חדש

Hebrew

Etymology 1

Root
ח־ד־שׁ (kh-d-sh)
9 terms

Related to Arabic حَدِيث (ḥadīṯ) and Amharic አዲስ (ʾäddis). Ultimately from Proto-Semitic *ḥdṯ- (to be new).

Pronunciation

Adjective

חָדָשׁ • (khadásh) (feminine חֲדָשָׁה, masculine plural חֲדָשִׁים, feminine plural חֲדָשׁוֹת) [pattern: קָטָל]

  1. new, recently made
  2. new, current, recent (as opposed to former)
Antonyms
  • (antonym(s) of new): ישן (yashán)
  • (antonym(s) of current): ישן (yashán)
Derived terms
References

Noun

חָדָשׁ • (khadáshm (no plural forms, singular construct חדש־) (uncountable)

  1. (Judaism) grain from a new crop
Further reading

Etymology 2

From Proto-Semitic *ḥdṯ-.

Verb

חִדֵּשׁ • (khidésh) (pi'el construction)

  1. defective spelling of חידש.

Verb

חַדֵּשׁ • (khadésh)

  1. masculine singular imperative of חידש / חִדֵּשׁ (khidésh)

Etymology 3

Noun

חֹדֶשׁ • (khódeshm (plural indefinite חֳדָשִׁים, singular construct חֹדֶשׁ־, plural construct חׇדְשֵׁי־)

  1. defective spelling of חודש.

Yiddish

Etymology

From Hebrew חדש.

Noun

חדש • (khodesh)

  1. new

References

  • Steven A. Jacobson (1998) A Guide to the More Common Hebraic Words in Yiddish, 5th edition, Fairbanks, AK: National Yiddish Book Center, →ISBN, page 64