חצאית
Appearance
Hebrew
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Etymology
[edit]Clipping of שִׂמְלָה חֲצָאִית (literally “half-dress, half-garment”), with its first appearance dating to Modern Hebrew.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Modern Israeli) IPA(key): /χat͡saˈ(ʔ)it/
Noun
[edit]חֲצָאִית • (khatsa'ít) f (plural indefinite חֲצָאִיּוֹת, singular construct חֲצָאִית־, plural construct חֲצָאִיּוֹת־)
- skirt (a separate article of clothing, usually worn by women and girls, that hangs from the waist and covers the lower torso and part of the legs)
Declension
[edit]| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number: | State: | form | Person: | singular | plural | ||
| m | f | m | f | ||||
| singular | indefinite | חֲצָאִית | first | חֲצָאִיתִי | חֲצָאִיתֵנוּ | ||
| definite | הַחֲצָאִית | second | חֲצָאִיתְךָ | חֲצָאִיתֵךְ | חֲצָאִיתְכֶם | חֲצָאִיתְכֶן | |
| construct | חֲצָאִית־ | third | חֲצָאִיתוֹ | חֲצָאִיתָהּ | חֲצָאִיתָם | חֲצָאִיתָן | |
| plural | indefinite | חֲצָאִיּוֹת | first | חצאיותיי / חֲצָאִיּוֹתַי | חֲצָאִיּוֹתֵינוּ | ||
| definite | הַחֲצָאִיּוֹת | second | חֲצָאִיּוֹתֶיךָ | חצאיותייך / חֲצָאִיּוֹתַיִךְ | חֲצָאִיּוֹתֵיכֶם | חֲצָאִיּוֹתֵיכֶן | |
| construct | חֲצָאִיּוֹת־ | third | חֲצָאִיּוֹתָיו | חֲצָאִיּוֹתֶיהָ | חֲצָאִיּוֹתָם | חֲצָאִיּוֹתָן | |
References
[edit]- Klein, Ernest (1987), “חֲצָאִית”, in A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English[1], Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN, page 228b
- “חצאית” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
Further reading
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חצאית on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia he