خندريس

Arabic

Alternative forms

• خَنْدَرُوس (ḵandarūs)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek χόνδρος (khóndros).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xan.da.riːs/

Noun

خَنْدَرِيس • (ḵandarīs) m (plural خَنَادِر (ḵanādir)) (obsolete)

1. spelt, dinkel wheat

   Synonym: عَلَس (ʕalas)

   • 1025, ابن سينا [Avicenna], القانون في الطب [Canon Medicinae]:

     خندروس.
     الماهية: هو الحنطة الرومية.
     الطبع: غذاؤه أبرد من غذاء الحنطة وأقل وهو مع ذلك جيد كثير قوي غليظ.

     Spelt:
     What it is: It is Byzantine wheat.
     The character: Its food is cooler than wheat food and lesser and with that it is good, full, vigorous, thick.

2. groats, gruel
3. old wine
   • 900s, al-Mutanabbī, ألذ من المدام الخندريس:

     أَلَذَّ مِنَ المُدامِ الخَنْدَرِيسِ وَأَحْلَى مِنْ مُعَاطَاةِ الْكُؤُوسِ

     ʔalaḏḏa mina l-mudāmi l-ḵandarīsi waʔaḥlā min muʕāṭāti l-kuʔūsi

     And they rejoiced on old wine and delighted themselves in sharing the beakers.

Declension

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خَنْدَرِيس ḵandarīs	الْخَنْدَرِيس al-ḵandarīs	خَنْدَرِيس ḵandarīs
Nominative	خَنْدَرِيسٌ ḵandarīsun	الْخَنْدَرِيسُ al-ḵandarīsu	خَنْدَرِيسُ ḵandarīsu
Accusative	خَنْدَرِيسًا ḵandarīsan	الْخَنْدَرِيسَ al-ḵandarīsa	خَنْدَرِيسَ ḵandarīsa
Genitive	خَنْدَرِيسٍ ḵandarīsin	الْخَنْدَرِيسِ al-ḵandarīsi	خَنْدَرِيسِ ḵandarīsi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خَنْدَرِيسَيْن ḵandarīsayn	الْخَنْدَرِيسَيْن al-ḵandarīsayn	خَنْدَرِيسَيْ ḵandarīsay
Nominative	خَنْدَرِيسَانِ ḵandarīsāni	الْخَنْدَرِيسَانِ al-ḵandarīsāni	خَنْدَرِيسَا ḵandarīsā
Accusative	خَنْدَرِيسَيْنِ ḵandarīsayni	الْخَنْدَرِيسَيْنِ al-ḵandarīsayni	خَنْدَرِيسَيْ ḵandarīsay
Genitive	خَنْدَرِيسَيْنِ ḵandarīsayni	الْخَنْدَرِيسَيْنِ al-ḵandarīsayni	خَنْدَرِيسَيْ ḵandarīsay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خَنَادِر ḵanādir	الْخَنَادِر al-ḵanādir	خَنَادِر ḵanādir
Nominative	خَنَادِرُ ḵanādiru	الْخَنَادِرُ al-ḵanādiru	خَنَادِرُ ḵanādiru
Accusative	خَنَادِرَ ḵanādira	الْخَنَادِرَ al-ḵanādira	خَنَادِرَ ḵanādira
Genitive	خَنَادِرَ ḵanādira	الْخَنَادِرِ al-ḵanādiri	خَنَادِرِ ḵanādiri

Declension of noun خَنْدَرِيس (ḵandarīs)

References

• Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “خندريس”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes‎ (in French), volume 1, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 407
• Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, pages 163–164
• Freytag, Georg (1830) “خندريس”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎ (in Latin), volume 1, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 530
• Lane, Edward William (1863) “خندريس”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎, London: Williams & Norgate, page 815
• Leclerc, Lucian (1862) “Études historiques et philologiques sur Ebn-Beïthâr”, in Journal asiatique‎ (in French), volume 19 of the 5th series, page 446
• Maraqten, Mohammed (1993) “Wine Drinking and Wine Prohibition in Arabia before Islam”, in Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies, volume 23, page 102
• Wahrmund, Adolf (1887) “خندريس”, in Handwörterbuch der neu-arabischen und deutschen Sprache‎ (in German), volume 1, Gießen: J. Ricker’sche Buchhandlung, page 627