humus

Learned borrowing from Latin humus (“earth, soil”).


humus

humus (nominative singular)
humusy (nominative plural)
humusu (genitive singular)
humusů (genitive plural)
humusu (dative singular)
humusům (dative plural)
humus (accusative singular)
humusy (accusative plural)
humuse (singular vocative)
humusy (plural vocative)
humuse (locative singular)
humusu (locative singular)
humusech (locative plural)
humusem (instrumental singular)
humusy (instrumental plural)


humus

A large group of natural organic compounds, found in the soil, formed from the chemical and biological decomposition of plant and animal residues and from the synthetic activity of microorganisms.

en-noun

humus (usually uncountable, plural humuses)


humus

Alternative spelling of hummus (“chickpea dip”)

Borrowed from Turkish humus or Arabic حُمُّص (ḥummuṣ).


humus

humus (nominative singular)
humukset (nominative plural)
humus (accusative nominative singular)
humukset (accusative nominative plural)
humuksen (accusative genitive singular)
humukset (accusative genitive plural)
humuksen (genitive singular)
humusten (genitive plural)
humuksien (genitive plural)
humusta (partitive singular)
humuksia (partitive plural)
humuksessa (inessive singular)
humuksissa (inessive plural)
humuksesta (elative singular)
humuksista (elative plural)
humukseen (illative singular)
humuksiin (illative plural)
humuksella (adessive singular)
humuksilla (adessive plural)
humukselta (ablative singular)
humuksilta (ablative plural)
humukselle (allative singular)
humuksille (allative plural)
humuksena (essive singular)
humuksina (essive plural)
humukseksi (singular translative)
humuksiksi (plural translative)
humuksetta (abessive singular)
humuksitta (abessive plural)
humuksin (instructive plural)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
humukseni (nominative singular)
humukseni (nominative plural)
humukseni (accusative nominative singular)
humukseni (accusative nominative plural)
humukseni (accusative genitive singular)
humukseni (accusative genitive plural)
humukseni (genitive singular)
humusteni (genitive plural)
humuksieni (genitive plural)
humustani (partitive singular)
humuksiani (partitive plural)
humuksessani (inessive singular)
humuksissani (inessive plural)
humuksestani (elative singular)
humuksistani (elative plural)
humukseeni (illative singular)
humuksiini (illative plural)
humuksellani (adessive singular)
humuksillani (adessive plural)
humukseltani (ablative singular)
humuksiltani (ablative plural)
humukselleni (allative singular)
humuksilleni (allative plural)
humuksenani (essive singular)
humuksinani (essive plural)
humuksekseni (singular translative)
humuksikseni (plural translative)
humuksettani (abessive singular)
humuksittani (abessive plural)
humuksineni (comitative plural)
humuksesi (nominative singular)
humuksesi (nominative plural)
humuksesi (accusative nominative singular)
humuksesi (accusative nominative plural)
humuksesi (accusative genitive singular)
humuksesi (accusative genitive plural)
humuksesi (genitive singular)
humustesi (genitive plural)
humuksiesi (genitive plural)
humustasi (partitive singular)
humuksiasi (partitive plural)
humuksessasi (inessive singular)
humuksissasi (inessive plural)
humuksestasi (elative singular)
humuksistasi (elative plural)
humukseesi (illative singular)
humuksiisi (illative plural)
humuksellasi (adessive singular)
humuksillasi (adessive plural)
humukseltasi (ablative singular)
humuksiltasi (ablative plural)
humuksellesi (allative singular)
humuksillesi (allative plural)
humuksenasi (essive singular)
humuksinasi (essive plural)
humukseksesi (singular translative)
humuksiksesi (plural translative)
humuksettasi (abessive singular)
humuksittasi (abessive plural)
humuksinesi (comitative plural)
humuksemme (nominative singular)
humuksemme (nominative plural)
humuksemme (accusative nominative singular)
humuksemme (accusative nominative plural)
humuksemme (accusative genitive singular)
humuksemme (accusative genitive plural)
humuksemme (genitive singular)
humustemme (genitive plural)
humuksiemme (genitive plural)
humustamme (partitive singular)
humuksiamme (partitive plural)
humuksessamme (inessive singular)
humuksissamme (inessive plural)
humuksestamme (elative singular)
humuksistamme (elative plural)
humukseemme (illative singular)
humuksiimme (illative plural)
humuksellamme (adessive singular)
humuksillamme (adessive plural)
humukseltamme (ablative singular)
humuksiltamme (ablative plural)
humuksellemme (allative singular)
humuksillemme (allative plural)
humuksenamme (essive singular)
humuksinamme (essive plural)
humukseksemme (singular translative)
humuksiksemme (plural translative)
humuksettamme (abessive singular)
humuksittamme (abessive plural)
humuksinemme (comitative plural)
humuksenne (nominative singular)
humuksenne (nominative plural)
humuksenne (accusative nominative singular)
humuksenne (accusative nominative plural)
humuksenne (accusative genitive singular)
humuksenne (accusative genitive plural)
humuksenne (genitive singular)
humustenne (genitive plural)
humuksienne (genitive plural)
humustanne (partitive singular)
humuksianne (partitive plural)
humuksessanne (inessive singular)
humuksissanne (inessive plural)
humuksestanne (elative singular)
humuksistanne (elative plural)
humukseenne (illative singular)
humuksiinne (illative plural)
humuksellanne (adessive singular)
humuksillanne (adessive plural)
humukseltanne (ablative singular)
humuksiltanne (ablative plural)
humuksellenne (allative singular)
humuksillenne (allative plural)
humuksenanne (essive singular)
humuksinanne (essive plural)
humukseksenne (singular translative)
humuksiksenne (plural translative)
humuksettanne (abessive singular)
humuksittanne (abessive plural)
humuksinenne (comitative plural)
humuksensa (nominative singular)
humuksensa (nominative plural)
humuksensa (accusative nominative singular)
humuksensa (accusative nominative plural)
humuksensa (accusative genitive singular)
humuksensa (accusative genitive plural)
humuksensa (genitive singular)
humustensa (genitive plural)
humuksiensa (genitive plural)
humustaan (partitive singular)
humustansa (partitive singular)
humuksiaan (partitive plural)
humuksiansa (partitive plural)
humuksessaan (inessive singular)
humuksessansa (inessive singular)
humuksissaan (inessive plural)
humuksissansa (inessive plural)
humuksestaan (elative singular)
humuksestansa (elative singular)
humuksistaan (elative plural)
humuksistansa (elative plural)
humukseensa (illative singular)
humuksiinsa (illative plural)
humuksellaan (adessive singular)
humuksellansa (adessive singular)
humuksillaan (adessive plural)
humuksillansa (adessive plural)
humukseltaan (ablative singular)
humukseltansa (ablative singular)
humuksiltaan (ablative plural)
humuksiltansa (ablative plural)
humukselleen (allative singular)
humuksellensa (allative singular)
humuksilleen (allative plural)
humuksillensa (allative plural)
humuksenaan (essive singular)
humuksenansa (essive singular)
humuksinaan (essive plural)
humuksinansa (essive plural)
humuksekseen (singular translative)
humukseksensa (singular translative)
humuksikseen (plural translative)
humuksiksensa (plural translative)
humuksettaan (abessive singular)
humuksettansa (abessive singular)
humuksittaan (abessive plural)
humuksittansa (abessive plural)
humuksineen (comitative plural)
humuksinensa (comitative plural)


humus

[Triptolemus] prīmus arābit et seret et culta praemia tollet humō

[Triptolemus] will be the first to plow and sow and take away the rewards from cultivated soil.
(See Triptolemus, Demophon of Eleusis, and Celeus for the ancient Greek myths about a royal family who are presented as humble country folk in the Fasti.)

la-noun

humus is one of a handful of common nouns that take the locative case (humī); other such nouns include domus and rūs. Also, irregular ablative singular humū once used by Varro.

humus f (genitive humī); second declension

humī (genitive)
humus (nominative singular)
humī (nominative plural)
humī (genitive singular)
humōrum (genitive plural)
humō (dative singular)
humīs (dative plural)
humum (accusative singular)
humōs (accusative plural)
humō (ablative singular)
humū (ablative singular)
humīs (ablative plural)
hume (singular vocative)
humī (plural vocative)
humī (locative singular)
humīs (locative plural)
umus (alternative)
humum (alternative)

la-ndecl

Locative used in the sense "on the ground". Irregular ablative singular <i class="Latn mention" lang="la">humū</i> once used by Varro.

→ Armenian: հումուս (humus)

→ Czech: humus

→ Dutch: humus

→ English: humus

→ Finnish: humus

→ French: humus

→ Turkish: humus

→ Galician: humus

→ German: Humus

→ Greek: χούμος (choúmos)

→ Irish: húmas

→ Italian: umus, umo

→ Malay: humus

→ Polish: humus

→ Portuguese: húmus, humo

→ Romanian: humus, humă

→ Russian: гу́мус (gúmus)

→ Serbo-Croatian: ху́мус (húmus)

→ Spanish: humus

→ Swedish: humus

From Proto-Italic *homos, from earlier *xomos, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰǵʰomós, from *dʰéǵʰōm (“earth”), from earlier **dʰéǵʰoms through internal reconstruction. Cognates include Sanskrit क्ष (kṣa), Ancient Greek χθών (khthṓn), and Old Church Slavonic землꙗ (zemlja). Related to homō (“human being, man”).


humus

hummus (Levantine Arab dip made of chickpea paste with various additions, such as olive oil, fresh garlic, lemon juice, and tahini, often eaten with pitta bread, or as a meze)

humus (nominative singular)
humusu (genitive singular)
humusowi (dative singular)
humus (accusative singular)
humusem (instrumental singular)
humusie (locative singular)
humusie (singular vocative)
hummus (alternative)


humus

(literary) humus (large group of natural organic compounds, found in the soil, formed from the chemical and biological decomposition of plant and animal residues and from the synthetic activity of microorganisms)

pl-noun

humus m inan (related adjective humusowy)

humusowy (adjective)
humus (nominative singular)
humusu (genitive singular)
humusowi (dative singular)
humus (accusative singular)
humusem (instrumental singular)
humusie (locative singular)
humusie (singular vocative)


humus

humus (accusative indefinite nominative)
humusul (accusative definite nominative)
humus (indefinite)
humusului (definite)
humusule (vocative)

Borrowed from French humus, from Latin humus.


humus

húmus (canonical masculine)
ху́мус (Cyrillic)
humus (nominative singular)
humusa (genitive singular)
humusu (dative singular)
humus (accusative singular)
humuse (singular vocative)
humusu (locative singular)
humusom (instrumental singular)


humus

humus (indefinite nominative singular)
humus (genitive indefinite singular)
humusen (definite nominative singular)
humusens (definite genitive singular)


humus

head

humus (definite accusative humusu, plural humuslar)

humusu (accusative definite)
humuslar (plural)
humus (nominative singular)
humuslar (nominative plural)
humusu (accusative definite singular)
humusları (accusative definite plural)
humusa (dative singular)
humuslara (dative plural)
humusta (locative singular)
humuslarda (locative plural)
humustan (ablative singular)
humuslardan (ablative plural)
humusun (genitive singular)
humusların (genitive plural)
humusum (first-person nominative singular)
humuslarım (first-person nominative singular)
humusun (nominative second-person singular)
humusların (nominative second-person singular)
humusu (nominative singular third-person)
humusları (nominative singular third-person)
humusumuz (first-person nominative plural)
humuslarımız (first-person nominative plural)
humusunuz (nominative plural second-person)
humuslarınız (nominative plural second-person)
humusları (nominative plural third-person)
humusumu (accusative definite first-person singular)
humuslarımı (accusative definite first-person singular)
humusunu (accusative definite second-person singular)
humuslarını (accusative definite second-person singular)
humusunu (accusative definite singular third-person)
humuslarını (accusative definite singular third-person)
humusumuzu (accusative definite first-person plural)
humuslarımızı (accusative definite first-person plural)
humusunuzu (accusative definite plural second-person)
humuslarınızı (accusative definite plural second-person)
humuslarını (accusative definite plural third-person)
humusuma (dative first-person singular)
humuslarıma (dative first-person singular)
humusuna (dative second-person singular)
humuslarına (dative second-person singular)
humusuna (dative singular third-person)
humuslarına (dative singular third-person)
humusumuza (dative first-person plural)
humuslarımıza (dative first-person plural)
humusunuza (dative plural second-person)
humuslarınıza (dative plural second-person)
humuslarına (dative plural third-person)
humusumda (first-person locative singular)
humuslarımda (first-person locative singular)
humusunda (locative second-person singular)
humuslarında (locative second-person singular)
humusunda (locative singular third-person)
humuslarında (locative singular third-person)
humusumuzda (first-person locative plural)
humuslarımızda (first-person locative plural)
humusunuzda (locative plural second-person)
humuslarınızda (locative plural second-person)
humuslarında (locative plural third-person)
humusumdan (ablative first-person singular)
humuslarımdan (ablative first-person singular)
humusundan (ablative second-person singular)
humuslarından (ablative second-person singular)
humusundan (ablative singular third-person)
humuslarından (ablative singular third-person)
humusumuzdan (ablative first-person plural)
humuslarımızdan (ablative first-person plural)
humusunuzdan (ablative plural second-person)
humuslarınızdan (ablative plural second-person)
humuslarından (ablative plural third-person)
humusumun (first-person genitive singular)
humuslarımın (first-person genitive singular)
humusunun (genitive second-person singular)
humuslarının (genitive second-person singular)
humusunun (genitive singular third-person)
humuslarının (genitive singular third-person)
humusumuzun (first-person genitive plural)
humuslarımızın (first-person genitive plural)
humusunuzun (genitive plural second-person)
humuslarınızın (genitive plural second-person)
humuslarının (genitive plural third-person)


humus

humusu (accusative definite)
humuslar (plural)