כלב
See also: כּלבֿ
Hebrew
| Root |
|---|
| כ־ל־ב (k-l-b) |
| 6 terms |
כלב
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Semitic *kalb-.
Pronunciation
- (Biblical Hebrew) IPA(key): /kalb/
- (Yemenite Hebrew) IPA(key): /ˈka.lav/, [ˈkʰæː.læv]
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /ˈke.lev/
Noun
כֶּלֶב • (kɛ́lɛḇ, kélev) m (plural indefinite כְּלָבִים, singular construct כֶּלֶב־, plural construct כַּלְבֵי־, feminine counterpart כַּלְבָּה) [pattern: קֶטֶל]
- dog (the species Canis familiaris (sometimes designated Canis lupus familiaris), domesticated for thousands of years and of highly variable appearance because of human breeding)
- Tanach, Psalms 22:16, with translation of the King James Version:
- כִּי סְבָבוּנִי כְּלָבִים
- kí svavúni klavím
- For dogs have compassed me
- (derogatory) scoundrel, bitch
Declension
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number: | State: | form | Person: | singular | plural | ||
| m | f | m | f | ||||
| masculine singular | indefinite | כֶּלֶב | first | כַּלְבִּי | כַּלְבֵּנוּ | ||
| definite | הַכֶּלֶב | second | כַּלְבְּךָ | כַּלְבֵּךְ | כַּלְבְּכֶם | כַּלְבְּכֶן | |
| construct | כֶּלֶב־ | third | כַּלְבּוֹ | כַּלְבָּהּ | כַּלְבָּם | כַּלְבָּן | |
| masculine plural | indefinite | כְּלָבִים | first | כלביי / כְּלָבַי | כְּלָבֵינוּ | ||
| definite | הַכְּלָבִים | second | כְּלָבֶיךָ | כלבייך / כְּלָבַיִךְ | כַּלְבֵיכֶם | כַּלְבֵיכֶן | |
| construct | כַּלְבֵי־ | third | כְּלָבָיו | כְּלָבֶיהָ | כַּלְבֵיהֶם | כַּלְבֵיהֶן | |
| feminine singular | indefinite | כַּלְבָּה | first | כַּלְבָּתִי | כַּלְבָּתֵנוּ | ||
| definite | הַכַּלְבָּה | second | כַּלְבָּתְךָ | כַּלְבָּתֵךְ | כַּלְבַּתְכֶם | כַּלְבַּתְכֶן | |
| construct | כַּלְבַּת־ | third | כַּלְבָּתוֹ | כַּלְבָּתָהּ | כַּלְבָּתָם | כַּלְבָּתָן | |
| feminine plural | indefinite | כְּלָבוֹת | first | כלבותיי / כַּלְבוֹתַי | כַּלְבוֹתֵינוּ | ||
| definite | הַכְּלָבוֹת | second | כַּלְבוֹתֶיךָ | כלבותייך / כַּלְבוֹתַיִךְ | כַּלְבוֹתֵיכֶם | כַּלְבוֹתֵיכֶן | |
| construct | כַּלְבוֹת־ | third | כַּלְבוֹתָיו | כַּלְבוֹתֶיהָ | כַּלְבוֹתָם | כַּלְבוֹתָן | |
Derived terms
- כֶּלֶב זְאֵב (kélev ze'év)
- כֶּלֶב כְּנַעֲנִי (kélev kna'aní)
- כֶּלֶב־יָם (kélev-yam)
- כֶּלֶב־נָהָר (kélev-nahár)
- כְּלַבְלַב (klavláv)
- כַּלְבָן (kalván)
- כַּלֶּבֶת (kalévet)
- קור כלבים / קֹר כְּלָבִים (kor klavím)
References
- H3611 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Klein, Ernest (1987) “כֶּלֶב”, in A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English[1], Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN, page 276c
- “כלב” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
Further reading
- כלב on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia he
Persian
Noun
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
Noun
כלב • (kelev) m, plural כלבים (klovem)
- (nonstandard) Unpointed form of כּלבֿ (kelev).