כרובית

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Hebrew

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Etymology

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Root
כ־ר־ב (k-r-b)

Coined by Eliezer Ben-Yehuda from כרוב (“cabbage”) +‎ ־ית, under influence of Arabic قَرْنَبِيط (qarnabīṭ), which itself was derived from Ancient Greek κράμβη (krámbē, “cabbage”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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כְּרוּבִית • (kruvít) f

  1. cauliflower

References

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  • “כרובית” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

Further reading

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