חתן
Hebrew
Etymology
| Root |
|---|
| ח־ת־ן (kh-t-n) |
| 6 terms |
Cognate with Arabic خَتَن (ḵatan, “son-in-law or brother-in-law”), which comes from a root (خ ت ن (ḵ t n)) related to both circumcision and matrimonial links.
Pronunciation
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /χaˈtan/
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Noun
חָתָן • (khatán) m (plural indefinite חֲתָנִים, singular construct חֲתַן־, plural construct חַתְנֵי־, feminine counterpart כַּלָּה)
Usage notes
The term may be used to describe any male who has a party, e.g., a bris, a bar mitzvah or the birthday boy.
Declension
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number: | State: | form | Person: | singular | plural | ||
| m | f | m | f | ||||
| singular | indefinite | חָתָן | first | חֲתָנִי | חֲתָנֵנוּ | ||
| definite | הַחָתָן | second | חֲתָנְךָ | חֲתָנֵךְ | חֲתַנְכֶם | חֲתַנְכֶן | |
| construct | חֲתַן־ | third | חֲתָנוֹ | חֲתָנָהּ | חֲתָנָם | חֲתָנָן | |
| plural | indefinite | חֲתָנִים | first | חתניי / חֲתָנַי | חֲתָנֵינוּ | ||
| definite | הַחֲתָנִים | second | חֲתָנֶיךָ | חתנייך / חֲתָנַיִךְ | חַתְנֵיכֶם | חַתְנֵיכֶן | |
| construct | חַתְנֵי־ | third | חֲתָנָיו | חֲתָנֶיהָ | חַתְנֵיהֶם | חַתְנֵיהֶן | |
Derived terms
- שבת חתן (shabát khatán)
Related terms
- חתונה / חֲתֻנָּה (khatuná)
Descendants
Noun
חֹתֵן • (khotén) m
- defective spelling of חותן
Verb
חִתֵּן • (khitén) (pi'el construction)
- defective spelling of חיתן
References
- H2860 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- “חתן” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
Yiddish
Alternative forms
- כאָסן (khosn) — Soviet phonetic spelling
Etymology
Borrowed from Hebrew חָתָן (khatán, “bridegroom, groom”)
Pronunciation
- (Northeastern) IPA(key): /ˈχɔsn̩/
- (Poylish) IPA(key): /ˈχuːsn̩/
Noun
חתן • (khosn) m, plural חתנים (khasonem)
Derived terms
- חתן־כּלה (khosnkale, “bride and groom”)
- חתן־בּחור (khosnbokher, “a marriageable young man”)
- חתן־מאָל (khosnmol)