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Hebrew
Etymology
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) (pa'al construction)
- 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.
- (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
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