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חתול

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Hebrew

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Etymology 1

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Root
ח־ת־ל (kh-t-l)
2 terms

Of indeterminate origin, possibly a Wanderwort. First attested in the Hebrew of the Babylonian Talmud. Related to Jewish Babylonian Aramaic חֲתוּלָא, a plural form of which appears in the Targum Jonathan version of Isaiah 13:22, rendering the Hebrew אִיִּים (jackals) as חֲתוּלִין (cats). Compare also Arabic قط (qiṭṭ), Latin cattus.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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חָתוּל (khatúlm (plural indefinite חֲתוּלִים, singular construct חֲתוּל־, feminine counterpart חֲתוּלָה)

  1. cat
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References

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  • Klein, Ernest (1987) “חָתוּל”, in A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English[1], Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN, page 237a
  • Jastrow, Marcus (1903) A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature, London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons, page 512a
  • חתול” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

Etymology 2

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Noun

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חִתּוּל (khitúlm

  1. defective spelling of חיתול

References

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  • חתול” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

Further reading

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