עברית

See also: עבֿריתּ

Hebrew

Alternative forms

Etymology

Root
ע־ב־ר (ʿ-b-r)
14 terms

From עִבְרִי ('ivrí, Hebrew).

Pronunciation

  • (Biblical Hebrew) IPA(key): /ʕibˈriːt/, [ʕiβˈriːθ]
  • (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA(key): /ʕivˈriːθ/ [ʕivˈʀiːθ]
  • (Yemenite Hebrew) IPA(key): /ʕivˈriθ/ [ʕivˈriːθ]
  • (Iraqi Hebrew) IPA(key): /ʕibˈriθ/
  • (Sephardi Hebrew) IPA(key): /ʕibˈrit/ (East), /ŋibˈrit/ (West)
  • (Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA(key): /(ʔ)ivˈris/
  • (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /(ʔ)ivˈʁit/
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Noun

עִבְרִית • (ivrítf (no plural forms)

  1. Hebrew (language)

Hyponyms

  • עברית בת ימינו (ivrít bat yaménu), עברית ישראלית (ivrít yisra'elít)
  • עִבְרִית מִקְרָאִית (ivrít mikra'ít), לְשׁוֹן הַמִּקְרָא (leshón hamikrá)

Descendants

  • Yiddish: עבֿריתּ (ivrit)

Adjective

עִבְרִית • (ivrít)

  1. feminine singular indefinite form of עברי (ivrí).

Adjective

עִבְרִיֹּת • (ivriyót)

  1. defective spelling of עִבְרִיּוֹת.
    • Tanach, Exodus 1:19, with translation of the King James Version:
      כִּי לֹא כַנָּשִׁים הַמִּצְרִיֹּת הָעִבְרִיֹּת
      Because the Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian women

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