حريش
Arabic
Etymology
Not from the root ح ر ش (ḥ r š) related to “scratching” and “instigating” but from Ge'ez ሐሪሥ (ḥäriś, “rhinoceros”). Doublet of حُرْش (ḥurš, “forest”), see Hebrew חֹרֶשׁ (ḥóreš, “grove, thicket”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ħa.riːʃ/
Noun
حَرِيش • (ḥarīš) m (plural حُرُش (ḥuruš))
- rhinoceros
- Synonym: كَرْكَدَّن (karkaddan)
- earwig
- centipede
- Synonym: أُمّ أَرْبَعَة وَأَرْبَعِين (ʔumm ʔarbaʕa waʔarbaʕīn)
- unicorn
- ellipsis of حَرِيش الْبَحْر (ḥarīš al-baḥr, “sea unicorn, narwhal”)
- Synonym: كَرْكَدَّن (karkaddan)
Declension
| singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | حَرِيش ḥarīš |
الْحَرِيش al-ḥarīš |
حَرِيش ḥarīš |
| nominative | حَرِيشٌ ḥarīšun |
الْحَرِيشُ al-ḥarīšu |
حَرِيشُ ḥarīšu |
| accusative | حَرِيشًا ḥarīšan |
الْحَرِيشَ al-ḥarīša |
حَرِيشَ ḥarīša |
| genitive | حَرِيشٍ ḥarīšin |
الْحَرِيشِ al-ḥarīši |
حَرِيشِ ḥarīši |
| dual | indefinite | definite | construct |
| informal | حَرِيشَيْن ḥarīšayn |
الْحَرِيشَيْن al-ḥarīšayn |
حَرِيشَيْ ḥarīšay |
| nominative | حَرِيشَانِ ḥarīšāni |
الْحَرِيشَانِ al-ḥarīšāni |
حَرِيشَا ḥarīšā |
| accusative | حَرِيشَيْنِ ḥarīšayni |
الْحَرِيشَيْنِ al-ḥarīšayni |
حَرِيشَيْ ḥarīšay |
| genitive | حَرِيشَيْنِ ḥarīšayni |
الْحَرِيشَيْنِ al-ḥarīšayni |
حَرِيشَيْ ḥarīšay |
| plural | basic broken plural triptote | ||
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | حُرُش ḥuruš |
الْحُرُش al-ḥuruš |
حُرُش ḥuruš |
| nominative | حُرُشٌ ḥurušun |
الْحُرُشُ al-ḥurušu |
حُرُشُ ḥurušu |
| accusative | حُرُشًا ḥurušan |
الْحُرُشَ al-ḥuruša |
حُرُشَ ḥuruša |
| genitive | حُرُشٍ ḥurušin |
الْحُرُشِ al-ḥuruši |
حُرُشِ ḥuruši |
References
- Nöldeke, Theodor (1910) Neue Beiträge zur semitischen Sprachwissenschaft[1] (in German), Straßburg: Karl J. Trübner, , page 57
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “حريش”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary[2], London: W.H. Allen, page 274