خنوص
Arabic
Etymology
Ultimately derived from Proto-Afroasiatic *ḫunʒ(-ir)- (“pig, boar, porcupine; calf, piglet”) from whence Arabic خِنْزِير (ḵinzīr, “pig, swine”) and Arabic خُنْس (ḵuns, “gazelles, wild cows”) is also derived; inherited natively or semantically reinforced from a Berber borrowing as also parallely passed into Maltese gendus, compare the related Kabyle ⴰⴳⴻⵏⴷⵓⵣ (agenduz, “calf, young animal”), though such a form is in Semitic only found in Classical Syriac ܚܰܢܽܘܨܳܐ (ḥannūṣā, “piglet”) and Ugaritic [Cuneiform needed] (ḫe-en-ni-ṣu /ḫinnīṣu, ḫannīṣu/, “piglet”), which combined with the predominating presence of the Arabic word in the Levant and the otherwise absence of the measure save for borrowings suggests an Aramaic substrate.
Noun
خِنَّوْص or خَنُّوص • (ḵinnawṣ or ḵannūṣ) m (plural خَنَانِيص (ḵanānīṣ))
- piglet, young of a swine
- the young or little of anything
Declension
| Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | خِنَّوْص; خَنُّوص ḵinnawṣ; ḵannūṣ | الْخِنَّوْص; الْخَنُّوص al-ḵinnawṣ; al-ḵannūṣ | خِنَّوْص; خَنُّوص ḵinnawṣ; ḵannūṣ |
| Nominative | خِنَّوْصٌ; خَنُّوصٌ ḵinnawṣun; ḵannūṣun | الْخِنَّوْصُ; الْخَنُّوصُ al-ḵinnawṣu; al-ḵannūṣu | خِنَّوْصُ; خَنُّوصُ ḵinnawṣu; ḵannūṣu |
| Accusative | خِنَّوْصًا; خَنُّوصًا ḵinnawṣan; ḵannūṣan | الْخِنَّوْصَ; الْخَنُّوصَ al-ḵinnawṣa; al-ḵannūṣa | خِنَّوْصَ; خَنُّوصَ ḵinnawṣa; ḵannūṣa |
| Genitive | خِنَّوْصٍ; خَنُّوصٍ ḵinnawṣin; ḵannūṣin | الْخِنَّوْصِ; الْخَنُّوصِ al-ḵinnawṣi; al-ḵannūṣi | خِنَّوْصِ; خَنُّوصِ ḵinnawṣi; ḵannūṣi |
| Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
| Informal | خِنَّوْصَيْن; خَنُّوصَيْن ḵinnawṣayn; ḵannūṣayn | الْخِنَّوْصَيْن; الْخَنُّوصَيْن al-ḵinnawṣayn; al-ḵannūṣayn | خِنَّوْصَيْ; خَنُّوصَيْ ḵinnawṣay; ḵannūṣay |
| Nominative | خِنَّوْصَانِ; خَنُّوصَانِ ḵinnawṣāni; ḵannūṣāni | الْخِنَّوْصَانِ; الْخَنُّوصَانِ al-ḵinnawṣāni; al-ḵannūṣāni | خِنَّوْصَا; خَنُّوصَا ḵinnawṣā; ḵannūṣā |
| Accusative | خِنَّوْصَيْنِ; خَنُّوصَيْنِ ḵinnawṣayni; ḵannūṣayni | الْخِنَّوْصَيْنِ; الْخَنُّوصَيْنِ al-ḵinnawṣayni; al-ḵannūṣayni | خِنَّوْصَيْ; خَنُّوصَيْ ḵinnawṣay; ḵannūṣay |
| Genitive | خِنَّوْصَيْنِ; خَنُّوصَيْنِ ḵinnawṣayni; ḵannūṣayni | الْخِنَّوْصَيْنِ; الْخَنُّوصَيْنِ al-ḵinnawṣayni; al-ḵannūṣayni | خِنَّوْصَيْ; خَنُّوصَيْ ḵinnawṣay; ḵannūṣay |
| Plural | basic broken plural diptote | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | خَنَانِيص ḵanānīṣ | الْخَنَانِيص al-ḵanānīṣ | خَنَانِيص ḵanānīṣ |
| Nominative | خَنَانِيصُ ḵanānīṣu | الْخَنَانِيصُ al-ḵanānīṣu | خَنَانِيصُ ḵanānīṣu |
| Accusative | خَنَانِيصَ ḵanānīṣa | الْخَنَانِيصَ al-ḵanānīṣa | خَنَانِيصَ ḵanānīṣa |
| Genitive | خَنَانِيصَ ḵanānīṣa | الْخَنَانِيصِ al-ḵanānīṣi | خَنَانِيصِ ḵanānīṣi |
Descendants
- Maltese: ħannus
- North Levantine Arabic: خَنُّوص (ḵannūṣ)
- South Levantine Arabic: خَنُّوص (ḵannūṣ)
References
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- Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 11
- Freytag, Georg (1830), “خنوص”, 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, pages 531–532
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