حنش

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See also: جنس

Arabic

Etymology

The snake word is by metathesis from Proto-Semitic *naḥaš- (snake).

Verb

حَنَشَ (ḥanaša) I (non-past يَحْنِشُ (yaḥnišu), verbal noun حَنْش (ḥanš)) (archaic)

  1. to dispel, to frighten off

Conjugation

Noun

حَنْش (ḥanšm (archaic)

  1. verbal noun of حَنَشَ (ḥanaša) (form I)

Declension

Noun

حَنَش (ḥanašm (plural أَحْنَاش (ʔaḥnāš))

  1. snake, adder, viper

Declension

Descendants

  • Egyptian Arabic: حنش (ḥanaš)
  • Hijazi Arabic: حنش (ḥanaš)
  • Maltese: ħanex
  • Moroccan Arabic: حنش (ḥanš)

References

  • حنش” in Almaany
  • Freytag, Georg (1830) “حنش”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 1, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 435
  • Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “حنش”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc (in French), volume 1, Paris: Maisonneuve et Cie, page 503

Egyptian Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic حَنَش (ḥanaš).

Pronunciation

Noun

حنش (ḥanašm (plural حنش (ḥenaš))

  1. eel
    Synonym: سمك تعبان (samak teʕbān)
  2. (rustic) snake

Hijazi Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic حَنَش (ḥanaš).

Pronunciation

Noun

حنش (ḥanašm (plural أحناش (ʔaḥnāš))

  1. snake
    Synonym: ثعبان (tuʕbān)

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic حَنَش (ḥanaš).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ħanʃ/
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Noun

حنش (ḥanšm (plural حناش (ḥnāš) or حنوش (ḥnūš) or حنوشة (ḥnūša))

  1. snake
  2. (derogatory) policeman

Descendants