منحوس

Arabic

Etymology

Root
ن ح س (n-ḥ-s)

Derived from the passive participle of the verb نَحَسَ (naḥasa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /man.ħuːs/

Adjective

مَنْحُوس • (manḥūs) (masculine plural مَنْحُوسُونَ (manḥūsūna) or مَنَاحِيس (manāḥīs))

1. disastrous, fateful, evil, inauspicious, unfortunate, unlucky, ill-omened

Declension

Declension of adjective مَنْحُوس (manḥūs)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	مَنْحُوس manḥūs	الْمَنْحُوس al-manḥūs	مَنْحُوسَة manḥūsa	الْمَنْحُوسَة al-manḥūsa
Nominative	مَنْحُوسٌ manḥūsun	الْمَنْحُوسُ al-manḥūsu	مَنْحُوسَةٌ manḥūsatun	الْمَنْحُوسَةُ al-manḥūsatu
Accusative	مَنْحُوسًا manḥūsan	الْمَنْحُوسَ al-manḥūsa	مَنْحُوسَةً manḥūsatan	الْمَنْحُوسَةَ al-manḥūsata
Genitive	مَنْحُوسٍ manḥūsin	الْمَنْحُوسِ al-manḥūsi	مَنْحُوسَةٍ manḥūsatin	الْمَنْحُوسَةِ al-manḥūsati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	مَنْحُوسَيْن manḥūsayn	الْمَنْحُوسَيْن al-manḥūsayn	مَنْحُوسَتَيْن manḥūsatayn	الْمَنْحُوسَتَيْن al-manḥūsatayn
Nominative	مَنْحُوسَانِ manḥūsāni	الْمَنْحُوسَانِ al-manḥūsāni	مَنْحُوسَتَانِ manḥūsatāni	الْمَنْحُوسَتَانِ al-manḥūsatāni
Accusative	مَنْحُوسَيْنِ manḥūsayni	الْمَنْحُوسَيْنِ al-manḥūsayni	مَنْحُوسَتَيْنِ manḥūsatayni	الْمَنْحُوسَتَيْنِ al-manḥūsatayni
Genitive	مَنْحُوسَيْنِ manḥūsayni	الْمَنْحُوسَيْنِ al-manḥūsayni	مَنْحُوسَتَيْنِ manḥūsatayni	الْمَنْحُوسَتَيْنِ al-manḥūsatayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	sound masculine plural‎; basic broken plural diptote		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	مَنْحُوسِين‎; مَشَائِيم manḥūsīn‎; mašāʔīm	الْمَنْحُوسِين‎; الْمَشَائِيم al-manḥūsīn‎; al-mašāʔīm	مَنْحُوسَات manḥūsāt	الْمَنْحُوسَات al-manḥūsāt
Nominative	مَنْحُوسُونَ‎; مَشَائِيمُ manḥūsūna‎; mašāʔīmu	الْمَنْحُوسُونَ‎; الْمَشَائِيمُ al-manḥūsūna‎; al-mašāʔīmu	مَنْحُوسَاتٌ manḥūsātun	الْمَنْحُوسَاتُ al-manḥūsātu
Accusative	مَنْحُوسِينَ‎; مَشَائِيمَ manḥūsīna‎; mašāʔīma	الْمَنْحُوسِينَ‎; الْمَشَائِيمَ al-manḥūsīna‎; al-mašāʔīma	مَنْحُوسَاتٍ manḥūsātin	الْمَنْحُوسَاتِ al-manḥūsāti
Genitive	مَنْحُوسِينَ‎; مَشَائِيمَ manḥūsīna‎; mašāʔīma	الْمَنْحُوسِينَ‎; الْمَشَائِيمِ al-manḥūsīna‎; al-mašāʔīmi	مَنْحُوسَاتٍ manḥūsātin	الْمَنْحُوسَاتِ al-manḥūsāti

Synonyms

• مَشْؤُوم (mašʔūm), فَاجِع (fājiʕ)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian مَنْحُوس (manhūs), from Arabic مَنْحُوس (manḥūs).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /mən.ɦuːs/
• Rhymes: -uːs

Adjective

مَنْحُوس • (manhūs) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling मनहूस)

1. ill-omened
2. unfortunate, unlucky
3. inauspicious
4. damned
5. (vulgar) dismal, wretched

Derived terms

• مَنْحُوس گَھڑی (manhūs ghaṛī, “bad or unlucky time”)
• مَنْحُوسِیَت (manhūsiyat)
• مَنْحُوسِیَت پَن (manhūsiyat pan)
• مَنْحُوسی (manhūsī, “having a bad omen”)

 

Related terms

• نَحُوسَت (nahūsat)

 

Further reading

• “منحوس”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “منحوس”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “منحوس”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
• Platts, John T. (1884) “منحوس”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• S. W. Fallon (1879) “منحوس”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co., page 1121
• John Shakespear (1834) “منحوس”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3^rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC