דשא

Hebrew

Etymology
Root
ד־שׁ־א (d-š-ʾ)

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

Pronunciation
  • (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /ˈdeʃe/
  • (file)

Noun

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

  1. (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.
  2. (countable) a lawn

Declension
Declension of דֶּשֶׁא
NumberIsolated formsWith possessive pronouns
StateFormPersonsingularplural
m.f.m.f.
singularindefinite דֶּשֶׁא first דִּשְׁאִידִּשְׁאֵנוּ
definite הַדֶּשֶׁא second דִּשְׁאֲךָדִּשְׁאֵךְדִּשְׁאֲכֶםדִּשְׁאֲכֶן
construct דֶּשֶׁא־ third דִּשְׁאוֹדִּשְׁאָהּדִּשְׁאָםדִּשְׁאָן
pluralindefinite דְּשָׁאִים first דשאיי / דְּשָׁאַידְּשָׁאֵינוּ
definite הַדְּשָׁאִים second דְּשָׁאֶיךָדשאייך / דְּשָׁאַיִךְדִּשְׁאֵיכֶםדִּשְׁאֵיכֶן
construct דִּשְׁאֵי־ third דְּשָׁאָיודְּשָׁאֶיהָדִּשְׁאֵיהֶםדִּשְׁאֵיהֶן

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Verb

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

  1. (archaic) to sprout, to grow green

Conjugation
Conjugation of דָּשָׁא (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs) 
non-finite forms
  • to-infinitive: לדשוא / לִדְשֹׁא
  • action noun: —
  • passive participle: דָּשׁוּא
finite forms singular plural
m. f. m. f.
past first דָּשָׁאתִידָּשָׁאנוּ
second דָּשָׁאתָדָּשָׁאתדְּשָׁאתֶם1דְּשָׁאתֶן1
third דָּשָׁאדָּשְׁאָהדָּשְׁאוּ
present דּוֹשֵׁאדּוֹשֵׁאתדּוֹשְׁאִיםדּוֹשְׁאוֹת
future first אֶדְשָׁאנִדְשָׁא
second תִּדְשָׁאתִּדְשְׁאִיתִּדְשְׁאוּתִּדְשֶׁאנָה2
third יִדְשָׁאתִּדְשָׁאיִדְשְׁאוּתִּדְשֶׁאנָה2
imperative דְּשָׁאדִּשְׁאִידִּשְׁאוּדְּשֶׁאנָה2
notes
  1. Pronounced דָּשָׁאתֶם and דָּשָׁאתֶן in informal Modern Hebrew.
  2. Rare in Modern Hebrew.

References
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