אבוב
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Aramaic
[edit]Noun
[edit]אַבּוּב, אַבּוּבָא • (transliteration needed) ?
References
[edit]- 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
Hebrew
[edit]| Root |
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| א־ב־ב (ʾ-b-b) |
Etymology
[edit]Most likely a loan word from Akkadian 𒄀𒁍 (ebbūbum, “flute”), which probably derived from the root n-b-b (to be hollow). Compare Arabic أُنْبُوب (ʔunbūb, “pipe, tube”). [1]
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /(ʔ)aˈbuv/
Audio: (file)
Noun
[edit]אַבּוּב or אִיבּוּב • (abúv or ibúv) m (plural indefinite אַבּוּבִים, singular construct אַבּוּב־)
- reed, flute
- pipe, tube
- (modern, אַבּוּב only) oboe
- the inner rubber tube inside each one of a car’s tires
- a kind of buoy on which people sit, used for fun in water sports
Derived terms
[edit]- אַבּוּבָן ('abuvan)
- שֶׁנַּבּוּב (shenabúv)
References
[edit]- ^ Klein, Ernest. 1987. "A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English". The University of Haifa.
- “אבוב” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
Further reading
[edit]
אבוב on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia he
