תאום

Hebrew

Etymology

Related to Akkadian  (tu'amu), Aramaic תְּיוֹמָא (t'yoma), Classical Syriac ܬܐܡܐ (tāmā), Arabic توأم (tauʾam).

Pronunciation

• (Modern Israeli) IPA: /təˈom/

Noun

תְּאוֹם (t'óm) m (plural indefinite form תְּאוֹמִים, singular construct form תְּאוֹם־, plural construct form תְּאוֹמֵי־; feminine counterpart תְּאוֹמָה)

1. A (male) twin, a twin brother: one of two siblings born after a single pregnancy.

Usage notes

• Found chiefly in the plural forms.

Derived terms

• ‎תְּאוֹמָה ‎(t'omá)‎
• ‎תְּאוֹמִים ‎(t'omím)‎

References

• “תְּאוֹם” in Abraham Even-Shoshan (אַבְרָהָם אֶבֶן־שֹׁשָן) et al., הַמִּלּוֹן הֶחָדָשׁ (ha-milón he-khadásh, “The New Dictionary”), Kiryat-Sefer Ltd. (קִרְיַת־סֵפֶר בְּע״ם)‎ (1984), ISBN 965-17-0084-X, volume 3 of 3 (ק to ת), page 1428.

External links

• תאומים on the Hebrew Wikipedia.he.Wikipedia:תאומים