דשא

Hebrew edit

Root
ד־שׁ־א (d-š-ʾ)

From Proto-Semitic *daṯʔ-. Cognate with Akkadian 𒌑𒇷𒀀𒊬 (dīšu [U₂.LI.A^sar], “grass”). Compare with Classical Syriac ܬܕܐܐ (“sprouting grass, herb; spring”).

דֶּשֶׁא • (déshe) m (plural indefinite דְּשָׁאִים, plural construct דִּשְׁאֵי־) [pattern: קֶטֶל]

(uncountable) grass, herb, vegetation
- Tanach, Genesis 1:11, with translation of the King James Version:
  וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים תַּדְשֵׁא הָאָרֶץ דֶּשֶׁא עֵשֶׂב מַזְרִיעַ זֶרַע עֵץ פְּרִי עֹשֶׂה פְּרִי לְמִינוֹ אֲשֶׁר זַרְעוֹ בוֹ עַל הָאָרֶץ וַיְהִי כֵן׃
  And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.
(countable) a lawn

Declension of דֶּשֶׁא

דָּשָׁא • (dashá) third-singular masculine past (pa'al construction)

Conjugation of דָּשָׁא (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs)

finite forms		singular		plural
non-finite forms		to-infinitive: לדשוא / לִדְשֹׁא action noun: — passive participle: דָּשׁוּא
finite forms		m.	f.	m.	f.
past	first	דָּשָׁאתִי		דָּשָׁאנוּ
	second	דָּשָׁאתָ	דָּשָׁאת	דְּשָׁאתֶם¹	דְּשָׁאתֶן¹
	third	דָּשָׁא	דָּשְׁאָה	דָּשְׁאוּ
present		דּוֹשֵׁא	דּוֹשֵׁאת	דּוֹשְׁאִים	דּוֹשְׁאוֹת
future	first	אֶדְשָׁא		נִדְשָׁא
	second	תִּדְשָׁא	תִּדְשְׁאִי	תִּדְשְׁאוּ	תִּדְשֶׁאנָה²
	third	יִדְשָׁא	תִּדְשָׁא	יִדְשְׁאוּ	תִּדְשֶׁאנָה²
imperative		דְּשָׁא	דִּשְׁאִי	דִּשְׁאוּ	דְּשֶׁאנָה²
notes		Pronounced דָּשָׁאתֶם and דָּשָׁאתֶן in informal Modern Hebrew. Rare in Modern Hebrew.