Hebrew

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Etymology 1

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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

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Adjective

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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
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  • (antonym(s) of new): ישן (yashán)
  • (antonym(s) of current): ישן (yashán)
Derived terms
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Noun

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חָדָשׁ (khadáshm (no plural forms, singular construct חדש־) (uncountable)

  1. (Judaism) grain from a new crop
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Etymology 2

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From Proto-Semitic *ḥdṯ-.

Verb

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חִדֵּשׁ (khidésh) (pi'el construction)

  1. defective spelling of חידש.

Verb

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חַדֵּשׁ (khadésh)

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

Etymology 3

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Noun

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חֹדֶשׁ (khódeshm (plural indefinite חֳדָשִׁים, singular construct חֹדֶשׁ־, plural construct חָדְשֵׁי־)

  1. defective spelling of חודש.

Yiddish

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Etymology

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From Hebrew חדש.

Noun

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חדש (khodesh)

  1. new

References

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  • 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
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