وسوس

Arabic

Etymology

From the reduplicated root و س و س (w s w s).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /was.wa.sa/

Verb

وَسْوَسَ • (waswasa) Iq (non-past يُوَسْوِسُ (yuwaswisu), verbal noun وَسْوَسَة (waswasa) or وَسْوَاس (waswās) or وِسْوَاس (wiswās))

1. to whisper

   Synonym: هَمَسَ (hamasa)

2. (of a devil, demon) to try to seduce or disquiet a person by (or as if by) whispering in his or her ear
3. (figurative) to suggest wicked or foolish things
4. (figurative) to disquiet, cause scruples
5. to clatter

Conjugation

verbal noun الْمَصْدَر						وَسْوَسَة, وَسْوَاس, وِسْوَاس waswasa, waswās, wiswās
active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل						مُوَسْوِس muwaswis
passive participle اِسْم الْمَفْعُول						مُوَسْوَس muwaswas
active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	وَسْوَسْتُ waswastu	وَسْوَسْتَ waswasta	وَسْوَسَ waswasa		وَسْوَسْتُمَا waswastumā	وَسْوَسَا waswasā		وَسْوَسْنَا waswasnā	وَسْوَسْتُمْ waswastum	وَسْوَسُوا waswasū
	f		وَسْوَسْتِ waswasti	وَسْوَسَتْ waswasat			وَسْوَسَتَا waswasatā			وَسْوَسْتُنَّ waswastunna	وَسْوَسْنَ waswasna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أُوَسْوِسُ ʔuwaswisu	تُوَسْوِسُ tuwaswisu	يُوَسْوِسُ yuwaswisu		تُوَسْوِسَانِ tuwaswisāni	يُوَسْوِسَانِ yuwaswisāni		نُوَسْوِسُ nuwaswisu	تُوَسْوِسُونَ tuwaswisūna	يُوَسْوِسُونَ yuwaswisūna
	f		تُوَسْوِسِينَ tuwaswisīna	تُوَسْوِسُ tuwaswisu			تُوَسْوِسَانِ tuwaswisāni			تُوَسْوِسْنَ tuwaswisna	يُوَسْوِسْنَ yuwaswisna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أُوَسْوِسَ ʔuwaswisa	تُوَسْوِسَ tuwaswisa	يُوَسْوِسَ yuwaswisa		تُوَسْوِسَا tuwaswisā	يُوَسْوِسَا yuwaswisā		نُوَسْوِسَ nuwaswisa	تُوَسْوِسُوا tuwaswisū	يُوَسْوِسُوا yuwaswisū
	f		تُوَسْوِسِي tuwaswisī	تُوَسْوِسَ tuwaswisa			تُوَسْوِسَا tuwaswisā			تُوَسْوِسْنَ tuwaswisna	يُوَسْوِسْنَ yuwaswisna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أُوَسْوِسْ ʔuwaswis	تُوَسْوِسْ tuwaswis	يُوَسْوِسْ yuwaswis		تُوَسْوِسَا tuwaswisā	يُوَسْوِسَا yuwaswisā		نُوَسْوِسْ nuwaswis	تُوَسْوِسُوا tuwaswisū	يُوَسْوِسُوا yuwaswisū
	f		تُوَسْوِسِي tuwaswisī	تُوَسْوِسْ tuwaswis			تُوَسْوِسَا tuwaswisā			تُوَسْوِسْنَ tuwaswisna	يُوَسْوِسْنَ yuwaswisna
imperative الْأَمْر	m		وَسْوِسْ waswis			وَسْوِسَا waswisā				وَسْوِسُوا waswisū
	f		وَسْوِسِي waswisī							وَسْوِسْنَ waswisna
passive voice الْفِعْل الْمَجْهُول
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	—	—	وُسْوِسَ wuswisa		—	—		—	—	—
	f		—	—			—			—	—
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	—	—	يُوَسْوَسُ yuwaswasu		—	—		—	—	—
	f		—	—			—			—	—
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	—	—	يُوَسْوَسَ yuwaswasa		—	—		—	—	—
	f		—	—			—			—	—
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	—	—	يُوَسْوَسْ yuwaswas		—	—		—	—	—
	f		—	—			—			—	—

    Conjugation of وَسْوَسَ (Iq, sound, impersonal passive (?), verbal nouns وَسْوَسَة, وَسْوَاس, وِسْوَاس)

Descendants

• Maltese: fesfes

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “وسوس”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen