حنش

See also: جنس

Arabic

Etymology

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

Verb

حَنَشَ • (ḥanaša) I, non-past يَحْنِشُ‎ (yaḥnišu) (archaic)

  1. to dispel, to frighten off

Conjugation

Noun

حَنْش • (ḥanš) m (archaic)

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

Declension

Noun

حَنَش • (ḥanaš) m (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

  • IPA(key): /ħanaʃ/

Noun

حنش • (ḥanaš) m (plural حنش (ḥenaš))

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

Hijazi Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic حَنَش (ḥanaš).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ħa.naʃ/

Noun

حنش • (ḥanaš) m (plural أحناش (ʔaḥnāš))

  1. snake
    Synonym: ثعبان (tuʕbān)

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic حَنَش (ḥanaš).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ħanʃ/
  • (file)

Noun

حنش • (ḥanš) m (plural حناش (ḥnāš) or حنوش (ḥnūš) or حنوشة (ḥnūša))

  1. snake
  2. (derogatory) policeman

Descendants

  • → French: hnouch
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