קרקפת
Hebrew
Etymology
| Root |
|---|
| ק־ר־ק־ף (q-r-q-p) |
| 1 term |
Borrowed in Medieval Hebrew from Aramaic קַרְקַפְתָּא (“head, skull”), with the meaning being curtailed to "scalp" in Modern Hebrew.
Noun
קַרְקֶפֶת • (karkéfet) f (plural indefinite קַרְקָפוֹת, singular construct קַרְקֶפֶת־, plural construct קַרְקְפוֹת־)
Declension
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number: | State: | form | Person: | singular | plural | ||
| m | f | m | f | ||||
| singular | indefinite | קַרְקֶפֶת | first | קַרְקַפְתִּי | קַרְקַפְתֵּנוּ | ||
| definite | הַקַּרְקֶפֶת | second | קַרְקַפְתְּךָ | קַרְקַפְתֵּךְ | קַרְקַפְתְּכֶם | קַרְקַפְתְּכֶן | |
| construct | קַרְקֶפֶת־ | third | קַרְקַפְתּוֹ | קַרְקַפְתָּהּ | קַרְקַפְתָּם | קַרְקַפְתָּן | |
| plural | indefinite | קַרְקָפוֹת | first | קרקפותיי / קַרְקְפוֹתַי | קַרְקְפוֹתֵינוּ | ||
| definite | הַקַּרְקָפוֹת | second | קַרְקְפוֹתֶיךָ | קרקפותייך / קַרְקְפוֹתַיִךְ | קַרְקְפוֹתֵיכֶם | קַרְקְפוֹתֵיכֶן | |
| construct | קַרְקְפוֹת־ | third | קַרְקְפוֹתָיו | קַרְקְפוֹתֶיהָ | קַרְקְפוֹתָם | קַרְקְפוֹתָן | |
References
- Klein, Ernest (1987) “קַרְקֶפֶת”, in A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English[1], Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN, page 596c
- “קרקפת” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
Further reading
- קרקפת on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia he