حساسية

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Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ح س س (ḥ s s)
12 terms

Relative noun (nisba) composed of حَسَّاس (ḥassās, sensitive) +‎ ـِيَّة (-iyya).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ħa.saː.sij.ja/
  • IPA(key): /ħa.saː.si.ja/, /ħas.saː.sij.ja/ (less common)

Noun

حَسَاسِيَّة (ḥasāsiyyaf
حَسَاسِيَة or حَسَّاسِيَّة (ḥasāsiya or ḥassāsiyyaf (less common)

  1. sensitivity to stimuli; receptiveness; responsiveness; reactivity
  2. psychological sensitivity; fragility; tenderness
    • 2018, وَجْدِيّ الْأَهْدَل, أرض المؤامرات السعيدة, Bayrūt: Nawfal / Hachette Antoine, →ISBN, page 15:
      اِعْتِبَارَاتٌ غَبِيَّةٌ وَوَهْمِيَّةٌ مَنَعَتْنِي مِنِ ٱقْتِنَاءِ سَيَّارَةٍ رَشِيقَةٍ مِنْ أَحْدَثِ ٱلْمُودِيلَاتِ. كُنْتُ أَخْشَى مِنَ ٱلْقِيلِ وَٱلْقَالِ، وَأَنْ أُتَّهَمَ بِأَنَّنِي بَدَّلْتُ جِلْدِي. حَسَاسِيَّتِي ٱلْمُفْرِطَةُ مِنْ أَنْ تَظْهَرَ آثَارُ ٱلنِّعْمَةِ عَلَيَّ لَا مَعْنَى لَهَا، وَالِدِي ٱلشُّيُوعِيُّ ٱلْمُتَزَمِّتُ تُوُفِّيَ، وَٱلْمُجْتَمَعُ تَغَيَّرَتْ أَفْكَارُهُ كَثِيرًا، []
      iʕtibārātun ḡabiyyatun wawahmiyyatun manaʕatnī mini qtināʔi sayyāratin rašīqatin min ʔaḥdaṯi l-mūdīlāti. kuntu ʔaḵšā mina l-qīli wal-qāli, waʔan ʔuttahama biʔannanī baddaltu jildī. ḥasāsiyyatī l-mufriṭatu min ʔan taẓhara ʔāṯāru n-niʕmati ʕalayya lā maʕnā lahā, wālidī š-šuyūʕiyyu l-mutazammitu tuwuffiya, wal-mujtamaʕu taḡayyarat ʔafkāruhu kaṯīran, []
      Stupid and delirious considerations held me back from getting some elegant automobile of the newest model. I had fear of gossips and hearsay, of rumors being noised about, of being accused of shedding my skin. My hypersensitivity to having apparent signs and evidences of luxury had no meaning: my staunch communist father was gone, and the ideas of this society had changed much.
  3. (medicine) physiological sensitivity to an agent; allergy
Declension

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

حَسَّاسِيَّة (ḥassāsiyyaf

  1. feminine singular of حَسَّاسِيّ (ḥassāsiyy)

Hijazi Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic حَسَاسِيَّة (ḥasāsiyya).

Pronunciation

Noun

حساسية (ḥasāsiyyaf (plural حساسيات (ḥasāsiyyāt))

  1. allergy
    عندي حساسية من الحليب
    ʕindi ḥasāsiyya min al-bēḍ
    I am allergic to milk.
    (literally, “I have an allergy of milk.”)