хумус

Scientific term, ultimately from Latin humus (“ground, earth”). Akin to the native Bulgarian земя́ (zemjá, “earth”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈxumos]

ху́мус • (húmus) m

1. (uncountable) humus (organic part of the soil)

• пръст (prǎst, “soil, dirt”)
• по́чва (póčva, “soil”)

• “хумус”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “хумус”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

• IPA^(key): [ˈxumus]

хумус • (humus) m

1. humus
2. hummus

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хумус (humus) (Sosva)

1. (interrogative) how?

   Хумус о̄лэ̄гын? ― Humus ōlè̄gyn? ― How are you? ^[1]

• Afanasʹjeva, K. V., Sobjanina, S. A. (2012) “хумус”, in Školʹnyj mansijsko-russkij slovarʹ [Mansi-Russian school dictionary], Khanty-Mansiysk: RIO IRO

Ultimately from Arabic حُمُّص (ḥummuṣ), possibly via or reinforced by Hebrew חוּמוּס (khumus).

• IPA^(key): [ˈxumʊs]

ху́мус • (xúmus) m inan (genitive ху́муса, nominative plural ху́мусы, genitive plural ху́мусов)

1. (usually uncountable) hummus
2. (usually uncountable, Israel) chickpeas

Borrowed from Latin humus.

• IPA^(key): /xǔːmus/
• Hyphenation: ху‧мус

ху́мус m inan (Latin spelling húmus)

1. humus