خنوص

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Arabic

خنوصان

Etymology

Ultimately derived from Proto-Afroasiatic *ḫunʒ(-ir)- (“pig, boar, porcupine; calf, piglet”) from whence Arabic خِنْزِير (ḵinzīr, “pig, swine”) and Arabic خُنْس (ḵuns, “gazelles, wild cows”) is also derived; inherited natively or semantically reinforced from a Berber borrowing as also parallely passed into Maltese gendus, compare the related Kabyle ⴰⴳⴻⵏⴷⵓⵣ (agenduz, “calf, young animal”), though such a form is in Semitic only found in Classical Syriac ܚܰܢܽܘܨܳܐ (ḥannūṣā, “piglet”) and Ugaritic (ḫe-en-ni-ṣu /⁠ḫinnīṣu, ḫannīṣu⁠/, “piglet”), which combined with the predominating presence of the Arabic word in the Levant and the otherwise absence of the measure save for borrowings suggests an Aramaic substrate.

Noun

خِنَّوْص or خَنُّوص • (ḵinnawṣ or ḵannūṣ) m (plural خَنَانِيص (ḵanānīṣ))

  1. piglet, young of a swine
  2. the young or little of anything

Declension

Declension of noun خِنَّوْص (ḵinnawṣ)‎; خَنُّوص (ḵannūṣ)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal خِنَّوْص‎; خَنُّوص
ḵinnawṣ‎; ḵannūṣ 		الْخِنَّوْص‎; الْخَنُّوص
al-ḵinnawṣ‎; al-ḵannūṣ 		خِنَّوْص‎; خَنُّوص
ḵinnawṣ‎; ḵannūṣ
Nominative خِنَّوْصٌ‎; خَنُّوصٌ
ḵinnawṣun‎; ḵannūṣun 		الْخِنَّوْصُ‎; الْخَنُّوصُ
al-ḵinnawṣu‎; al-ḵannūṣu 		خِنَّوْصُ‎; خَنُّوصُ
ḵinnawṣu‎; ḵannūṣu
Accusative خِنَّوْصًا‎; خَنُّوصًا
ḵinnawṣan‎; ḵannūṣan 		الْخِنَّوْصَ‎; الْخَنُّوصَ
al-ḵinnawṣa‎; al-ḵannūṣa 		خِنَّوْصَ‎; خَنُّوصَ
ḵinnawṣa‎; ḵannūṣa
Genitive خِنَّوْصٍ‎; خَنُّوصٍ
ḵinnawṣin‎; ḵannūṣin 		الْخِنَّوْصِ‎; الْخَنُّوصِ
al-ḵinnawṣi‎; al-ḵannūṣi 		خِنَّوْصِ‎; خَنُّوصِ
ḵinnawṣi‎; ḵannūṣi
Dual Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal خِنَّوْصَيْن‎; خَنُّوصَيْن
ḵinnawṣayn‎; ḵannūṣayn 		الْخِنَّوْصَيْن‎; الْخَنُّوصَيْن
al-ḵinnawṣayn‎; al-ḵannūṣayn 		خِنَّوْصَيْ‎; خَنُّوصَيْ
ḵinnawṣay‎; ḵannūṣay
Nominative خِنَّوْصَانِ‎; خَنُّوصَانِ
ḵinnawṣāni‎; ḵannūṣāni 		الْخِنَّوْصَانِ‎; الْخَنُّوصَانِ
al-ḵinnawṣāni‎; al-ḵannūṣāni 		خِنَّوْصَا‎; خَنُّوصَا
ḵinnawṣā‎; ḵannūṣā
Accusative خِنَّوْصَيْنِ‎; خَنُّوصَيْنِ
ḵinnawṣayni‎; ḵannūṣayni 		الْخِنَّوْصَيْنِ‎; الْخَنُّوصَيْنِ
al-ḵinnawṣayni‎; al-ḵannūṣayni 		خِنَّوْصَيْ‎; خَنُّوصَيْ
ḵinnawṣay‎; ḵannūṣay
Genitive خِنَّوْصَيْنِ‎; خَنُّوصَيْنِ
ḵinnawṣayni‎; ḵannūṣayni 		الْخِنَّوْصَيْنِ‎; الْخَنُّوصَيْنِ
al-ḵinnawṣayni‎; al-ḵannūṣayni 		خِنَّوْصَيْ‎; خَنُّوصَيْ
ḵinnawṣay‎; ḵannūṣay
Plural basic broken plural diptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal خَنَانِيص
ḵanānīṣ 		الْخَنَانِيص
al-ḵanānīṣ 		خَنَانِيص
ḵanānīṣ
Nominative خَنَانِيصُ
ḵanānīṣu 		الْخَنَانِيصُ
al-ḵanānīṣu 		خَنَانِيصُ
ḵanānīṣu
Accusative خَنَانِيصَ
ḵanānīṣa 		الْخَنَانِيصَ
al-ḵanānīṣa 		خَنَانِيصَ
ḵanānīṣa
Genitive خَنَانِيصَ
ḵanānīṣa 		الْخَنَانِيصِ
al-ḵanānīṣi 		خَنَانِيصِ
ḵanānīṣi

Descendants

  • Maltese: ħannus
  • North Levantine Arabic: خَنُّوص (ḵannūṣ)
  • South Levantine Arabic: خَنُّوص (ḵannūṣ)

References

  • “ḥnwṣ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Behnstedt, Peter, Woidich, Manfred (2010) Wortatlas der arabischen Dialekte – Band I: Mensch, Natur, Fauna und Flora (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 100) (in German), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, page 398
  • Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 11
  • Freytag, Georg (1830) “خنوص”, 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, pages 531–532
  • Militarev, Alexander, Kogan, Leonid (2005) Semitic Etymological Dictionary, volume II: Animal Names, Münster: Ugarit-Verlag, →ISBN, page 149
  • Lane, Edward William (1863) “خنوص”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎, London: Williams & Norgate, pages 816–817
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “خنوص”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎ (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 366
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