How to say "sour" in Arabic
CognateMeaningsour
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
حَامِض
ḥāmiḍחאמצ'
حامض
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
חמוץ
khamutsخَامُوتْس
How the two words are related
Cognate
Same Semitic root, same meaning — you already know this word.
Arabic root
ح-م-ضHebrew root
ח-מ-ץA clean regular match: Arabic ض corresponds to Hebrew צ, so ḥāmiḍ is exactly חמוץ, letter for letter, ح-م-ض / ח-מ-ץ. The same root gives Arabic حَمْض, 'acid', and Hebrew חמצן, 'oxygen' — literally 'the souring element'.
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How people actually say it in the spoken dialects, where it differs from the standard word.
Moroccan · Morocco — Casablanca, Rabat, Fes
حَامض
ḥāmeḍחאמצ'Darija: ḥāmeḍ — and as a noun it is the word for lemon.
In a phrase
لَيْمُون حَامِض
laymūn ḥāmiḍלימון חאמצ'a sour lemon
Feminine
حَامِضَة
ḥāmiḍaחאמצ'ה