צעיף

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
צ־ע־ף (ts-ʿ-p)
1 term

Uncertain, possibly derived from the unused root צָעַף (tsa'áf), which may be cognate with Arabic ضَعَفَ (ḍaʕafa) and Ge'ez ዐጸፈ ('äṣäfä).

Pronunciation

Noun

צָעִיף • (tsa'íf) m (plural indefinite צְעִיפִים, singular construct צְעִיף־, plural construct צְעִיפֵי־) [pattern: קָטִיל]

  1. (Modern Israeli Hebrew) scarf
  2. (Biblical Hebrew) veil
    • Tanach, Genesis 24:65, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
      וַתֹּאמֶר אֶל־הָעֶבֶד מִי־הָאִישׁ הַלָּזֶה הַהֹלֵךְ בַּשָּׂדֶה לִקְרָאתֵנוּ וַיֹּאמֶר הָעֶבֶד הוּא אֲדֹנִי וַתִּקַּח הַצָּעִיף וַתִּתְכָּס׃
      And she said unto the servant: ‘What man is this that walketh in the field to meet us?’ And the servant said: ‘It is my master.’ And she took her veil, and covered herself.
    • Tanach, Genesis 38:19, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
      וַתָּקׇם וַתֵּלֶךְ וַתָּסַר צְעִיפָהּ מֵעָלֶיהָ וַתִּלְבַּשׁ בִּגְדֵי אַלְמְנוּתָהּ׃
      And she arose, and went away, and put off her veil from her, and put on the garments of her widowhood.

Declension

Declension of צָעִיף
isolated forms with possessive pronouns
Number: State: form Person: singular plural
m f m f
singular indefinite צָעִיף first צְעִיפִי צְעִיפֵנוּ
definite הַצָּעִיף second צְעִיפְךָ צְעִיפֵךְ צְעִיפְכֶם צְעִיפְכֶן
construct צְעִיף־ third צְעִיפוֹ צְעִיפָהּ צְעִיפָם צְעִיפָן
plural indefinite צְעִיפִים first צעיפיי / צְעִיפַי צְעִיפֵינוּ
definite הַצְּעִיפִים second צְעִיפֶיךָ צעיפייך / צְעִיפַיִךְ צְעִיפֵיכֶם צְעִיפֵיכֶן
construct צְעִיפֵי־ third צְעִיפָיו צְעִיפֶיהָ צְעִיפֵיהֶם צְעִיפֵיהֶן

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