אצבע
Hebrew
Etymology
| Root |
|---|
| צ־ב־ע (ts-b-ʿ) |
From Proto-Semitic *ʾiṣbaʿ-. Compare Arabic إِصْبَع (ʔiṣbaʕ), Aramaic אֶצְבְּעָא (ʾeṣbəʿā), Classical Syriac ܨܒܥܐ (ṣeḇʿā), Tigrinya ኣጻብዕ (ʾaṣabʿ), Coptic ⲧⲏⲃ (tēb), Ugaritic 𐎜𐎕𐎁𐎓 (ủṣbʿ), Egyptian ḏbꜥ.
Pronunciation
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Noun
אֶצְבַּע • ('etsbá' / 'étsba') f (plural indefinite אֶצְבָּעוֹת, singular construct אֶצְבַּע־, plural construct אֶצְבְּעוֹת־)
Declension
Declension of אֶצְבַּע
| Number | Isolated forms | With possessive pronouns | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| State | Form | Person | singular | plural | |||
| m. | f. | m. | f. | ||||
| singular | indefinite | אֶצְבַּע | first | אֶצְבָּעִי | אֶצְבָּעֵנוּ | ||
| definite | הָאֶצְבַּע | second | אֶצְבָּעֲךָ | אֶצְבָּעֵךְ | אֶצְבַּעֲכֶם | אֶצְבַּעֲכֶן | |
| construct | אֶצְבַּע־ | third | אֶצְבָּעוֹ | אֶצְבָּעָהּ | אֶצְבָּעָם | אֶצְבָּעָן | |
| plural | indefinite | אֶצְבָּעוֹת | first | אצבעותיי / אֶצְבְּעוֹתַי | אֶצְבְּעוֹתֵינוּ | ||
| definite | הָאֶצְבָּעוֹת | second | אֶצְבְּעוֹתֶיךָ | אצבעותייך / אֶצְבְּעוֹתַיִךְ | אֶצְבְּעוֹתֵיכֶם | אֶצְבְּעוֹתֵיכֶן | |
| construct | אֶצְבְּעוֹת־ | third | אֶצְבְּעוֹתָיו | אֶצְבְּעוֹתֶיהָ | אֶצְבְּעוֹתָם | אֶצְבְּעוֹתָן | |
Derived terms
- אֶצְבָּעוֹן (etsba'ón)
- טְבִיעַת אֶצְבַּע (“fingerprint”)