عدس

Arabic

Etymology

Akin to Hebrew עֲדָשָׁה‎ (ʿăḏāšā́), Ugaritic 𐎓𐎄𐎌 (ʿadašu, “lentil”), Akkadian 𒂊𒁲𒋳 (edešu, “bud, sprout”), and Arabic عَلَس‎ (ʕalas, “emmer”). From Proto-Semitic *ʕadaš-, cognate with Proto-Central Chadic *HVdas- (“seed”), Bacama/Bata [Term?] (ḍàsì-to).

Noun

عَدَس • (ʕadas) m (collective, singulative عَدَسَة‎ f (ʕadasa))

lentils

Declension

Declension of noun عَدَس (ʕadas)

Collective	basic collective triptote
Collective	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	عَدَس ʕadas	الْعَدَس‎ al-ʕadas	عَدَس ʕadas
Nominative	عَدَسٌ ʕadasun	الْعَدَسُ‎ al-ʕadasu	عَدَسُ ʕadasu
Accusative	عَدَسًا‎ ʕadasan	الْعَدَسَ‎ al-ʕadasa	عَدَسَ ʕadasa
Genitive	عَدَسٍ ʕadasin	الْعَدَسِ‎ al-ʕadasi	عَدَسِ ʕadasi
Singulative	singulative triptote in ـَة (-a)
Singulative	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	عَدَسَة‎ ʕadasa	الْعَدَسَة‎ al-ʕadasa	عَدَسَة‎ ʕadasat
Nominative	عَدَسَةٌ‎ ʕadasatun	الْعَدَسَةُ‎ al-ʕadasatu	عَدَسَةُ‎ ʕadasatu
Accusative	عَدَسَةً‎ ʕadasatan	الْعَدَسَةَ‎ al-ʕadasata	عَدَسَةَ‎ ʕadasata
Genitive	عَدَسَةٍ‎ ʕadasatin	الْعَدَسَةِ‎ al-ʕadasati	عَدَسَةِ‎ ʕadasati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	عَدَسَتَيْن‎ ʕadasatayn	الْعَدَسَتَيْن‎ al-ʕadasatayn	عَدَسَتَيْ‎ ʕadasatay
Nominative	عَدَسَتَانِ‎ ʕadasatāni	الْعَدَسَتَانِ‎ al-ʕadasatāni	عَدَسَتَا‎ ʕadasatā
Accusative	عَدَسَتَيْنِ‎ ʕadasatayni	الْعَدَسَتَيْنِ‎ al-ʕadasatayni	عَدَسَتَيْ‎ ʕadasatay
Genitive	عَدَسَتَيْنِ‎ ʕadasatayni	الْعَدَسَتَيْنِ‎ al-ʕadasatayni	عَدَسَتَيْ‎ ʕadasatay
Paucal (3-10)	sound feminine paucal
Paucal (3-10)	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	عَدَسَات‎ ʕadasāt	الْعَدَسَات‎ al-ʕadasāt	عَدَسَات‎ ʕadasāt
Nominative	عَدَسَاتٌ‎ ʕadasātun	الْعَدَسَاتُ‎ al-ʕadasātu	عَدَسَاتُ‎ ʕadasātu
Accusative	عَدَسَاتٍ‎ ʕadasātin	الْعَدَسَاتِ‎ al-ʕadasāti	عَدَسَاتِ‎ ʕadasāti
Genitive	عَدَسَاتٍ‎ ʕadasātin	الْعَدَسَاتِ‎ al-ʕadasāti	عَدَسَاتِ‎ ʕadasāti

References

Lane, Edward William (1863), “عدس”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 1972
Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “عدس”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen, page 676
Wehr, Hans (1979), “عدس”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 696

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic عَدَس‎ (ʕadas).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ʔaˈðas/

(Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /ʔaˈdas/

(Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /ʔæˈdæs/

(Tajik) IPA^(key): /ʔaˈdas/

Noun

Dari	دال‎
Iranian Persian	عدس
Tajik	наск (nask)

عدس • ('adas) (plural عدس‌ها‎ ('adas-hâ))

lentil

Derived terms

عدسی‎ ('adasi)
عدسک‎ ('adasak)

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic عَدَس‎ (ʕadas).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʕa.das/, [ˈʕa.das]
Audio (al-Lidd) (file)

Noun

عدس • (ʕadas) m (collective, singulative عدسة‎ f (ʕadase))

(uncountable) lentils

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian ‎ ('adas), from Arabic عَدَس‎ (ʕadas).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /(ʔ)ə.d̪əs/

(Deccani) IPA^(key): /(ʔ)ə.d̪əs/

Noun

عَدَس • ('adas) f (Hindi spelling अदस)

lentil
Synonym: دال‎

References

“عدس”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
“عدس”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.

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