هدس

Arabic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ha.das/

Noun

هَدَس • (hadas) m

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

Declension

Declension of noun **هَدَس** (hadas)
singular	basic singular triptote
singular	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)‎^[1], Würzburg: Ergon-Verlag, →DOI, →ISBN, pages 84–85