סגסוגת

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
ס־ג־ס־ג (s-g-s-g)
2 terms

From reduplication of סיג (sig, “dross, base metal”),[1] in turn derived from סוג (sug, “kind, class”),[2] with original verbal meaning of "to turn away, reject" as well as "to hem in, bind, fence in".[3][4] Compare סגסג (sigség, “to alloy”), סייג (siyég, “to enclose, fence in”).

Noun

סגסוגת / סַגְסֹגֶת • (sagsóget) f (plural indefinite סַגְסוֹגוֹת)

  1. alloy

References

  • “סגסוגת” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
  1. ^ Klein, Ernest (1987) “סגסג”, in A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English‎[1], Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN, page 435
  2. ^ Klein, Ernest (1987) “סִיג”, in A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English‎[2], Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN, page 442
  3. ^ H5472 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
  4. ^ H5473 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

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