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בצלי גינה

Etymology

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Root
ב־צ־ל (b-ts-l)
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Cognate with Arabic بَصَل (baṣal) and related to Aramaic בּוּצְלָא. Possibly derived from a variation of the verb פיצל / פִּצֵּל (pitsél, to peel); see Aramaic where both בְּצַל and פְּצַל are extant.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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בָּצָל (batsálm (plural indefinite בְּצָלִים, singular construct בְּצַל־, plural construct בִּצְלֵי־) [pattern: קָטָל]

  1. onion
    • Tanach, Numbers 11:5, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
      זָכַרְנוּ אֶת־הַדָּגָה אֲשֶׁר־נֹאכַל בְּמִצְרַיִם חִנָּם אֵת הַקִּשֻּׁאִים וְאֵת הָאֲבַטִּחִים וְאֶת־הֶחָצִיר וְאֶת־הַבְּצָלִים וְאֶת־הַשּׁוּמִים׃
      We remember the fish, which we were wont to eat in Egypt for nought; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlic;
  2. (figuratively) bulb

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