حنش

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Arabic

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Etymology

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

Verb

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حَنَشَ (ḥanaša) I (non-past يَحْنِشُ (yaḥnišu), verbal noun حَنْش (ḥanš)) (archaic)

  1. to dispel, to frighten off

Conjugation

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Noun

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حَنْش (ḥanšm (archaic)

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

Declension

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Noun

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حَنَش (ḥanašm (plural أَحْنَاش (ʔaḥnāš))

  1. snake, adder, viper

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Egyptian Arabic: حنش (ḥanaš)
  • Hijazi Arabic: حنش (ḥanaš)
  • Maltese: ħanex
  • Moroccan Arabic: حنش (ḥanš)

References

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  • 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[1] (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[2] (in French), volume 1, Paris: Maisonneuve et Cie, page 503

Egyptian Arabic

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Etymology

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From Arabic حَنَش (ḥanaš).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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حنش (ḥanašm (plural حنش (ḥenaš))

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

Hijazi Arabic

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Etymology

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From Arabic حَنَش (ḥanaš).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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حنش (ḥanašm (plural أحناش (ʔaḥnāš))

  1. snake
    Synonym: ثعبان (tuʕbān)

Moroccan Arabic

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Etymology

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From Arabic حَنَش (ḥanaš).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ħanʃ/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

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حنش (ḥanšm (plural حناش (ḥnāš) or حنوش (ḥnūš) or حنوشة (ḥnūša))

  1. snake
  2. (derogatory) policeman

Descendants

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