حريش

حريش

Arabic

حَرِيش (Diceros bicornis)

حَرِيش (Lithobius forficatus)

Etymology

Not from the root ح ر ش‎ (ḥ r š) related to “scratching” and “instigating” but from Ge'ez ሐሪሥ (ḥäriś, “rhinoceros”). Doublet of حُرْش‎ (ḥurš, “forest”), see Hebrew חֹרֶשׁ‎ (ḥóreš, “grove, thicket”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ħa.riːʃ/

Noun

حَرِيش • (ḥarīš) m (plural حُرُش‎ (ḥuruš))

1. rhinoceros

   Synonym: كَرْكَدَّن‎ (karkaddan)

2. earwig
3. centipede
4. unicorn
5. ellipsis of حَرِيش الْبَحْر‎ (ḥarīš al-baḥr, “sea unicorn, narwhal”).

   Synonym: كَرْكَدَّن‎ (karkaddan)

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 (in German), Straßburg: Karl J. Trübner, page 57
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “حريش”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen, page 274