חדש

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Hebrew

Etymology 1

Root
ח־ד־שׁ (kh-d-sh)

Related to Arabic حَدِيث (ḥadīṯ) and Amharic አዲስ (ʾäddis). Ultimately from Proto-Semitic *ḥdṯ- (“to be new”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

חָדָשׁ • (khadásh) (feminine חֲדָשָׁה, masculine plural חֲדָשִׁים, feminine plural חֲדָשׁוֹת)

  1. new, recently made
  2. new, current, recent (as opposed to former)
Antonyms
  • (antonym(s) of “new”): ישן (yashán)
  • (antonym(s) of “current”): ישן (yashán)
Derived terms
References

Noun

חָדָשׁ • (khadásh) m (no plural forms, singular construct חדש־) (uncountable)

  1. (Judaism) grain from a new crop
Further reading

Etymology 2

From Proto-Semitic *ḥdṯ-.

Verb

חִדֵּשׁ • (khidésh) (pi'el construction)

  1. defective spelling of חידש.

Verb

חַדֵּשׁ • (khadésh)

  1. masculine singular imperative of חידש / חִדֵּשׁ (khidésh)

Etymology 3

Noun

חֹדֶשׁ • (khódesh) m (plural indefinite חֳדָשִׁים, singular construct חֹדֶשׁ־, plural construct חָדְשֵׁי־)

  1. defective spelling of חודש.

Yiddish

Etymology

From Hebrew חדש.

Noun

חדש • (khodesh)

  1. new

References

  • Steven A. Jacobson (1998) A Guide to the More Common Hebraic Words in Yiddish, 5th edition, Fairbanks, AK: National Yiddish Book Center, →ISBN, page 64
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