחושנה / תָּחֹשְׁנָה1
imperative		חוּשׁ	חוּשִׁי	חוּשׁוּ	חושנה / חֹשְׁנָה1

¹ Rare in Modern Hebrew.

Related terms

• חוש (khúsh)