מפתח

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
פ־ת־ח (p-t-kh)
8 terms

Cognate with Arabic مِفْتَاح (miftāḥ). The music sense is a semantic loan from a European language, paralleling many languages.

Pronunciation

Noun

מַפְתֵּחַ • (maftéakh) m (plural indefinite מַפְתְּחוֹת, singular construct מַפְתֵּחַ־, plural construct מַפְתְּחוֹת־) [pattern: מַקְטֵל]

  1. key (to a lock, to a code)
  2. index
  3. (music) clef

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