هدس

Arabic
هَدَس

Etymology

From Hebrew הֲדַס‎ (hăḏás, “myrtle”). Jewish Aramaic הֲדַסַא‎‎ (hăḏasā, “myrtle”) is likely itself a Hebraism.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ha.das/

Noun

هَدَس • (hadas) m

  1. (Yemen, Oman) myrtle (Myrtus gen. et spp.)
    Synonyms: آس‎ (ʾās), رَيْحَان‎ (rayḥān), مَرْسِين‎ (marsīn), قُمَام‎ (qumām)

Declension
Declension of noun هَدَس (hadas)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal هَدَس
hadas		 الْهَدَس‎
al-hadas		 هَدَس
hadas
Nominative هَدَسٌ
hadasun		 الْهَدَسُ‎
al-hadasu		 هَدَسُ
hadasu
Accusative هَدَسًا‎
hadasan		 الْهَدَسَ‎
al-hadasa		 هَدَسَ
hadasa
Genitive هَدَسٍ
hadasin		 الْهَدَسِ‎
al-hadasi		 هَدَسِ
hadasi

Descendants
  • → Amharic: ኣደስ (ʾadäs), አደስ (ʾädäs)
  • → Ge'ez: አደስ (ʾädäs)
  • → Swahili: mhadasi
  • → Tigrinya: ኣደስ (ʾadäs)

Further reading
  • Schönig, Hanne (2002) Schminken, Düfte und Räucherwerk der Jemenitinnen: Lexikon der Substanzen, Utensilien und Techniken (Beiruter Texte und Studien; 91)‎, Würzburg: Ergon-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 84–85
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