حريش
Arabic
Etymology
Not from the root ح ر ش (ḥ r š) related to “scratching” and “instigating” but from Ge'ez ሐሪሥ (ḥäriś, “rhinoceros”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ħa.riːʃ/
Noun
حَرِيش • (ḥarīš) m (plural حُرُش (ḥuruš))
- rhinoceros
- earwig
- centipede
- unicorn
- ellipsis of حَرِيش الْبَحْر (ḥarīš al-baḥr, “sea unicorn, narwhal”)
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, Straßburg: Karl J. Trübner, page 57
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “حريش”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen, page 274
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