חנוכייה

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Hebrew

A silver Hanukkah menorah

Etymology

Root
ח־נ־ך (kh-n-k)

חנוכה \ חֲנֻכָּה (khanuká, Hanukkah) +‎ ־ייה (-iyá). Coined by journalist Hemda Ben-Yehuda, and first published by her in the newspaper HaZvi.

Pronunciation

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Noun

חנוכייה / חֲנֻכִּיָּה (khanukiyáf (plural indefinite חנוכיות / חֲנֻכִּיּוֹת)

  1. hanukkiah (a nine-branched menorah used during Hanukkah)
    • 1852 – 1915, I. L. Peretz, Glanced and injured
      אחד מהם גוזר לו חנוכיה מעץ, לכבוד ימי החנוכה ההולכים וקרבים []
      One of them cuts for himself a hanukkiah from wood, in honor of the days of Hanukkah which are coming and drawing near []
    • c. 1954, Sara Glusman, I Have a Hanukkiah
      חֲנֻכִּיָּה לִי יֵשׁ / צוֹחֶקֶת בָּהּ הָאֵשׁ / וְשָׂחָה לִי בַּלָּאט / עַל כַּד קָטָן אֶחָד / חֲנֻכִּיָּה שֶׁלִּי / אוֹרֵךְ נָא הַעֲלִי
      I have a hanukkiah. / The fire laughs within it / And quietly tells me the story / Of one small jug [of oil]. / My hanukkiah / Please shine your light up high.

Declension

Descendants

  • English: hanukkiah

Further reading