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
    Synonym: حَمْضِيّ‎ (ḥamḍiyy)
    Antonym: مُرّ‎ (murr)

Declension

Noun

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

  1. (chemistry) acid
    Synonym: حِمْض‎ (ḥimḍ)
    Antonyms: قَاعِدَة‎ (qāʕida), قَلَوِيّ‎ (qalawiyy)

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

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

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
    ‏حبّة حامض‎ ― ḥabbet ḥāmod ― a lemon
    Synonym: لمون‎ (lamūn)
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