حماض

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Arabic

Alternative forms

حُمَّيْض (ḥummayḍ), حَمْبَاض (ḥambāḍ)

Etymology

From the root ح م ض (ḥ-m-ḍ) as حَامِض m (ḥāmiḍ, “sour”), حَمْض m (ḥamḍ, “acid”; in Moroccan Arabic “lemon”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ħum.maːdˤ/
(colloquial also) IPA^(key): /ħam.maːdˤ/

Noun

حُمَّاض • (ḥummāḍ) m

sorrel
(possibly obsolete) citron pulp

Declension

Declension of noun حُمَّاض (ḥummāḍ)

Singular	basic singular triptote
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حُمَّاض ḥummāḍ	الْحُمَّاض al-ḥummāḍ	حُمَّاض ḥummāḍ
Nominative	حُمَّاضٌ ḥummāḍun	الْحُمَّاضُ al-ḥummāḍu	حُمَّاضُ ḥummāḍu
Accusative	حُمَّاضًا ḥummāḍan	الْحُمَّاضَ al-ḥummāḍa	حُمَّاضَ ḥummāḍa
Genitive	حُمَّاضٍ ḥummāḍin	الْحُمَّاضِ al-ḥummāḍi	حُمَّاضِ ḥummāḍi

Derived terms

حُمَّاض بُسْتَانِيّ (ḥummāḍ bustāniyy, “sorrel”)
حُمَّاضِيَّة (ḥummāḍiyya, “medieval stew made with citron; Oxalidaceae”)

Further reading

Mandaville, James Paul (1990) Flora of Eastern Saudi Arabia, Riyadh: Routledge, →ISBN, pages 105–106
Wehr, Hans (1979) “حماض”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
Maxime Rodinson, Arthur John Arberry, Charles Perry, الطبيخ العربي في العصور الوسطى / Medieval Arab Cookery (2001)

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