نحاس

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Arabic

Etymology

Uncertain; attested at least from the Amarna period in Northwest Semitic; compare Phoenician 𐤍𐤇𐤔 (nḥš), Hebrew נְחֹשֶׁת (n'khóshet, copper), Ge'ez ናሕስ (naḥs), Aramaic נחשׁ (copper, bronze), and Nehushtan:

  • From Proto-Semitic *naḥaš- (snake, reptile; divination, incantations; to learn secret things), such a sense derived from hissing equated to whispers. The process of extracting ore and the ability to shape metal was considered connected to arcane arts in most early societies; alternatively from the use of copper, bronze, and brass bowls in commonly practiced hydromancy or in offering libations to spirits.
  • From ن ح س (n-ḥ-s), connected with misfortune and difficulty, including great association with smoke, fire, and intense heat or burning; by extension the conditions of metallurgy. See also brass founders' ague, the brass shakes especially associated with this metal.
  • Possibly from a semantic shift of Akkadian 𒀭𒈾 (annakum, tin), from Sumerian 𒀭𒈾 (an-na /⁠anna, nagga⁠/, tin), as most ancient languages conflate the terms for copper and bronze, bronze being an alloy of tin and copper. In this case a doublet of آنُك (ʔānuk).
  • Possibly related to Akkadian 𒋼𒂗𒋙𒌑 (tenšu, metal ornament, a metal inlay), likely borrowed from Aramaic; less likely related to Akkadian 𒀀𒄭𒄊𒌋 (aḫuš'u, poetic name for copper), ultimately from a Sumerian loan.

Pronunciation

Noun

نُحَاس (nuḥāsm

  1. (uncountable) copper
    قِدْر نُحَاسqidr nuḥāscopper pot
  2. alloys of copper; bronze, brass

Declension

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic نُحَاس (nuḥās).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nħaːs/,
  • Audio (Ramallah):(file)

Noun

نحاس (nḥāsm

  1. (uncountable) copper