אובדני

Hebrew

Root
א־ב־ד (ʾ-b-d)

Pronunciation

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ovdaˈni/

Adjective

אובדני / אָבְדָּנִי • (ov'daní) (feminine אובדנית / אָבְדָּנִית, masculine plural אובדנים / אָבְדָּנִים or אובדניים / אָבְדָּנִיִּים, feminine plural אובדניות / אָבְדָּנִיּוֹת)

1. suicidal

Usage notes

• According to the Academy of the Hebrew language words with a Qamatz Qaṭan or Ḥaṭaf Qamatz should not be spelled with vav (ו) when writing unpointed Hebrew text, unless it alternates with a Ḥolam in another form of the word.^[1] In informal Hebrew this rule is sometimes ignored since it is hard for speakers to differentiate between words pronounced with /o/ because of a qamatz and the rest.