אבן
Arabic
editNoun
editאבן • (transliteration needed) m (plural אבנא (ʾabnāʾ) or בנון (banūna))
- Judeo-Arabic spelling of اِبْن (ibn, “son”)
- c. 10th century, Saadia Gaon, Tafsir[1], Exodus 1:1:
- הדׄה אסמא בני אסראיל אלדאכׄלין אלי מצר מע יעקוב רגׄל ואלה דכׄלו׃
- hāḏihi ʾasmāʾu banī ʾisrāʾīla d-dāḵilīna ʾilā miṣra maʿa yaʿqūba rajulun waʾilluhu daḵalū.
- These are the names of the sons of Israel entering Egypt. With Jacob, man and his kin entered:
Hebrew
editEtymology 1
editRoot |
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א־ב־ן (ʾ-b-n) |
From Proto-Semitic *ʾabn-, from Proto-Afroasiatic *ʾabun-.
Pronunciation
edit- (Biblical Hebrew) IPA(key): /ʔabn/
- (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA(key): /ˈʔɛ.vɛn/, [ˈʔɛː.vɛn]
- (Yemenite Hebrew) IPA(key): /ˈʔa.van/, [ˈʔæː.væn]
- (Iraqi Hebrew) IPA(key): /ˈʔe.ben/
- (Sephardi Hebrew) IPA(key): /ˈ(ʔ)e.ben/
- (Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA(key): /ˈ(ʔ)ɛ.vɛn/
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /ˈ(ʔ)e.ven/
Audio: (file)
Noun
editאֶבֶן • (éven) f (plural indefinite אֲבָנִים, plural construct אַבְנֵי־) [pattern: קֶטֶל]
- stone (a small piece of stone, a pebble)
- gem
- (Biblical Hebrew) motionless body, paralyzed (see 1 Samuel 25:37)
Declension
editDeclension of אֶבֶן
Number | Isolated forms | With possessive pronouns | |||||
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State | Form | Person | singular | plural | |||
m. | f. | m. | f. | ||||
singular | indefinite | אֶבֶן | first | אַבְנִי | אַבְנֵנוּ | ||
definite | הָאֶבֶן | second | אַבְנְךָ | אַבְנֵךְ | אַבְנְכֶם | אַבְנְכֶן | |
construct | אֶבֶן־ | third | אַבְנוֹ | אַבְנָהּ | אַבְנָם | אַבְנָן | |
plural | indefinite | אֲבָנִים | first | אבניי / אֲבָנַי | אֲבָנֵינוּ | ||
definite | הָאֲבָנִים | second | אֲבָנֶיךָ | אבנייך / אֲבָנַיִךְ | אַבְנֵיכֶם | אַבְנֵיכֶן | |
construct | אַבְנֵי־ | third | אֲבָנָיו | אֲבָנֶיהָ | אַבְנֵיהֶם | אַבְנֵיהֶן |
Synonyms
edit- (gem): אֶבֶן יְקָרָה (éven y'kará)
Derived terms
edit- אֶבֶן הַחֲכָמִים ('éven hekhakhamím)
- אֶבֶן הָרֹאשָׁה (éven haroshá)
- אֶבֶן מַשְׁחֶזֶת (éven mashkhézet)
- אַבְנָן (avnán)
References
editEtymology 2
editNoun
editאִבְּן • (ibn) m (no plural forms, singular construct אִבְּן־) (singular only, construct only)
Categories:
- Arabic lemmas
- Arabic nouns
- Arabic masculine nouns
- Judeo-Arabic
- Arabic terms with quotations
- Hebrew terms belonging to the root א־ב־ן
- Hebrew terms inherited from Proto-Semitic
- Hebrew terms derived from Proto-Semitic
- Hebrew terms inherited from Proto-Afroasiatic
- Hebrew terms derived from Proto-Afroasiatic
- Hebrew terms with IPA pronunciation
- Hebrew terms with audio pronunciation
- Hebrew lemmas
- Hebrew nouns
- Hebrew terms in the pattern קֶטֶל
- Hebrew feminine nouns with plurals ending in ־ים
- Hebrew feminine nouns
- Biblical Hebrew
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- Hebrew nouns without plural forms
- Hebrew masculine nouns
- Hebrew singularia tantum
- he:Gems
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