هدس

Arabic

هَدَس

Etymology

From Hebrew הֲדַס (hăḏás, “myrtle”). Jewish Palestinian Aramaic, Jewish Literary Aramaic הֲדַסַא (hăḏasā, “myrtle”) is likely itself a Hebraism.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ha.das/

Noun

هَدَس • (hadas) m

1. (Yemen, Oman) myrtle (Myrtus gen. et spp.)

   Synonyms: آس (ʔās), رَيْحَان (rayḥān), مَرْسِين (marsīn), قُمَام (qumām)

Declension

Declension of noun هَدَس (hadas)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	هَدَس hadas	الْهَدَس al-hadas	هَدَس hadas
Nominative	هَدَسٌ hadasun	الْهَدَسُ al-hadasu	هَدَسُ hadasu
Accusative	هَدَسًا hadasan	الْهَدَسَ al-hadasa	هَدَسَ hadasa
Genitive	هَدَسٍ hadasin	الْهَدَسِ al-hadasi	هَدَسِ hadasi

Descendants

• → Amharic: ኣደስ (ʾadäs), አደስ (ʾädäs)
• → Ge'ez: አደስ (ʾädäs)
• → Swahili: mhadasi
• → Tigrinya: ኣደስ (ʾadäs)

Further reading

• Schönig, Hanne (2002) Schminken, Düfte und Räucherwerk der Jemenitinnen: Lexikon der Substanzen, Utensilien und Techniken (Beiruter Texte und Studien; 91)‎^[1], Würzburg: Ergon-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 84–85