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حَدْس
intuition /ˈħads/
nounB2#3518 most common
Also: hunch, conjecture, guess
Example sentences
عِنْدِي حَدْسٌ جَيِّدٌ.
I have good intuition.
حَدْسِي يَقُولُ إِنَّهُ سَيَنْجَحُ.
My intuition tells me he will succeed.
اِعْتَمَدَتْ عَلَى حَدْسِهَا فِي اتِّخَاذِ القَرَارِ.
She relied on her intuition in making the decision.
أَحْيَانًا يَكُونُ الحَدْسُ أَدَقَّ مِنَ التَّحْلِيلِ المَنْطِقِيِّ.
Sometimes intuition is more accurate than logical analysis.
يُشِيرُ حَدْسُ العُلَمَاءِ إِلَى وُجُودِ رَابِطٍ بَيْنَ الظَّاهِرَتَيْنِ رَغْمَ غِيَابِ الأَدِلَّةِ القَاطِعَةِ.
The scientists' intuition points to a link between the two phenomena despite the lack of conclusive evidence.
لَا يُمْكِنُ الاسْتِغْنَاءُ عَنِ الحَدْسِ فِي العَمَلِيَّةِ الإِبْدَاعِيَّةِ، وَإِنْ كَانَ يَنْبَغِي أَنْ يُكَمَّلَ بِالمَنْهَجِيَّةِ العِلْمِيَّةِ الصَّارِمَةِ.
Intuition cannot be dispensed with in the creative process, even though it should be complemented by rigorous scientific method.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | حَدْسٌ | حُدُوسٌ |
| Genitive | حَدْسٍ | حُدُوسٍ |
| Accusative | حَدْساً | حُدُوساً |
| Vocative | يَا حَدْسُ | يَا حُدُوسُ |
Word family
حَدَسَto guess, conjecture, intuit
حَدْسِيّintuitive
حَدْسِيّاًintuitively
حَدَّاسa shrewd guesser, one with strong intuition
Etymology
The word comes from the Arabic triliteral root ح-د-س (h-d-s), which carries the sense of guessing or forming a quick judgment without full proof. The verb حَدَسَ means to guess or conjecture, and حَدْس is its verbal noun, denoting the faculty or act of intuition itself. Arabic is a Semitic language, so it has no Indo-European root or cognates.
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