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حَماس
enthusiasm /ħaˈmaːs/
nounB2#4061 most common
Also: zeal, fervor, passion (for a cause)
Example sentences
هُوَ يَعْمَلُ بِحَماسٍ.
He works with enthusiasm.
الطُّلّابُ عِنْدَهُمْ حَماسٌ كَبِيرٌ لِلدِّراسَةِ.
The students have great enthusiasm for studying.
أَظْهَرَ الفَرِيقُ حَماساً شَدِيداً خِلالَ المُباراةِ.
The team showed intense enthusiasm during the match.
بِالرَّغْمِ مِنَ التَّعَبِ، حافَظَ المُتَطَوِّعُونَ عَلَى حَماسِهِمْ حَتَّى نِهايَةِ الحَمْلَةِ.
Despite the fatigue, the volunteers kept their enthusiasm until the end of the campaign.
تَراجَعَ حَماسُ النَّاخِبِينَ بَعْدَ سِلْسِلَةٍ مِنَ الوُعُودِ غَيْرِ المُحَقَّقَةِ.
The voters' enthusiasm declined after a series of unfulfilled promises.
عَلى الرَّغْمِ مِنَ التَّشْكِيكِ الواسِعِ، لَمْ يَفْتُرْ حَماسُ المُسْتَثْمِرِينَ تِجاهَ التِّقْنِيَّةِ النّاشِئَةِ.
Despite widespread skepticism, investors' enthusiasm for the emerging technology did not wane.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | حَماسٌ | حَماسَاتٌ |
| Genitive | حَماسٍ | حَماسَاتٍ |
| Accusative | حَماساً | حَماسَاتٍ |
| Vocative | يا حَماسُ | يا حَماسَاتُ |
Word family
حَمِسَto become enthusiastic, ardent
تَحَمَّسَto get fired up, grow enthusiastic
مُتَحَمِّسenthusiastic
حَماسَةenthusiasm, zeal (variant form)
حَماسِيّrousing, stirring, full of zeal
Etymology
Hamās comes from the triliteral Arabic root ḥ-m-s, which in Classical Arabic denoted firmness, harshness, and courage under strain, especially bravery in battle. Over centuries the sense narrowed and softened into strong eagerness or zeal for a cause or activity. Arabic is a Semitic language, not Indo-European, so it has no Proto-Indo-European root.
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