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مَهْوُوس
obsessed /mahˈwuːs/
nounB1#2451 most common
Also: fanatic, enthusiast, maniac
Example sentences
هُوَ مَهْووسٌ بِكُرَةِ القَدَم.
He is obsessed with football.
أُخْتي مَهْووسَةٌ بِالأَفْلامِ الكَرْتونِيَّة.
My sister is obsessed with cartoons.
أَصْبَحَ صَديقي مَهْووساً بِلُعْبَةٍ إِلِكْتْرونِيَّةٍ جَديدَة.
My friend became obsessed with a new video game.
يَعْتَقِدُ بَعْضُ النَّاسِ أَنَّ كَوْنَهُ مَهْووساً بِالعَمَلِ يُؤَثِّرُ عَلى صِحَّتِهِ النَّفْسِيَّة.
Some people believe that his being obsessed with work affects his mental health.
المَهْووسونَ بِالتِّكْنولوجيا غالِباً ما يَكونونَ أَوَّلَ مَنْ يُجَرِّبُ الأَجْهِزَةَ الجَديدَة.
Tech fanatics are often the first to try out new devices.
لَمْ يَكُنِ اهْتِمامُهُ بِالتَّفاصيلِ سِوى مَظْهَرٍ مِنْ مَظاهِرِ شَخْصِيَّةٍ مَهْووسَةٍ بِالكَمالِ لا تَرْضى بِأَقَلَّ مِنَ الإِتْقانِ التَّامّ.
His attention to detail was just one facet of a personality obsessed with perfection, one that would settle for nothing less than complete mastery.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | مَهْووسٌ | مَهْووسونَ |
| Genitive | مَهْووسٍ | مَهْووسينَ |
| Accusative | مَهْووساً | مَهْووسينَ |
| Vocative | يا مَهْووسُ | يا مَهْووسونَ |
Word family
هَوَسobsession, mania, craze
هَوِسَto become obsessed, to be crazy about
هَوَّسَto drive someone crazy, to make someone obsessed
مَهْووسَةobsessed (feminine)
مَهْووسونfanatics, enthusiasts (masculine plural)
Etymology
The word comes from the Arabic root ه-و-س (h-w-s), which carries the sense of mania, craze, or loss of self-control through fixation. The verb هَوِسَ means to become obsessed or crazed about something, and مَهْووس is its passive participle, meaning one seized or gripped by that state. The pattern doubles the root's own و with the participle's long ū, giving the word its distinctive elongated middle sound.
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