חדש

חדש

Hebrew

Etymology 1

Root
ח־ד־שׁ‎ (ḥ-d-š)

Related to Arabic حَدِيث‎ (ḥadīṯ) and Amharic አዲስ (ʾäddis) ultimately from Proto-Semitic *ḥdṯ- (“to be new”).

Pronunciation

• (adjective): (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /χaˈdaʃ/

Adjective

חָדָשׁ • (khadásh) (feminine חֲדָשָׁה‎, masculine plural חֲדָשִׁים‎, feminine plural חֲדָשׁוֹת‎)

1. new, recently made
2. new, current, recent (as opposed to former)

Antonyms

• (new): ישן‎ (yashán)
• (current): ישן‎ (yashán)

Derived terms

• חֲדָשׁוֹת‎ (noun)

References

• H2319 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

Noun

חָדָשׁ • (khadásh) m (no plural forms, singular construct חדש־) (uncountable)

1. (Judaism) grain from a new crop

Further reading

• איסור חדש on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he

Etymology 2

From Proto-Semitic *ḥdṯ-.

Verb

חִדֵּשׁ • (khidésh) (pi'el construction)

1. defective spelling of חידש‎.

Verb

חַדֵּשׁ • (khadésh)

1. masculine singular imperative of חִדֵּשׁ‎

Noun

חֹדֶשׁ • (khódesh) m (plural indefinite חֳדָשִׁים‎, singular construct חֹדֶשׁ־, plural construct חָדְשֵׁי־‎)

1. defective spelling of חודש‎.