אפרסמון

Hebrew

Etymology

From Ancient Greek βάλσαμον (bálsamon), likely through Aramaic, Doublet of בָּשָׂם. In the "persimmon" sense, a 20th century semantic shift under the influence of English persimmon, itself from Powhatan pasimenan (“dried fruit”).

Pronunciation

• (Modern Israeli) IPA^(key): /a.faʀ.seˈmon/

Noun

אֲפַרְסְמוֹן • (afarsemón, ʾăp̄arsəmōn) m (plural indefinite אֲפַרְסְמוֹנִים)

1. (obsolete) balsam
2. (Modern Israeli) persimmon (the orange fruit of any of various species of trees in the genus Diospyros, especially Diospyros kaki (the kaki or Japanese persimmon) or Diospyros virginiana (the wild American persimmon), which is sweet when ripe and astringent when immature)

Declension

Declension of אֲפַרְסְמוֹן

	isolated forms		with possessive pronouns
Number:	State:	form	Person:	singular		plural
				m	f	m	f
singular	indefinite	אֲפַרְסְמוֹן	first	אֲפַרְסְמוֹנִי		אֲפַרְסְמוֹנֵנוּ
	definite	הָאֲפַרְסְמוֹן	second	אֲפַרְסְמוֹנְךָ	אֲפַרְסְמוֹנֵךְ	אֲפַרְסְמוֹנְכֶם	אֲפַרְסְמוֹנְכֶן
	construct	אֲפַרְסְמוֹן־	third	אֲפַרְסְמוֹנוֹ	אֲפַרְסְמוֹנָהּ	אֲפַרְסְמוֹנָם	אֲפַרְסְמוֹנָן
plural	indefinite	אֲפַרְסְמוֹנִים	first	אפרסמוניי / אֲפַרְסְמוֹנַי		אֲפַרְסְמוֹנֵינוּ
	definite	הָאֲפַרְסְמוֹנִים	second	אֲפַרְסְמוֹנֶיךָ	אפרסמונייך / אֲפַרְסְמוֹנַיִךְ	אֲפַרְסְמוֹנֵיכֶם	אֲפַרְסְמוֹנֵיכֶן
	construct	אֲפַרְסְמוֹנֵי־	third	אֲפַרְסְמוֹנָיו	אֲפַרְסְמוֹנֶיהָ	אֲפַרְסְמוֹנֵיהֶם	אֲפַרְסְמוֹנֵיהֶן

References

• “אפרסמון” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
• "אפרסמון" in the Noun Declension Tables of the Academy of Hebrew Language