אצבע
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Hebrew[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Root |
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צ־ב־ע (ts-b-ʿ) |
From Proto-Semitic *ʔiṣbaʕ-. Compare Arabic إِصْبَع (ʔiṣbaʕ), Aramaic אֶצְבְּעָא (ʾeṣbəʿā), Classical Syriac ܨܒܥܐ (ṣeḇʿā), Tigrinya ኣጻብዕ (ʾaṣabʿ), Coptic ⲧⲏⲃ (tēb), Ugaritic 𐎜𐎕𐎁𐎓 (ủṣbʿ), Egyptian ḏbꜥ.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Biblical Hebrew) IPA(key): /ʔi(t)sˤˈbaʕ/
- (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA(key): /ʔɛsˤˈbaʕ/, [ʔɛsˤˈbaː.aʕ]
- (Yemenite Hebrew) IPA(key): /ʔasˤˈbaʕ/, [ʔɑsˤˈbæːʕ]
- (Persian Hebrew) IPA(key): /(ʔ)esˈba(ʔ)/
- (Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA(key): /ɛt͡sˈba/
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /et͡sˈba/
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Noun[edit]
אֶצְבַּע • ('etsbá' / 'étsba') f (plural indefinite אֶצְבָּעוֹת, singular construct אֶצְבַּע־, plural construct אֶצְבְּעוֹת־)
Declension[edit]
Declension of אֶצְבַּע
Number | Isolated forms | With possessive pronouns | |||||
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State | Form | Person | singular | plural | |||
m. | f. | m. | f. | ||||
singular | indefinite | אֶצְבַּע | first | אֶצְבָּעִי | אֶצְבָּעֵנוּ | ||
definite | הָאֶצְבַּע | second | אֶצְבָּעֲךָ | אֶצְבָּעֵךְ | אֶצְבַּעֲכֶם | אֶצְבַּעֲכֶן | |
construct | אֶצְבַּע־ | third | אֶצְבָּעוֹ | אֶצְבָּעָהּ | אֶצְבָּעָם | אֶצְבָּעָן | |
plural | indefinite | אֶצְבָּעוֹת | first | אצבעותיי / אֶצְבְּעוֹתַי | אֶצְבְּעוֹתֵינוּ | ||
definite | הָאֶצְבָּעוֹת | second | אֶצְבְּעוֹתֶיךָ | אצבעותייך / אֶצְבְּעוֹתַיִךְ | אֶצְבְּעוֹתֵיכֶם | אֶצְבְּעוֹתֵיכֶן | |
construct | אֶצְבְּעוֹת־ | third | אֶצְבְּעוֹתָיו | אֶצְבְּעוֹתֶיהָ | אֶצְבְּעוֹתָם | אֶצְבְּעוֹתָן |
Derived terms[edit]
- אֶצְבָּעוֹן (etsba'ón)
- טְבִיעַת אֶצְבַּע (“fingerprint”)