דשא

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
ד־שׁ־א (d-sh-ʾ)

From Proto-Semitic *daṯʔ-. Cognate with Akkadian 𒌑𒇷𒀀𒊬 (dīšu [U₂.LI.A^sar], “grass”). Compare with Classical Syriac ܬܕܐܐ (“sprouting grass, herb; spring”).

Pronunciation

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈdeʃe/

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Noun

דֶּשֶׁא • (déshe) m (plural indefinite דְּשָׁאִים, plural construct דִּשְׁאֵי־) [pattern: קֶטֶל]

1. (uncountable) grass, herb, vegetation
   • Tanach, Genesis 1:11, with translation of the King James Version:

     וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים תַּדְשֵׁא הָאָרֶץ דֶּשֶׁא עֵשֶׂב מַזְרִיעַ זֶרַע עֵץ פְּרִי עֹשֶׂה פְּרִי לְמִינוֹ אֲשֶׁר זַרְעוֹ בוֹ עַל הָאָרֶץ וַיְהִי כֵן׃

     And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.

2. (countable) a lawn

Declension

Declension of דֶּשֶׁא

Number	Isolated forms		With possessive pronouns
	State	Form	Person	singular		plural
				m.	f.	m.	f.
singular	indefinite	דֶּשֶׁא	first	דִּשְׁאִי		דִּשְׁאֵנוּ
	definite	הַדֶּשֶׁא	second	דִּשְׁאֲךָ	דִּשְׁאֵךְ	דִּשְׁאֲכֶם	דִּשְׁאֲכֶן
	construct	דֶּשֶׁא־	third	דִּשְׁאוֹ	דִּשְׁאָהּ	דִּשְׁאָם	דִּשְׁאָן
plural	indefinite	דְּשָׁאִים	first	דשאיי / דְּשָׁאַי		דְּשָׁאֵינוּ
	definite	הַדְּשָׁאִים	second	דְּשָׁאֶיךָ	דשאייך / דְּשָׁאַיִךְ	דִּשְׁאֵיכֶם	דִּשְׁאֵיכֶן
	construct	דִּשְׁאֵי־	third	דְּשָׁאָיו	דְּשָׁאֶיהָ	דִּשְׁאֵיהֶם	דִּשְׁאֵיהֶן

Synonyms

• (herb) עֵשֶׂב ('ésev), יָרָק (yarak)
• (lawn) חָצֵר (khatsér)

References

• H1877 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

Verb

דָּשָׁא • (dashá) (pa'al construction)

1. (archaic) to sprout, to grow green

Conjugation

Conjugation of דָּשָׁא (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs) 

non-finite forms		to-infinitive: לדשוא / לִדְשֹׁא action noun: — passive participle: דָּשׁוּא
finite forms		singular		plural
		m.	f.	m.	f.
past	first	דָּשָׁאתִי		דָּשָׁאנוּ
	second	דָּשָׁאתָ	דָּשָׁאת	דְּשָׁאתֶם1	דְּשָׁאתֶן1
	third	דָּשָׁא	דָּשְׁאָה	דָּשְׁאוּ
present		דּוֹשֵׁא	דּוֹשֵׁאת	דּוֹשְׁאִים	דּוֹשְׁאוֹת
future	first	אֶדְשָׁא		נִדְשָׁא
	second	תִּדְשָׁא	תִּדְשְׁאִי	תִּדְשְׁאוּ	תִּדְשֶׁאנָה2
	third	יִדְשָׁא	תִּדְשָׁא	יִדְשְׁאוּ	תִּדְשֶׁאנָה2
imperative		דְּשָׁא	דִּשְׁאִי	דִּשְׁאוּ	דְּשֶׁאנָה2
notes		Pronounced דָּשָׁאתֶם and דָּשָׁאתֶן in informal Modern Hebrew. Rare in Modern Hebrew.

References

• H1876 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible