حشيش

حشيش

See also: حشیش‎ and خسیس‎

Arabic

Etymology

From ح ش ش‎ (ḥ-š-š).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ħa.ʃiːʃ/

Noun

حَشِيش • (ḥašīš) m (collective, singulative حَشِيشَة‎ f (ḥašīša), plural حَشَائِش‎ (ḥašāʾiš))

1. grass, hay
2. hemp, cannabis

   Synonym: قِنَّاب‎ (qinnāb)

   1. marijuana
   2. hashish

Declension

Declension of noun حَشِيش (ḥašīš)

Collective	basic collective triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حَشِيش ḥašīš	الْحَشِيش‎ al-ḥašīš	حَشِيش ḥašīš
Nominative	حَشِيشٌ ḥašīšun	الْحَشِيشُ‎ al-ḥašīšu	حَشِيشُ ḥašīšu
Accusative	حَشِيشًا‎ ḥašīšan	الْحَشِيشَ‎ al-ḥašīša	حَشِيشَ ḥašīša
Genitive	حَشِيشٍ ḥašīšin	الْحَشِيشِ‎ al-ḥašīši	حَشِيشِ ḥašīši
Singulative	singulative triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حَشِيشَة‎ ḥašīša	الْحَشِيشَة‎ al-ḥašīša	حَشِيشَة‎ ḥašīšat
Nominative	حَشِيشَةٌ‎ ḥašīšatun	الْحَشِيشَةُ‎ al-ḥašīšatu	حَشِيشَةُ‎ ḥašīšatu
Accusative	حَشِيشَةً‎ ḥašīšatan	الْحَشِيشَةَ‎ al-ḥašīšata	حَشِيشَةَ‎ ḥašīšata
Genitive	حَشِيشَةٍ‎ ḥašīšatin	الْحَشِيشَةِ‎ al-ḥašīšati	حَشِيشَةِ‎ ḥašīšati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حَشِيشَتَيْن‎ ḥašīšatayn	الْحَشِيشَتَيْن‎ al-ḥašīšatayn	حَشِيشَتَيْ‎ ḥašīšatay
Nominative	حَشِيشَتَانِ‎ ḥašīšatāni	الْحَشِيشَتَانِ‎ al-ḥašīšatāni	حَشِيشَتَا‎ ḥašīšatā
Accusative	حَشِيشَتَيْنِ‎ ḥašīšatayni	الْحَشِيشَتَيْنِ‎ al-ḥašīšatayni	حَشِيشَتَيْ‎ ḥašīšatay
Genitive	حَشِيشَتَيْنِ‎ ḥašīšatayni	الْحَشِيشَتَيْنِ‎ al-ḥašīšatayni	حَشِيشَتَيْ‎ ḥašīšatay
Paucal (3-10)	sound feminine paucal
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حَشِيشَات‎ ḥašīšāt	الْحَشِيشَات‎ al-ḥašīšāt	حَشِيشَات‎ ḥašīšāt
Nominative	حَشِيشَاتٌ‎ ḥašīšātun	الْحَشِيشَاتُ‎ al-ḥašīšātu	حَشِيشَاتُ‎ ḥašīšātu
Accusative	حَشِيشَاتٍ‎ ḥašīšātin	الْحَشِيشَاتِ‎ al-ḥašīšāti	حَشِيشَاتِ‎ ḥašīšāti
Genitive	حَشِيشَاتٍ‎ ḥašīšātin	الْحَشِيشَاتِ‎ al-ḥašīšāti	حَشِيشَاتِ‎ ḥašīšāti
Plural of variety	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حَشَائِش‎ ḥašāʾiš	الْحَشَائِش‎ al-ḥašāʾiš	حَشَائِش‎ ḥašāʾiš
Nominative	حَشَائِشُ‎ ḥašāʾišu	الْحَشَائِشُ‎ al-ḥašāʾišu	حَشَائِشُ‎ ḥašāʾišu
Accusative	حَشَائِشَ‎ ḥašāʾiša	الْحَشَائِشَ‎ al-ḥašāʾiša	حَشَائِشَ‎ ḥašāʾiša
Genitive	حَشَائِشَ‎ ḥašāʾiša	الْحَشَائِشِ‎ al-ḥašāʾiši	حَشَائِشِ‎ ḥašāʾiši

Derived terms

• حَشَّاش‎ (ḥaššāš)
• حَشَّاشِين‎ (ḥaššāšīn)

Descendants

• Maltese: ħaxix

Borrowings

• → Armenian: հաշիշ (hašiš)
• → Catalan: haixix
• → Czech: hašiš
• → English: hashish
• → Georgian: ჰაშიში (hašiši)
• → German: Haschisch, Hasch
  • → Estonian: hašiš
• → French: haschich
  • → Dutch: hasjiesj
  • → Romanian: hașiș
• → Finnish: hasis
• → Hebrew: חשיש‎ (khashísh)
• → Hungarian: hasis
• → Indonesian: hasyis
• → Irish: haisis
• → Italian: hashish
• → Ottoman Turkish: حشیش‎ (haşiş)
  • Turkish: haşiş
  • → Greek: χασίς (chasís)
  • → Serbo-Croatian: hašiš / хашиш
• → Persian: حشیش‎ (hašiš)
• → Polish: haszysz
• → Portuguese: haxixe
• → Russian: гашиш (gašiš)
• → Slovak: hašiš
• → Slovene: hašiš
• → Spanish: hachís
• → Swahili: hashishi
• → Swedish: haschisch

See also

• تِبْن‎ (tibn)
• دَرِيس‎ (darīs)
• جَفِيف‎ (jafīf)

References

• Freytag, Georg (1830), “حشيش”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 1, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 382
• Löw, Immanuel (1928) Die Flora der Juden‎ (in German), volume 1, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, pages 255–263
• Wehr, Hans (1979), “حش”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

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South Levantine Arabic

Root
ح ش ش‎

Etymology

From Arabic حَشِيش‎ (ḥašīš).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ħa.ʃiːʃ/, [ħaˈʃiːʃ]

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Noun

حشيش • (ḥašīš) m (collective, singulative حشيشة‎ f (ḥašīše))

1. grass, weeds, herbs
2. hashish, cannabis