חש

Hebrew

Etymology
Root
ח־ו־שׁ (ḥ-w-š)

From the root ח־שׁ \ ח־ו־שׁ (“kh-sh / kh-v-sh”). Cognate with Arabic حَسَّ (ḥassa, “to sense, to feel”).

Verb

חָשׁ • (khásh) third-singular masculine past (pa'al construction)

  1. To sense, to feel: to have a sense, to experience a sensation.
    • 2011 July 4, רן לוי (Ran Levi), "השד של הופמן: על גילוי סם האל־אס־די" (hashéd shél hófman: ál gilúi sám ha'él.és.dí, “Hoffman's demon: on the discovery of the drug LSD”), in Ynet:
      כששכב במיטה חש כאילו הוא חולם, למרות שידע שהוא ער.
      k'sheshakháv bamitá khásh k'ílu hú kholém, lamrót sheyadá shehú ér.
      As he lay in bed he felt as though he were dreaming, despite knowing that he was awake.
  2. (slang) (with reflexive עצמי) to have a high sense of self, to overestimate one's worth. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Conjugation
Conjugation of חָשׁ (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs) 
non-finite forms
  • to-infinitive: לָחוּשׁ
  • action noun: חִישָׁה
finite forms singular plural
m. f. m. f.
past first חַשְׁתִּיחַשְׁנוּ
second חַשְׁתָּחַשְׁתְּחַשְׁתֶּםחַשְׁתֶּן
third חָשׁחָשָׁהחָשׁוּ
present חָשׁחָשָׁהחָשִׁיםחָשׁוֹת
future first אָחוּשׁנָחוּשׁ
second תָּחוּשׁתָּחוּשִׁיתָּחוּשׁוּתחושנה / תָּחֹשְׁנָה1
third יָחוּשׁתָּחוּשׁיָחוּשׁוּתחושנה / תָּחֹשְׁנָה1
imperative חוּשׁחוּשִׁיחוּשׁוּחושנה / חֹשְׁנָה1
notes
  1. Rare in Modern Hebrew.
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