עיר
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Aramaic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]עִיר • ('īr) m
- a watcher
Hebrew
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Compare Ugaritic 𐎓𐎗 (ʿr, “city”) and perhaps Sumerian 𒌷 (iri, uru, “city”).
The plural is derived from עָר (ar), which is of the same meaning and occurs in some biblical place names such as עָר מוֹאָב in Numbers 21:28.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]עִיר • (ir) f (plural indefinite עָרִים, singular construct עִיר־, plural construct עָרֵי־)
Declension
[edit]| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number: | State: | form | Person: | singular | plural | ||
| m | f | m | f | ||||
| singular | indefinite | עִיר | first | עִירִי | עִירֵנוּ | ||
| definite | הָעִיר | second | עִירְךָ | עִירֵךְ | עִירְכֶם | עִירְכֶן | |
| construct | עִיר־ | third | עִירוֹ | עִירָהּ | עִירָם | עִירָן | |
| plural | indefinite | עָרִים | first | עריי / עָרַי | עָרֵינוּ | ||
| definite | הָעָרִים | second | עָרֶיךָ | ערייך / עָרַיִךְ | עָרֵיכֶם | עָרֵיכֶן | |
| construct | עָרֵי־ | third | עָרָיו | עָרֶיהָ | עָרֵיהֶם | עָרֵיהֶן | |
Derived terms
[edit]- הָעִיר הַלְּבָנָה (ha'ír ha-l'vaná)
- הָעִיר הָעַתִּיקָה (ha'ír ha'atiká)
- עִיר בִּירָה (ír birá)
- עִירוֹנִי m (ironí)
- עירייה / עִירִיָּה (iriyá)
- רֹאשׁ עִיר m (rósh ír)
See also
[edit]- כְּפָר m (k'far)
Further reading
[edit]
עיר on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia he
Etymology 2
[edit]From Proto-West Semitic *ʕayr-.
Noun
[edit]עַיִר • (áyir) m (plural indefinite עֲיָרִים, singular construct עִיר־, plural construct עִירֵי־)
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