ספרות

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
ס־פ־ר (s-p-r)
17 terms

Formed in Medieval Hebrew as סֵפֶר (séfer, “book”) +‎ ־וּת (-út).

Pronunciation

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /sifˈʁut/

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  Note: this pronunciation may be nonstandard or incorrect: pronunciation safrut not sifrut

Noun

סִפְרוּת • (sifrút) f (no plural forms, singular construct סִפְרוּת־)

1. literature

Derived terms

• סִפְרוּתִי (sifrutí, “literary”)

References

• Klein, Ernest (1987), “סִפְרוּת”, in A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English‎^[1], Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN, page 456a
• “ספרות” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

Noun

סְפָרוֹת • (s'farót)

1. plural indefinite form of סִפְרָה (sifrá)‎