סנאי

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
ס־נ־ה (s-n-h)
2 terms

Clipping and back-formation of the phrase חֻלְדַּת הַסְּנָאִים (literally “bushrat”), with the second part being converted into a singular noun. The first appearance dates to Modern Hebrew.

Pronunciation

Noun

סְנָאִי • (sna'í) m (plural indefinite סְנָאִים, singular construct סְנָאִי־, plural construct סְנָאֵי־)

  1. squirrel (any of the rodents of the family Sciuridae)

References

  • Klein, Ernest (1987) “סְנָאִי”, in A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English‎[1], Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN, page 450b
  • “סנאי” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

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