عدس

Arabic

Etymology

Compare Hebrew עֲדָשָׁה (ʿăḏāšā́), Ugaritic 𐎓𐎄𐎌 (ʿadašu, “lentil”), and Akkadian 𒂊𒁲𒋳 (edešu, “bud, sprout”); ultimately from Proto-Afroasiatic *ʕadas- (“lentil, bean; seed, seedling, sprout”).

Noun

عَدَس • (ʕadas) m (collective, singulative عَدَسَة f (ʕadasa))

1. lentils

Declension

Declension of noun عَدَس (ʕadas)

Collective	basic collective triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	عَدَس ʕadas	الْعَدَس al-ʕadas	عَدَس ʕadas
Nominative	عَدَسٌ ʕadasun	الْعَدَسُ al-ʕadasu	عَدَسُ ʕadasu
Accusative	عَدَسًا ʕadasan	الْعَدَسَ al-ʕadasa	عَدَسَ ʕadasa
Genitive	عَدَسٍ ʕadasin	الْعَدَسِ al-ʕadasi	عَدَسِ ʕadasi
Singulative	singulative triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	عَدَسَة ʕadasa	الْعَدَسَة al-ʕadasa	عَدَسَة ʕadasat
Nominative	عَدَسَةٌ ʕadasatun	الْعَدَسَةُ al-ʕadasatu	عَدَسَةُ ʕadasatu
Accusative	عَدَسَةً ʕadasatan	الْعَدَسَةَ al-ʕadasata	عَدَسَةَ ʕadasata
Genitive	عَدَسَةٍ ʕadasatin	الْعَدَسَةِ al-ʕadasati	عَدَسَةِ ʕadasati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	عَدَسَتَيْن ʕadasatayn	الْعَدَسَتَيْن al-ʕadasatayn	عَدَسَتَيْ ʕadasatay
Nominative	عَدَسَتَانِ ʕadasatāni	الْعَدَسَتَانِ al-ʕadasatāni	عَدَسَتَا ʕadasatā
Accusative	عَدَسَتَيْنِ ʕadasatayni	الْعَدَسَتَيْنِ al-ʕadasatayni	عَدَسَتَيْ ʕadasatay
Genitive	عَدَسَتَيْنِ ʕadasatayni	الْعَدَسَتَيْنِ al-ʕadasatayni	عَدَسَتَيْ ʕadasatay
Paucal (3-10)	sound feminine paucal
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	عَدَسَات ʕadasāt	الْعَدَسَات al-ʕadasāt	عَدَسَات ʕadasāt
Nominative	عَدَسَاتٌ ʕadasātun	الْعَدَسَاتُ al-ʕadasātu	عَدَسَاتُ ʕadasātu
Accusative	عَدَسَاتٍ ʕadasātin	الْعَدَسَاتِ al-ʕadasāti	عَدَسَاتِ ʕadasāti
Genitive	عَدَسَاتٍ ʕadasātin	الْعَدَسَاتِ al-ʕadasāti	عَدَسَاتِ ʕadasāti

References

• Lane, Edward William (1863) “عدس”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[1], London: Williams & Norgate, page 1972
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “عدس”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[2], London: W.H. Allen, page 676
• Wehr, Hans (1979) “عدس”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 696

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Persian

Etymology

From Arabic عَدَس (ʕadas).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʔæˈd̪æs]

Noun

عدس • ('adas) (plural عدس‌ها ('adas-hâ))

1. lentil