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

Noun

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

  1. (uncountable) grass, herb, vegetation
    • 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

Synonyms

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Verb

דָּשָׁא • (dashá) (pa'al construction)

  1. (archaic) to sprout, to grow green

References
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