حامض

Arabic

Root
ح م ض (ḥ-m-ḍ)

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ḥāmiṣ́-. Cognate with Biblical Hebrew חֹמֶץ (ḥómɛṣ, vinegar).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ħaː.midˤ/
    • (Gulf (Kuwait)) IPA(key): /ˈħɑː.mɪðˤ/
  • (file)

Adjective

حَامِض • (ḥāmiḍ) (feminine حَامِضَة (ḥāmiḍa), masculine plural حَامِضُونَ (ḥāmiḍūna), feminine plural حَامِضَات (ḥāmiḍāt) or حَوَامِض (ḥawāmiḍ))

  1. sour, acidic

Declension

Noun

حَامِض • (ḥāmiḍ) m (plural حَوَامِض (ḥawāmiḍ))

  1. (chemistry) acid
    Synonym: حِمْض (ḥimḍ)
    Antonyms: قَاعِدَة (qāʕida), قَلَوِيّ (qalawiyy)
  2. (now substandard) lemons or lemon juice
    • 1226, محمد بن الحسن بن محمد بن الكريم الكاتب البغدادي [Muḥammad bin al-Ḥasan bin Muḥammad bin al-Karīm al-Baḡdādīy], “الذَّيْل [aḏ-ḏayl]”, in كتاب الطبيخ ومعجم المآكل الدمشقية, Hindawi Foundation, published 2018, →ISBN, page 97:
      مُتَبَّل
      يُشْوَى ٱلْبَاذِنْجَانُ وَيُقَشَّرُ وَيُدَقُّ، ثُمَّ يُصَفُّ ٱلْجَوْزُ بَعْدَ غَسْلِهِ وَيُوضَعُ فَوْقَ ٱلْبَاذِنْجَانِ مَعَ ٱلطَّحِينَةِ وَٱلْحَامِضِ وَٱلْمِلْحِ وَٱلثُّومِ.
      mutabbal
      yušwā l-bāḏinjānu wayuqaššaru wayudaqqu, ṯumma yuṣaffu l-jawzu baʕda ḡaslihi wayūḍaʕu fawqa l-bāḏinjāni maʕa ṭ-ṭaḥīnati wal-ḥāmiḍi wal-milḥi waṯ-ṯūmi.
      Mutabbal
      Eggplants are fried, julienned, pounded, then walnut rowed after washing and placed over the eggplants with ṭahīne and lemon and salt and garlic.

Declension

Moroccan Arabic

Root
ح م ض
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic حَامِض (ḥāmiḍ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ħaː.midˤ/

Noun

حامض • (ḥāmiḍ) m (collective, singulative حامضة f (ḥāmḍa), plural حامضات (ḥāmḍāt))

  1. lemon

Adjective

حامض • (ḥāmiḍ) (feminine حامضة (ḥāmḍa), masculine plural حامضين (ḥāmḍīn), feminine plural حامضات (ḥāmḍāt), elative أحمض (ʔaḥmaḍ) or حمض (ḥmaḍ))

  1. sour
  2. unfunny
    هاد النكتة حامضة بحال ديما.
    hād en-nukta ḥāmḍa bḥāl dīma
    This joke is unfunny as always.

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حَامِض (ḥāmiḍ, sour, acidic; acid).

Adjective

حامض • (hamız)

  1. sour, acid, sharp, or biting to the taste
    Synonym: اكشی (ekşi)

Noun

حامض • (hamız) (plural حامضات (hamızat))

  1. (chemistry) acid, any compound capable of either donating a proton, or forming a covalent bond with an electron pair

Derived terms

  • حامض بروم (hamız-ı brom, bromic acid)
  • حامض جبن (hamız-ı cübn, caseic acid)
  • حامض قهوه (hamız-ı kahve, caffeic acid)
  • حامض كبریت (hamız-ı kibrit, sulfuric acid)
  • حامض لیمون (hamız-ı limon, citric acid)
  • حامضلاتمق (hamızlatmak, to acidulate)
  • حامضلاشمق (hamızlaşmak, to let be acidulated)
  • حامضلانمق (hamızlanmak, to become acid)
  • حامضی (hamizi, acid)

Descendants

  • Turkish: hamız

Further reading

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ح م ض
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic حَامِض (ḥāmiḍ).

Pronunciation 1

  • IPA(key): /ħaː.medˤ/, [ˈħɑː.mɪdˤ]
  • (file)

Adjective

حامض • (ḥāmeḍ) (feminine حامضة (ḥāmḍa), elative أحمض (ʾaḥmaḍ))

  1. sour
  2. acid
See also
Basic tastes in South Levantine Arabic · طعم (ṭaʕm), ذوق (zōʕ) (layout · text)
حلو (ḥilu) حامض (ḥāmeḍ) مالح (māleḥ) مرّ (murr) حارّ (ḥārr) -

Noun

حامض • (ḥāmeḍ) m (plural حوامض (ḥawāmeḍ))

  1. acid

Pronunciation 2

  • IPA(key): /ħaː.mudˤ/, [ˈħɑː.mʊdˤ]

Noun

حامض • (ḥāmoḍ) m

  1. (Galilee, uncountable) lemons
    Synonym: لمون (lamūn)
    حبّة حامضḥabbet ḥāmoda lemon
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