حماض

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ح م ض‎ (ḥ-m-ḍ) as حَامِض‎ m (ḥāmiḍ, “sour”), حَمْض‎ m (ḥamḍ, “acid”; in Moroccan Arabic “lemon”).

Noun

حُمَّاض • (ḥummāḍ) m

  1. sorrel
  2. (possibly obsolete) citron pulp

Declension
Declension of noun حُمَّاض (ḥummāḍ)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal حُمَّاض
ḥummāḍ		 الْحُمَّاض‎
al-ḥummāḍ		 حُمَّاض
ḥummāḍ
Nominative حُمَّاضٌ
ḥummāḍun		 الْحُمَّاضُ‎
al-ḥummāḍu		 حُمَّاضُ
ḥummāḍu
Accusative حُمَّاضًا‎
ḥummāḍan		 الْحُمَّاضَ‎
al-ḥummāḍa		 حُمَّاضَ
ḥummāḍa
Genitive حُمَّاضٍ
ḥummāḍin		 الْحُمَّاضِ‎
al-ḥummāḍi		 حُمَّاضِ
ḥummāḍi

Derived terms
  • حُمَّاض بُسْتَانِيّ‎ (ḥummāḍ bustāniyy, “sorrel”)
  • حُمَّاض أَسْفَانَاخِيّ‎ (ḥummāḍ ʾasfānāḵiyy, “sorrel”)
  • حُمَّاضِيَّة‎ (ḥummāḍiyya, “medieval stew made with citron; Oxalidaceae”)

Further reading
  • Wehr, Hans (1979), “حماض”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
  • Maxime Rodinson, ‎Arthur John Arberry, Charles Perry, الطبيخ العربي في العصور الوسطى / Medieval Arab Cookery (2001)
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