מיטה

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
נ־ט־ה (n-ṭ-h)
6 terms

Of Central Semitic origin, from the same root as מַטָּה (máta, “below”).[1] Latin matta (“mat”) is thought to be borrowed from a Phoenician relative of the Hebrew.

Pronunciation

Noun

מיטה / מִטָּה • (mitá) f (plural indefinite מיטות / מִטּוֹת, singular construct מיטת / מִטַּת־, plural construct מיטות / מִטּוֹת־) [pattern: מִקְטָלָה]

  1. a bed
    • Tanach, 2 Kings 4:10, with translation of the King James Version:
      וְנָשִׂים לוֹ שָׁם מִטָּה וְשֻׁלְחָן וְכִסֵּא וּמְנוֹרָה
      v'nasím ló shám mitá v'shulchán v'chisé umnorá
      and let us set for him there a bed, and a table, and a stool, and a candlestick

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ “mat”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.

Further reading

Yiddish

Etymology

From Hebrew מיטה / מִטָּה (“bed”).

Noun

מיטה • (mite) f, plural מיטות (mites)

  1. bed, especially one upon which a corpse is placed

See also

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