أحرش

Arabic

Etymology

Color or defect adjective from the root ح ر ش (ḥ-r-š).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔaħ.raʃ/

Adjective

أَحْرَش • (ʔaḥraš)

1. rugged, rough, coarse
   • c. 1200, يحيى بن محمد بن أحمد بن العوام [yaḥyā ibn muḥammad ibn ʔaḥmad ibn al-ʕawwām], edited by José Antonio Banqueri, كتاب الفلاحة [Book on Agriculture], volume 2, Madrid: Imprenta Real, published 1802^IA, Cap. 29, Art. 15, pages 386–387:

     وَٱلشَّكْوَسُ قَالَ أَبُو ٱلْخَيْرِ وَغَيْرِهِ هُوَ ٱلْوَرْدُ ٱلْفَحْصِيُّ وَقِيلَ ٱلْبَرِيُّ وَهُوَ نَوْعَانِ أَحَدُهُمَا يُسَمَّى بِٱلْعَجَمِيَّةِ ٱلرَّحْبَلُ وَرَقُهُ فِي قَدْرِ وَرَقِ ٱلزَّيْتُونِ وَأَطْوَلُ وَأَعْرَضُ أََغْبَرُ أَحْرَشُ وَأَغْصَانُهُ خَشِنَةٌ صُلْبَةٌ إِلَى ٱلْبَيَاضِ مَا هِيَ تَطْلَعُ فِي زَمَنِ ٱلرَّبِيعِ نُوْرُهُ كَٱلْوَرْدِ حَمْرَاءُ فَائِتَةٌ وَفِي وَسَطِهَا صُفْرَةٌ وَهَذَا هُوَ ٱلْمُسَمَّى ٱلْوَرْدُ ٱلْفَحْصِيُّ وَيُقَالُ إِنَّ ٱلْوَرْدَ إِنْ رَكِبَ فِيهِ فَيَنْجِبُ وَٱلنَّوْعُ ٱلثَّانِي مِنَ ٱلشَّكْوَسِ وَرَقُهُ أَصْغَرُ مِنْ وَرَقِ ٱلْأَوَّلِ وَأَشَدُّ خُضْرَةً وَهًوَ أَحْرَشُ بَيْنَ ٱلْاِسْتِدَارِ وَٱلطُّولِ وَأَغْصَانِهِ إِلَى ٱلْحَمْرَاءِ مَا هِيَ تَطْلَعُ وَرْدًا أَبْيَضَا نَاصِعَةً فِي وَسَطِهَا وَكِلَاهُمَا لَاحِقٌ بِٱلْأَشْجَارِ.

     waš-šakwasu qāla ʔabū l-ḵayri waḡayrihi huwa l-wardu l-faḥṣiyyu waqīla l-bariyyu wahuwa nawʕāni ʔaḥaduhumā yusammā bi-l-ʕajamiyyati r-raḥbalu waraquhu fī qadri waraqi z-zaytūni waʔaṭwalu waʔaʕraḍu ʔaaḡbaru ʔaḥrašu waʔaḡṣānuhu ḵašinatun ṣulbatun ʔilā l-bayāḍi mā hiya taṭlaʕu fī zamani r-rabīʕi nuwruhu kal-wardi ḥamrāʔu fāʔitatun wafī wasaṭihā ṣufratun wahaḏā huwa l-musammā l-wardu l-faḥṣiyyu wayuqālu ʔinna l-warda ʔin rakiba fīhi fayanjibu wan-nawʕu ṯ-ṯānī mina š-šakwasi waraquhu ʔaṣḡaru min waraqi l-ʔawwali waʔašaddu ḵuḍratan wahanwa ʔaḥrašu bayna l-istidāri waṭ-ṭūli waʔaḡṣānihi ʔilā l-ḥamrāʔi mā hiya taṭlaʕu wardan ʔabyaḍā nāṣiʕatan fī wasaṭihā wakilāhumā lāḥiqun bi-l-ʔašjāri.

     And the rockrose, say Abū al-Ḵayr and others, is the field rose, and also the land rose, it is said, and there are two kinds: One is called in Berber raḥbal and its leaves are of the dimensions of the leaves of the olive but longer and wider, more gray and rugged, and its branches are rough, stiff and lean into white, and in spring it blossoms in roses of a red hue you almost miss, and in their mid there is yellow and this is called field rose, and it is said that if a rose is grafted onto it it will prevail. The second kind of rockrose has smaller leaves than the first, of a more intense green, and it is more rugged around and along, and its branches lean into red and spawn white roses, vivid in the middle. And both liaise with trees.

Declension

Declension of adjective أَحْرَش (ʔaḥraš)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular diptote		basic singular diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	أَحْرَش ʔaḥraš	الْأَحْرَش al-ʔaḥraš	حَرْشَاء ḥaršāʔ	الْحَرْشَاء al-ḥaršāʔ
Nominative	أَحْرَشُ ʔaḥrašu	الْأَحْرَشُ al-ʔaḥrašu	حَرْشَاءُ ḥaršāʔu	الْحَرْشَاءُ al-ḥaršāʔu
Accusative	أَحْرَشَ ʔaḥraša	الْأَحْرَشَ al-ʔaḥraša	حَرْشَاءَ ḥaršāʔa	الْحَرْشَاءَ al-ḥaršāʔa
Genitive	أَحْرَشَ ʔaḥraša	الْأَحْرَشِ al-ʔaḥraši	حَرْشَاءَ ḥaršāʔa	الْحَرْشَاءِ al-ḥaršāʔi
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	أَحْرَشَيْن ʔaḥrašayn	الْأَحْرَشَيْن al-ʔaḥrašayn	حَرْشَاوَيْن ḥaršāwayn	الْحَرْشَاوَيْن al-ḥaršāwayn
Nominative	أَحْرَشَانِ ʔaḥrašāni	الْأَحْرَشَانِ al-ʔaḥrašāni	حَرْشَاوَانِ ḥaršāwāni	الْحَرْشَاوَانِ al-ḥaršāwāni
Accusative	أَحْرَشَيْنِ ʔaḥrašayni	الْأَحْرَشَيْنِ al-ʔaḥrašayni	حَرْشَاوَيْنِ ḥaršāwayni	الْحَرْشَاوَيْنِ al-ḥaršāwayni
Genitive	أَحْرَشَيْنِ ʔaḥrašayni	الْأَحْرَشَيْنِ al-ʔaḥrašayni	حَرْشَاوَيْنِ ḥaršāwayni	الْحَرْشَاوَيْنِ al-ḥaršāwayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	—		—
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	—	—	—	—
Nominative	—	—	—	—
Accusative	—	—	—	—
Genitive	—	—	—	—

Descendants

• Maltese: aħrax