עברית

See also: עבֿריתּ

Hebrew

Alternative forms

• ࠏࠨࠁࠬࠓࠪࠉࠕ (ʿibrít)

Etymology

Root
ע־ב־ר (ʿ-b-r)
14 terms

From עִבְרִי ('ivrí, “Hebrew”).

Pronunciation

• (Biblical Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʕibˈriːt/, [ʕiβˈriːθ]
• (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʕivˈriːθ/ [ʕivˈʀiːθ]
• (Yemenite Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʕivˈriθ/ [ʕivˈriːθ]
• (Iraqi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʕibˈriθ/
• (Sephardi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʕibˈrit/ (East), /ŋibˈrit/ (West)
• (Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /(ʔ)ivˈris/
• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /(ʔ)ivˈʁit/

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Noun

עִבְרִית • (ivrít) f (no plural forms)

1. Hebrew (language)

Hyponyms

• עברית בת ימינו (ivrít bat yaménu), עברית ישראלית (ivrít yisra'elít)
• עִבְרִית מִקְרָאִית (ivrít mikra'ít), לְשׁוֹן הַמִּקְרָא (leshón hamikrá)

Descendants

• → Yiddish: עבֿריתּ (ivrit)

Adjective

עִבְרִית • (ivrít)

1. feminine singular indefinite form of עברי (ivrí).

Adjective

עִבְרִיֹּת • (ivriyót)

1. defective spelling of עִבְרִיּוֹת.
   • Tanach, Exodus 1:19, with translation of the King James Version:

     כִּי לֹא כַנָּשִׁים הַמִּצְרִיֹּת הָעִבְרִיֹּת

     Because the Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian women

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