אצבע
Aramaic
[edit]Noun
[edit]אֶצְבַּע • (ʾeṣbaʿ) m
- singular absolute/construct state of אֶצְבְּעָא (ʾeṣbəʿā, “finger”)
Hebrew
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Semitic *ʔiṣbaʕ-.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA(key): /ʔɛsˤˈbaʕ/, [ʔɛsˤˈbaː.aʕ]
- (Yemenite Hebrew) IPA(key): /ʔasˤˈbaʕ/, [ʔɑsˤˈbæːʕ]
- (Persian Hebrew) IPA(key): /(ʔ)esˈbæ(ʔ)/
- (Iraqi Hebrew) IPA(key): /ʔesˤˈbaʕ/
- (Sephardi Hebrew) IPA(key): /ʔesˤˈbaʕ/ (East), /(ʔ)et͡sˈbaŋ/ (West)
- (Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA(key): /(ʔ)ɛt͡sˈba/
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /ˈ(ʔ)et͡sba/ (common but proscribed), /(ʔ)et͡sˈba/ (rare)
Audio: (file)
Noun
[edit]אֶצְבַּע • (étsba, ʾeṣbáʿ) f (plural indefinite אֶצְבָּעוֹת, singular construct אֶצְבַּע־, plural construct אֶצְבְּעוֹת־)
- (anatomy) finger
- (human anatomy) forefinger (the index finger: the first finger next to the thumb)
- Synonym: אֶצְבַּע מוֹרָה (étsba morá)
Declension
[edit]| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number: | 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 (tvi'át étsba, “fingerprint”)