כפפה

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
כ־פ־ף (k-p-p)
7 terms

Coined by Eliezer Ben-Yehuda in 1908 from כַּף (kaf, “palm, hand”), likely by analogy with Handschuh (“glove”, literally “hand shoe”) and рукавица (rukavica, “mitten”).

Pronunciation

  • (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /kfaˈfa/
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Noun

כְּפָפָה • (kfafá) f (plural indefinite כְּפָפוֹת, singular construct כִּפְפַת־) [pattern: קְטָלָה]

  1. (clothing) glove

Declension

Declension of כְּפָפָה
isolated forms with possessive pronouns
Number: State: form Person: singular plural
m f m f
singular indefinite כְּפָפָה first כִּפְפָתִי כִּפְפָתֵנוּ
definite הַכְּפָפָה second כִּפְפָתְךָ כִּפְפָתֵךְ כִּפְפַתְכֶם כִּפְפַתְכֶן
construct כִּפְפַת־ third כִּפְפָתוֹ כִּפְפָתָהּ כִּפְפָתָם כִּפְפָתָן
plural indefinite כְּפָפוֹת first כפפותיי / כִּפְפוֹתַי כִּפְפוֹתֵינוּ
definite הַכְּפָפוֹת second כִּפְפוֹתֶיךָ כפפותייך / כִּפְפוֹתַיִךְ כִּפְפוֹתֵיכֶם כִּפְפוֹתֵיכֶן
construct כִּפְפוֹת־ third כִּפְפוֹתָיו כִּפְפוֹתֶיהָ כִּפְפוֹתָם כִּפְפוֹתָן

Derived terms

References

  • Klein, Ernest (1987) “כּפָפָה”, in A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English‎[1], Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN, page 284b
  • “כפפה” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

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