גופרית

Hebrew

Chemical element (edit)
S Atomic number 16 גופרית / גׇּפְרִית (gofrít)
Classification data Period 3 Group 16 Block p-block Class nonmetal
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Root
ג־פ־ר (g-p-r)
1 term

Etymology

Related to Arabic كِبْرِيت (kibrīt) and Aramaic כִּבְּרִיתָא (kiḇrīṯā) / Aramaic ܟܶܒܪܺܝܬܳܐ (kĕḇrīṯā, “sulfur”).

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Noun

גופרית / גׇּפְרִית • (gofrít) f

1. (uncountable) sulfur (a chemical element with atomic number 16, having a bright yellow color and characteristic smell, used commercially in a variety of products such as insecticides, black powder, and matchsticks)

References

• “גפרית” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

Further reading

• גופרית on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he