ביטוי

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Hebrew

Alternative forms

Etymology

Action noun of בִּטֵּא, from the root ב־ט־א (b-T-'). In sense 1, attested since the Mishnah; in other senses, not attested before the Enlightenment.

Noun

ביטוי / בִּטּוּי (bitúim (plural indefinite ביטויים / בִּטּוּיִים, singular construct ביטוי / בִּטּוּי־, plural construct ביטויי / בִּטּוּיֵי־)

  1. A pronunciation, an accent.
    • Horayot 2:5:
      אין חייבין על שמיעת הקול, ועל ביטוי שפתיים, ועל טומאת מקדש וקודשיו. []
  2. An expression, an utterance.
  3. An expression, an idiom, a figure of speech.
  4. (mathematics) An expression, a mathematical or algebraic expression.

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