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إِحْساس
feeling /ʔiħˈsaːs/
nounB1#1718 most common
Also: sensation, sense (inner perception), hunch
Example sentences
عِنْدِي إِحْساس جَيِّد.
I have a good feeling.
لَدَيَّ إِحْساس بِالسَّعادَة اليَوم.
I have a feeling of happiness today.
عِنْدَهُ إِحْساس قَوِيّ بِالمَسْؤُولِيَّة.
He has a strong sense of responsibility.
راوَدَنِي إِحْساس غَرِيب عِنْدَما دَخَلْتُ الغُرْفَة.
A strange feeling came over me when I entered the room.
كانَ إِحْساسُها بِالذَّنْب يُلازِمُها طَوالَ اللَّيْل.
Her sense of guilt stayed with her all night.
لا يُمْكِن وَصْفُ ذلِكَ الإِحْساسِ بِالاغْتِراب الَّذِي يَنْتابُ المَرْءَ فِي بِلادٍ غَرِيبَة.
That feeling of alienation which overcomes a person in a foreign land cannot be described.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | إِحْساسٌ | أَحاسِيسُ |
| Genitive | إِحْساسٍ | أَحاسِيسَ |
| Accusative | إِحْساساً | أَحاسِيسَ |
| Vocative | يا إِحْساس | يا أَحاسِيس |
Word family
أَحَسَّto feel, to sense
حاسَّةsense (faculty of perception)
حَسّاسsensitiveمَحْسُوسperceptible, tangible
حَسّsensation, feeling
Etymology
إِحْساس is the form IV verbal noun of أَحَسَّ, meaning to feel or to sense. It is built on the Semitic root ḥ-s-s, which centers on perception through the senses. The word covers both physical sensation and inner emotion.
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