עברית
See also: עבֿריתּ
Hebrew
Alternative forms
- ࠏࠨࠁࠬࠓࠪࠉࠕ (ʿibrít)
Etymology
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 • (ivrít) f (no plural forms)
- 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)
- feminine singular indefinite form of עברי (ivrí).
Adjective
עִבְרִיֹּת • (ivriyót)
- 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