אלפבית
See also: אַלף־בית
Hebrew edit
Etymology edit
Simple compound of אָלֶף (álef, “Aleph, the first letter of the Hebrew alphabet.”) + בֵּית (bét, “Beth, the second letter of the Hebrew alphabet.”) Compare Arabic أَلِفْبَاء (ʔalifbāʔ).
Attested since at least 1575, in Wolfgang Prommer's Catalogus Hebraicus, an index of Hebrew works at his workplace, the Bavarian State Library.[1]
Pronunciation edit
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Noun edit
אָלֶפְבֵּית • (alefbét) m
Alternative forms edit
Derived terms edit
- אָלֶפְבֵּית לָטִינִי (alfabét latíni, “Latin alphabet”)
- אָלֶפְבֵּית עִברִי (alefbét ‘ivrí, “Hebrew alphabet”)
- אָלֶפְבֵּית פוֹנֵטִי בֵּין־לְאֻמִּי (alefbét fonéti beinl'umí)