حماض

Arabic

Alternative forms
  • حُمَّيْض (ḥummayḍ), حَمْبَاض (ḥambāḍ)

Etymology

From the root ح م ض (ḥ-m-ḍ) as حَامِض m (ḥāmiḍ, “sour”), حَمْض m (ḥamḍ, “acid”; in Moroccan Arabic “lemon”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ħum.maːdˤ/
  • (colloquial also) IPA(key): /ħam.maːdˤ/

Noun

حُمَّاض • (ḥummāḍ) m

  1. sorrel
  2. (possibly obsolete) citron pulp

Declension
Declension of noun حُمَّاض (ḥummāḍ)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal حُمَّاض
ḥummāḍ		 الْحُمَّاض
al-ḥummāḍ		 حُمَّاض
ḥummāḍ
Nominative حُمَّاضٌ
ḥummāḍun		 الْحُمَّاضُ
al-ḥummāḍu		 حُمَّاضُ
ḥummāḍu
Accusative حُمَّاضًا
ḥummāḍan		 الْحُمَّاضَ
al-ḥummāḍa		 حُمَّاضَ
ḥummāḍa
Genitive حُمَّاضٍ
ḥummāḍin		 الْحُمَّاضِ
al-ḥummāḍi		 حُمَّاضِ
ḥummāḍi

Derived terms
  • حُمَّاض بُسْتَانِيّ (ḥummāḍ bustāniyy, “sorrel”)
  • حُمَّاضِيَّة (ḥummāḍiyya, “medieval stew made with citron; Oxalidaceae”)

Further reading
  • Mandaville, James Paul (1990) Flora of Eastern Saudi Arabia, Riyadh: Routledge, →ISBN, pages 105–106
  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “حماض”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
  • Maxime Rodinson, Arthur John Arberry, Charles Perry, الطبيخ العربي في العصور الوسطى / Medieval Arab Cookery (2001)
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