צרצר
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Hebrew
[edit]Etymology
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| צ־ר־צ־ר (ts-r-ts-r) |
Cognate with Arabic صَرْصَر (ṣarṣar), صُرْصُر (ṣurṣur) and صُرْصُور (ṣurṣūr) with similar meaning. Presumably onomatopoeic, from the sound the insect makes.
Noun
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צְרָצַר • (tsratsár) m (plural indefinite צִרְצָרִים, singular construct צִרְצַר־, plural construct צִרְצְרֵי־)
- cricket (insect)
Related terms
[edit]- צַרְצוּר (tzartzúr)
Further reading
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צרצר on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia he
