حشيش

See also: حشیش and خسیس

Arabic

Root
ح ش ش (ḥ-š-š)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ħa.ʃiːʃ/

Noun

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

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 ḥašāʔiš	الْحَشَائِش al-ḥašāʔiš	حَشَائِش ḥašāʔiš
Nominative	حَشَائِشُ ḥašāʔišu	الْحَشَائِشُ al-ḥašāʔišu	حَشَائِشُ ḥašāʔišu
Accusative	حَشَائِشَ ḥašāʔiša	الْحَشَائِشَ al-ḥašāʔiša	حَشَائِشَ ḥašāʔiša
Genitive	حَشَائِشَ ḥašāʔiša	الْحَشَائِشِ al-ḥašāʔiši	حَشَائِشِ ḥašāʔiši

Derived terms

• حَشَّاش (ḥaššāš)
• حَشَّاشِين (ḥaššāšīn)

Descendants

• Maltese: ħaxix

Borrowings

• → Dutch: hasjiesj
• → Armenian: հաշիշ (hašiš)
• → Catalan: haixix
• → Czech: hašiš
• → English: hashish
• → Georgian: ჰაშიში (hašiši)
• → German: Haschisch, Hasch
  • → Estonian: hašiš
• → French: haschich
  • → 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^[1] (in Latin), volume 1, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 382
• Löw, Immanuel (1928) Die Flora der Juden‎^[2] (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

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ح ش ش
2 terms

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