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حَساء
soup /ħaˈsaːʔ/
nounB1#2464 most common
Also: broth, potage
Example sentences
أُحِبُّ الحَساءَ.
I love soup.
أُمّي تَطْبُخُ حَساءً لَذيذًا كُلَّ يَوْمٍ.
My mother cooks delicious soup every day.
شَرِبْتُ حَساءَ الدَّجاجِ لأَنَّني مَريضٌ.
I drank chicken soup because I am sick.
يُقَدَّمُ الحَساءُ السَّاخِنُ عادَةً كَطَبَقٍ أَوَّلٍ في الْمَطاعِمِ الفَرَنْسِيَّةِ.
Hot soup is usually served as a first course in French restaurants.
عَلى الرَّغْمِ مِنْ بَساطَةِ مُكَوِّناتِهِ، يَبْقى الحَساءُ التَّقْليدِيُّ رَمْزًا لِلدِّفْءِ العائِلِيِّ في فَصْلِ الشِّتاءِ.
Despite the simplicity of its ingredients, traditional soup remains a symbol of family warmth in winter.
لَمْ يَكُنِ الحَساءُ الَّذي أَعَدَّتْهُ الجَدَّةُ مُجَرَّدَ طَعامٍ، بَلْ كانَ طَقْسًا يُعيدُ إِحْياءَ ذِكْرَياتِ الطُّفولَةِ كُلَّما تَصاعَدَ بُخارُهُ.
The soup grandmother made was not merely food, but a ritual that revived childhood memories whenever its steam rose.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | حَساءٌ | أَحْسِيَةٌ |
| Genitive | حَساءٍ | أَحْسِيَةٍ |
| Accusative | حَساءً | أَحْسِيَةً |
| Vocative | يا حَساءُ | يا أَحْسِيَةُ |
Word family
حَساto sip, to drink slowly
حَسْوةa single sip or spoonful
حَسَّىto spoon-feed soup or liquid food to someone, especially the sick
مِحْساةa bowl or vessel for soup
Etymology
حَساء comes from the Arabic root ح-س-و (ḥ-s-w), which carries the sense of sipping or drinking something in small amounts. The noun follows the فَعال pattern, which often names the result or object of an action, so حَساء literally denotes the thing that is sipped. This is a native Semitic formation, not connected to Indo-European vocabulary.
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