هويس

Arabic

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ha.wiːs/

Etymology 1

Originally Egyptian Arabic, from Ottoman Turkish حوض (havız), from Arabic حَوْض (ḥawḍ).

Alternative forms

هَاوِيس (hāwīs)

Noun

هَوِيس • (hawīs) m (plural أَهْوِسَة (ʔahwisa) or هَوِيسَات (hawīsāt))

lock of water, sluice
Coordinate term: خَوْخَة (ḵawḵa)

Declension

Declension of noun **هَوِيس** (hawīs)
singular	basic singular triptote
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	هَوِيس hawīs	الْهَوِيس al-hawīs	هَوِيس hawīs
nominative	هَوِيسٌ hawīsun	الْهَوِيسُ al-hawīsu	هَوِيسُ hawīsu
accusative	هَوِيسًا hawīsan	الْهَوِيسَ al-hawīsa	هَوِيسَ hawīsa
genitive	هَوِيسٍ hawīsin	الْهَوِيسِ al-hawīsi	هَوِيسِ hawīsi
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	هَوِيسَيْن hawīsayn	الْهَوِيسَيْن al-hawīsayn	هَوِيسَيْ hawīsay
nominative	هَوِيسَانِ hawīsāni	الْهَوِيسَانِ al-hawīsāni	هَوِيسَا hawīsā
accusative	هَوِيسَيْنِ hawīsayni	الْهَوِيسَيْنِ al-hawīsayni	هَوِيسَيْ hawīsay
genitive	هَوِيسَيْنِ hawīsayni	الْهَوِيسَيْنِ al-hawīsayni	هَوِيسَيْ hawīsay
plural	broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a)‎; sound feminine plural
plural	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	أَهْوِسَة‎; هَوِيسَات ʔahwisa‎; hawīsāt	الْأَهْوِسَة‎; الْهَوِيسَات al-ʔahwisa‎; al-hawīsāt	أَهْوِسَة‎; هَوِيسَات ʔahwisat‎; hawīsāt
nominative	أَهْوِسَةٌ‎; هَوِيسَاتٌ ʔahwisatun‎; hawīsātun	الْأَهْوِسَةُ‎; الْهَوِيسَاتُ al-ʔahwisatu‎; al-hawīsātu	أَهْوِسَةُ‎; هَوِيسَاتُ ʔahwisatu‎; hawīsātu
accusative	أَهْوِسَةً‎; هَوِيسَاتٍ ʔahwisatan‎; hawīsātin	الْأَهْوِسَةَ‎; الْهَوِيسَاتِ al-ʔahwisata‎; al-hawīsāti	أَهْوِسَةَ‎; هَوِيسَاتِ ʔahwisata‎; hawīsāti
genitive	أَهْوِسَةٍ‎; هَوِيسَاتٍ ʔahwisatin‎; hawīsātin	الْأَهْوِسَةِ‎; الْهَوِيسَاتِ al-ʔahwisati‎; al-hawīsāti	أَهْوِسَةِ‎; هَوِيسَاتِ ʔahwisati‎; hawīsāti

Etymology 2

Root
ه و س (h w s)
7 terms

Noun

هَوِيس • (hawīs) m

(rare) notion, fancy

Declension

Declension of noun **هَوِيس** (hawīs)
singular	basic singular triptote
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	هَوِيس hawīs	الْهَوِيس al-hawīs	هَوِيس hawīs
nominative	هَوِيسٌ hawīsun	الْهَوِيسُ al-hawīsu	هَوِيسُ hawīsu
accusative	هَوِيسًا hawīsan	الْهَوِيسَ al-hawīsa	هَوِيسَ hawīsa
genitive	هَوِيسٍ hawīsin	الْهَوِيسِ al-hawīsi	هَوِيسِ hawīsi

References

Hinds, Martin, Badawi, El-Said (1986) A Dictionary of Egyptian Arabic‎^[1], Beirut: Librairie du Liban, page 916a
Littmann, Enno (1954) “Türkisches Sprachgut im Ägyptisch-Arabischen”, in Fritz Meier, editor, Westöstliche Abhandlungen : Rudolf Tschudi zum 70. Geburtstag überreicht von Freunden und Schülern‎^[2], Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, →DOI, page 126
Vollers, Karl (1897) “Beiträge zur Kenntniss der lebenden arabischen Sprache in Aegypten”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft‎^[3] (in German), volume 51, page 310
Wehr, Hans (1979) “هويس”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 1217a