דלי
Hebrew
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Either derived or merely related to דָּלָה (dalá, “to dangle, suspend”), as buckets were hanging above the water in a well. Compare Classical Syriac ܕܰܘܠܳܐ (dawlā), Arabic دَلْو (dalw), as well as Old Armenian դոյլ (doyl), a Semitic borrowing.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /dli/
Audio: (file)
Noun
[edit]דְּלִי • (dli) m (plural indefinite דְּלָיִים, plural construct דְּלָיֵי־)
- bucket (container)
Proper noun
[edit]דְּלִי • (dli) m
- (astronomy) Aquarius (a constellation of the zodiac, traditionally figured in the shape of a man (now also as a woman) carrying water)
- (astrology) Aquarius (the zodiac sign for the water carrier, ruled by Uranus or Saturn, covering January 20 – February 18 (tropical astrology) or February 15 – March 14 (sidereal astrology))
See also
[edit]| Zodiac signs in Hebrew (layout · text) | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 טָלֶה (Talé) |
 שׁוֹר (Shor) |
 תְּאוֹמִים (Te'omím) |
 סַרְטָן (Sartán) | ||||||||
 אַרְיֵה (Aryé) |
 בְּתוּלָה (Betulá) |
 מאזניים (Moznáyim) |
 עַקְרָב (Akráv) | ||||||||
 קַשָּׁת (Kashát) |
 גְּדִי (Gdi) |
 דְּלִי (Dli) |
 דָּגִים (Dagím) | ||||||||
References
[edit]- “דלי” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
Further reading
[edit]
דלי on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia he
