Arabic edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Maybe from Aramaic, doublet of حُمَّاض (ḥummāḍ), compare Classical Syriac ܚܲܡܘܼܥܬܵܐ (ḥammūʿtā, sorrel), ܚܲܡܘܼܨܬܵܐ (ḥammūṣtā, rhubarb).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ħa.ma.sˤiːsˤ/
  • (colloquial) IPA(key): /ħam.sˤiːsˤ/

Noun edit

حَمَصِيص (ḥamaṣīṣm (collective, singulative حَمَصِيصَة f (ḥamaṣīṣa)) (Arabia, bedouinic)

  1. Rumex pictus

Declension edit