חתול

Hebrew

Etymology 1

Root
ח־ת־ל (kh-t-l)
2 terms

Of indeterminate origin, possibly a Wanderwort. First attested in the Hebrew of the Babylonian Talmud. Related to Jewish Babylonian Aramaic חֲתוּלָא, a plural form of which appears in the Targum Jonathan version of Isaiah 13:22, rendering the Hebrew אִיִּים (“jackals”) as חֲתוּלִין (“cats”). Compare also Arabic قط (qiṭṭ), Latin cattus.

Pronunciation

  • (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA(key): /ħɔːˈθuːl/ [ħɔːˈθuːl]
  • (Yemenite Hebrew) IPA(key): /ħɔˈθul/ [ħɔːˈθuːl]
  • (Sephardi Hebrew) IPA(key): /χaˈtul/ (East), /ħaˈtul/ (West)
  • (Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA(key): /χɔˈsul/, /χuˈsil/
  • (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /χaˈtul/
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Noun

חָתוּל • (khatúl) m (plural indefinite חֲתוּלִים, singular construct חֲתוּל־, feminine counterpart חֲתוּלָה)

  1. cat
Declension
Declension of חָתוּל
isolated forms with possessive pronouns
Number: State: form Person: singular plural
m f m f
masculine singular indefinite חָתוּל first חֲתוּלִי חֲתוּלֵנוּ
definite הַחָתוּל second חֲתוּלְךָ חֲתוּלֵךְ חֲתוּלְכֶם חֲתוּלְכֶן
construct חֲתוּל־ third חֲתוּלוֹ חֲתוּלָהּ חֲתוּלָם חֲתוּלָן
masculine plural indefinite חֲתוּלִים first חתוליי / חֲתוּלַי חֲתוּלֵינוּ
definite הַחֲתוּלִים second חֲתוּלֶיךָ חתולייך / חֲתוּלַיִךְ חֲתוּלֵיכֶם חֲתוּלֵיכֶן
construct חֲתוּלֵי־ third חֲתוּלָיו חֲתוּלֶיהָ חֲתוּלֵיהֶם חֲתוּלֵיהֶן
feminine singular indefinite חֲתוּלָה first חֲתוּלָתִי חֲתוּלָתֵנוּ
definite הַחֲתוּלָה second חֲתוּלָתְךָ חֲתוּלָתֵךְ חֲתוּלַתְכֶם חֲתוּלַתְכֶן
construct חֲתוּלַת־ third חֲתוּלָתוֹ חֲתוּלָתָהּ חֲתוּלָתָם חֲתוּלָתָן
feminine plural indefinite חֲתוּלוֹת first חתולותיי / חֲתוּלוֹתַי חֲתוּלוֹתֵינוּ
definite הַחֲתוּלוֹת second חֲתוּלוֹתֶיךָ חתולותייך / חֲתוּלוֹתַיִךְ חֲתוּלוֹתֵיכֶם חֲתוּלוֹתֵיכֶן
construct חֲתוּלוֹת־ third חֲתוּלוֹתָיו חֲתוּלוֹתֶיהָ חֲתוּלוֹתָם חֲתוּלוֹתָן
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References

  • Klein, Ernest (1987) “חָתוּל”, in A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English‎[1], Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN, page 237a
  • Jastrow, Marcus (1903) A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature‎[2], London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons, page 512a
  • “חתול” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

Etymology 2

Noun

חִתּוּל • (khitúl) m

  1. defective spelling of חיתול

References

  • “חתול” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

Further reading

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