כלב
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See also: כּלבֿ
Hebrew[edit]
Root |
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כ־ל־ב (k-l-b) |
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Semitic *kalb-. Cognate with Akkadian 𒌨𒂠 (kalbum) and Arabic كَلْب (kalb).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew, Sephardi Hebrew) IPA(key): /ˈke.lev/
- (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA(key): /ˈkɛ.lɛv/
Noun[edit]
כֶּלֶב • (kélev) m (plural indefinite כְּלָבִים, singular construct כֶּלֶב־, plural construct כַּלְבֵי־, feminine counterpart כַּלְבָּה) [pattern: קֶטֶל]
- A dog, especially a male dog.
- (derogatory) scoundrel, bitch
Declension[edit]
Declension of כֶּלֶב
Derived terms[edit]
- כֶּלֶב זְאֵב (kélev z'év)
- כֶּלֶב־יָם (kélev-yam)
- כֶּלֶב כְּנַעֲנִי (kelev k'na'ani)
- כֶּלֶב־נָהָר (kélev-náhar)
- כְּלַבְלַב (k'lavláv)
- כַּלְבָן (kalbán)
- כַּלֶּבֶת (kalévet)
- קור כלבים / קֹר כְּלָבִים (kor klavím)
Persian[edit]
Noun[edit]
כלב • (kalb)
- Judeo-Persian spelling of کلب (kalb).
- 1600s, Elisha ben Shmūel, translated by Dalia Yasharpour, The Prince and the Sufi: The Judeo-Persian Rendition of the Buddha Biographies, Brill, published November 9, 2020:
- צֿנאן גשתה וֿגִודש פיש מן כֿאר
כה פנדארם כם אז כלבסת צד באר- čenin gašte vojud-aš piš-e man xâr
ke pendâram kam az kalb ast sad bâr - His existence for me has become so base
That I view him infinitely lower than a dog.
- čenin gašte vojud-aš piš-e man xâr
Yiddish[edit]
Noun[edit]
כלב • (kelev) m, plural כלבים (klovem)
- (nonstandard) Unpointed form of כּלבֿ (kelev).
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- Hebrew terms belonging to the root כ־ל־ב
- Hebrew terms inherited from Proto-Semitic
- Hebrew terms derived from Proto-Semitic
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- Hebrew nouns
- Hebrew terms in the pattern קֶטֶל
- Hebrew masculine nouns
- Hebrew derogatory terms
- he:Dogs
- Persian lemmas
- Persian nouns
- Persian terms with quotations
- Yiddish lemmas
- Yiddish nouns
- Yiddish masculine nouns
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