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Etymological Dictionary of Arabic
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HMS همس 
ID … • Sw – • BP – • APD … • © SG | 15Feb2021
√HMS 
“root” 
▪ HMS_1 ‘to mumble, mutter, whisper’ ↗hamasa
▪ HMS_2 ‘…’ ↗…

♦ Semantic value spectrum in ClassAr (acc. to BAH2008): ‘1 to whisper, mumble, mutter; 2 to squeeze, move stealthily’ 
▪ Of the two values mentioned for ClassAr in BAH2008 and for Sem in DRS 5, only one is still found in MSA. 
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▪ DRS 5 (1995)#HMS-1 Hbr *hāmas ‘imaginer’, TargAram hammes ‘réfléchir’, Syr hᵉmas ‘penser; se diriger vers’, Ar hamasa ‘marmotter, parler bas; mastiquer sans ouvrir la bouche’, hams ‘son très léger, secret’, EgAr hamas ‘toucher légèrement; chuchoter’, hamsaẗ ‘chuchotement; instant’. -2 Hbr hᵃmāsīm (pl.) ‘petit bois, branchages’. 
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hamas‑ هَمَسَ , i (hams) 
ID 895 • Sw – • BP 3461 • APD … • © SG | 15Feb2021
√HMS 
vb., I 
to mumble, mutter; to whisper (bi‑ s.th., ʔilà to s.o.) – WehrCowan1979. 
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▪ eC7 hams (whispering, muttering, faint murmur) Q 20:108 wa-ḫašaʕat-i ’l-ʔaṣwāṭu lil-raḥmāni fa-lā tasmaʕu ʔillā hamsan ‘voices will be hushed for the Lord of Mercy, so you will hear only whispering’ 
▪ DRS 5 (1995)#HMS-1 Hbr *hāmas ‘imaginer’, TargAram hammes ‘réfléchir’, Syr hᵉmas ‘penser; se diriger vers’, Ar hamasa ‘marmotter, parler bas; mastiquer sans ouvrir la bouche’, hams ‘son très léger, secret’, EgAr hamas ‘toucher légèrement; chuchoter’, hamsaẗ ‘chuchotement; instant’.
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► hamasa fī ʔuḏni-hī, vb. I, to whisper in s.o.’s ear

► tahāmasa, vb. VI, to whisper together, exchange whispered remarks: tL-stem, recip.
► BP#4458hams, n., mutter(ing), mumble; whisper(ing): vn. I.
► hamsaẗ, n.f., pianissimo of a singer; whisper; pl. hamasāt, whispering, whispers: n.un. (?)
► hawāmisᵘ, n.pl., mumbled or whispered words: pl. of an obsol. PA *hāmis (?).
► mahmūs, adj., voiceless, unvoices (sound; phon.); pl. ‑āt, voiceless sounds: PP I.
 
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