סבון
Hebrew edit
Etymology edit
Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *saipǭ, borrowed from and reinforced by words from multiple languages, including in modern times French savon, German Seife, the former through Latin sāpō, sāpōnem (“soap”). Compare Ancient Greek σάπων (sápōn); English soap; Ladino shavón, שאבון and Yiddish זייף (zeyf). A word with similar meaning appears in the Babylonian Talmud (Baba Kama, 93b) in the form צפון.
Pronunciation edit
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /saˈbon/
Noun edit
סַבּוֹן • (sabón) m (plural indefinite סַבּוֹנִים, singular construct סַבּוֹן־, plural construct סַבּוֹנֵי־)
- a soap
Derived terms edit
- סיבן / סִבֵּן (sibén)