حوش

See also: خوس, جوش, and خوش

Arabic

Root
ح و ش (ḥ-w-š)

Noun

حَوْش • (ḥawš) m (plural أَحْوَاش (ʔaḥwāš))

1. courtyard
2. enclosure (e.g. for cattle)
3. fold
4. farm
5. (modern) reclusion

Declension

Declension of noun حَوْش (ḥawš)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حَوْش ḥawš	الْحَوْش al-ḥawš	حَوْش ḥawš
Nominative	حَوْشٌ ḥawšun	الْحَوْشُ al-ḥawšu	حَوْشُ ḥawšu
Accusative	حَوْشًا ḥawšan	الْحَوْشَ al-ḥawša	حَوْشَ ḥawša
Genitive	حَوْشٍ ḥawšin	الْحَوْشِ al-ḥawši	حَوْشِ ḥawši
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حَوْشَيْن ḥawšayn	الْحَوْشَيْن al-ḥawšayn	حَوْشَيْ ḥawšay
Nominative	حَوْشَانِ ḥawšāni	الْحَوْشَانِ al-ḥawšāni	حَوْشَا ḥawšā
Accusative	حَوْشَيْنِ ḥawšayni	الْحَوْشَيْنِ al-ḥawšayni	حَوْشَيْ ḥawšay
Genitive	حَوْشَيْنِ ḥawšayni	الْحَوْشَيْنِ al-ḥawšayni	حَوْشَيْ ḥawšay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَحْوَاش ʔaḥwāš	الْأَحْوَاش al-ʔaḥwāš	أَحْوَاش ʔaḥwāš
Nominative	أَحْوَاشٌ ʔaḥwāšun	الْأَحْوَاشُ al-ʔaḥwāšu	أَحْوَاشُ ʔaḥwāšu
Accusative	أَحْوَاشًا ʔaḥwāšan	الْأَحْوَاشَ al-ʔaḥwāša	أَحْوَاشَ ʔaḥwāša
Genitive	أَحْوَاشٍ ʔaḥwāšin	الْأَحْوَاشِ al-ʔaḥwāši	أَحْوَاشِ ʔaḥwāši

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “حوش”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen

Hijazi Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic حَوْش (ḥawš).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈħoːʃ/, [ˈħo̞ːʃ]

Noun

حوش • (ḥōš) m (plural أحواش (ʔaḥwāš))

1. backyard
2. courtyard

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ح و ش
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic حَوَّشَ (ḥawwaša).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ħaw.waʃ/, [ˈħaw.waʃ]

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Verb

حوّش • (ḥawwaš) II (present بحوّش (biḥawweš))

1. to gather, to accumulate, to save up

Conjugation

Conjugation of حوّش (ḥawwaš)
		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
past	m	حوّشت (ḥawwašt)	حوّشت (ḥawwašt)	حوّش (ḥawwaš)		حوّشنا (ḥawwašna)	حوّشتو (ḥawwaštu)	حوّشو (ḥawwašu)
	f		حوّشتي (ḥawwašti)	حوّشت (ḥawwašat)
present	m	بحوّش (baḥawweš)	بتحوّش (bitḥawweš)	بحوّش (biḥawweš)		منحوّش (minḥawweš)	بتحوّشو (bitḥawwšu)	بحوّشو (biḥawwšu)
	f		بتحوّشي (bitḥawwši)	بتحوّش (bitḥawweš)
subjunctive	m	احوّش (aḥawweš)	تحوّش (tḥawweš)	يحوّش (yḥawweš)		نحوّش (nḥawweš)	تحوّشو (tḥawwšu)	يحوّشو (yḥawwšu)
	f		تحوّشي (tḥawwši)	تحوّش (tḥawweš)
imperative	m		حوّش (ḥawweš)				حوّشو (ḥawwšu)
	f		حوّشي (ḥawwši)