סמל
Hebrew
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From the verb סמל (“to symbolize”). Compare Phoenician 𐤎𐤌𐤋 (sml, “symbol”).
The sense of "symbol" was strengthened due to phono-semantic matching of English symbol.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]- (סֵמֶל, sémel)
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /ˈsemel/
Noun
[edit]סֵמֶל • (sémel) m (plural indefinite סְמָלִים) [pattern: קֵטֶל]
Verb
[edit]סִמֵּל • (simél) (pi'el construction)
References
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Developed from the acronym סמ״ל, which designated סֶגֶן מִחוּץ לַמִּנְיָן, a loan translation of the English term non-commissioned officer. The initials were set in the nominal template commonly used for profession holders. While the derived word is common in the relevant context, both the acronym and its full term fell out of use (see usage notes below).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /saˈmal/
Noun
[edit]סַמָּל • (samál) m (plural indefinite סַמָּלִים, feminine counterpart סַמֶּלֶת) [pattern: קַטָּל]
Usage notes
[edit]The term is used today as a word in its own right. The original acronym, as well as the full term which it represented (see etymology above), fell out of use. Also, the original intended meaning is never used today. In the Israeli Defense Forces, the currently used term for non-commissioned officer is מש״ק (=מְפַקֵּד שֶׁאֵינוֹ קָצִין).
Derived terms
[edit]- Hebrew terms belonging to the root ס־מ־ל
- Hebrew phono-semantic matchings from English
- Hebrew terms derived from English
- Hebrew terms with IPA pronunciation
- Hebrew lemmas
- Hebrew nouns
- Hebrew terms in the pattern קֵטֶל
- Hebrew noun entries missing singular construct forms
- Hebrew masculine nouns
- Hebrew verbs
- Hebrew pi'el verbs
- Hebrew defective spellings
- Hebrew terms in the pattern קַטָּל
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