חדש

Hebrew

Etymology 1

Root
ח־ד־שׁ (kh-d-sh)

Related to Arabic حَدِيث (ḥadīṯ) and Amharic አዲስ (ʾäddis). Ultimately from Proto-Semitic *ḥdṯ- (“to be new”).

Pronunciation

• (adjective): (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /χaˈdaʃ/

Adjective

חָדָשׁ • (khadásh) (feminine חֲדָשָׁה, masculine plural חֲדָשִׁים, feminine plural חֲדָשׁוֹת) [pattern: קָטָל]

1. new, recently made
2. new, current, recent (as opposed to former)

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “new”): ישן (yashán)
• (antonym(s) of “current”): ישן (yashán)

Derived terms

• אֵין כָּל חָדָשׁ תַּחַת הַשָּׁמֶשׁ (en kol chadásh táchat haShámesh)
• הָבְּרִית הָחֲדָשָׁה (habrít haḥadashá)
• חֲדָשׁוֹת (noun)

References

• H2319 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

Noun

חָדָשׁ • (khadásh) m (no plural forms, singular construct חדש־) (uncountable)

1. (Judaism) grain from a new crop

Further reading

• איסור חדש on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he

Etymology 2

From Proto-Semitic *ḥdṯ-.

Verb

חִדֵּשׁ • (khidésh) (pi'el construction)

1. defective spelling of חידש.

Verb

חַדֵּשׁ • (khadésh)

1. masculine singular imperative of חידש / חִדֵּשׁ (khidésh)

Etymology 3

Noun

חֹדֶשׁ • (khódesh) m (plural indefinite חֳדָשִׁים, singular construct חֹדֶשׁ־, plural construct חָדְשֵׁי־)

1. defective spelling of חודש.

Yiddish

Etymology

From Hebrew חדש.

Noun

חדש • (khodesh)

1. new

References

• Steven A. Jacobson (1998) A Guide to the More Common Hebraic Words in Yiddish, 5th edition, Fairbanks, AK: National Yiddish Book Center, →ISBN, page 64