حريش

Arabic

حَرِيش (Diceros bicornis)

حَرِيش (Lithobius forficatus)

Etymology

Not from the root ح ر ش (ḥ r š) related to “scratching” and “instigating” but from Ge'ez ሐሪሥ (ḥäriś, “rhinoceros”). Doublet of حُرْش (ḥurš, “forest”), see Hebrew חֹרֶשׁ (ḥóreš, “grove, thicket”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ħa.riːʃ/

Noun

حَرِيش • (ḥarīš) m (plural حُرُش (ḥuruš))

1. rhinoceros

   Synonym: كَرْكَدَّن (karkaddan)

2. earwig
3. centipede
4. unicorn
5. ellipsis of حَرِيش الْبَحْر (ḥarīš al-baḥr, “sea unicorn, narwhal”).

   Synonym: كَرْكَدَّن (karkaddan)

Declension

Declension of noun حَرِيش (ḥarīš)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حَرِيش ḥarīš	الْحَرِيش al-ḥarīš	حَرِيش ḥarīš
Nominative	حَرِيشٌ ḥarīšun	الْحَرِيشُ al-ḥarīšu	حَرِيشُ ḥarīšu
Accusative	حَرِيشًا ḥarīšan	الْحَرِيشَ al-ḥarīša	حَرِيشَ ḥarīša
Genitive	حَرِيشٍ ḥarīšin	الْحَرِيشِ al-ḥarīši	حَرِيشِ ḥarīši
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حَرِيشَيْن ḥarīšayn	الْحَرِيشَيْن al-ḥarīšayn	حَرِيشَيْ ḥarīšay
Nominative	حَرِيشَانِ ḥarīšāni	الْحَرِيشَانِ al-ḥarīšāni	حَرِيشَا ḥarīšā
Accusative	حَرِيشَيْنِ ḥarīšayni	الْحَرِيشَيْنِ al-ḥarīšayni	حَرِيشَيْ ḥarīšay
Genitive	حَرِيشَيْنِ ḥarīšayni	الْحَرِيشَيْنِ al-ḥarīšayni	حَرِيشَيْ ḥarīšay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حُرُش ḥuruš	الْحُرُش al-ḥuruš	حُرُش ḥuruš
Nominative	حُرُشٌ ḥurušun	الْحُرُشُ al-ḥurušu	حُرُشُ ḥurušu
Accusative	حُرُشًا ḥurušan	الْحُرُشَ al-ḥuruša	حُرُشَ ḥuruša
Genitive	حُرُشٍ ḥurušin	الْحُرُشِ al-ḥuruši	حُرُشِ ḥuruši

References

• Nöldeke, Theodor (1910) Neue Beiträge zur semitischen Sprachwissenschaft‎^[1] (in German), Straßburg: Karl J. Trübner, page 57
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “حريش”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[2], London: W.H. Allen, page 274