تحسّس

Root: حس

Form: 5

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تحسّسV He listened to the discourse of people: accord. to Aboo-Mo'ádh, it is similar to تَسَمَّعَ and تَبَصَّرَ: or he sought repeatedly, or time after time, to know a thing, by the sense (الحاسة) [of hearing &c.]: or he sought after, or sought after repeatedly, or time after time, news, or tidings, of a people, in a good cause; تجسّس signifying the doing the same in an evil cause: A'Obeyd says, you say, تَحَسَّسْتُ الخَبَرَ and تَجَسَّسْتُهُ; and Sh says that تَنَدَّسْتُهُ is similar to it; and IAar, that تَحَسَّسْتُ الخَبَرَ and تَبَجَّسْتُهُ [but this is app. a mistranscription for تَبَحَّثْتُهُ] signify the same. You say also, تحسّس مِنَ الشَّيْءِ He asked, or inquired, after news, or tidings, of the thing. And تحسّس فُلَانًا, and مِنْ فُلَانٍ, He inquired, or sought for information, respecting such a one; as also تجسّس: or the former signifies he sought after him for himself; and the latter, “ he sought after him for another. ” (TA, art. جس.) The passage in which it occurs in the Kur xii. 87, has been differently interpreted, accord. to the several explanations here given.

def.2 See also 7.

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