خنوص

Arabic

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))

piglet, young of a swine
the young or little of anything

Declension

Declension of noun خِنَّوْص (ḵinnawṣ)‎; خَنُّوص (ḵannūṣ)

Singular	basic singular triptote
Singular	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
Plural	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

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