כרובית
Hebrew edit
Etymology edit
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| כ־ר־ב (k-r-b) |
Coined by Eliezer Ben-Yehuda from כרוב (“cabbage”) + ־ית, under influence of Arabic قَرْنَبِيط (qarnabīṭ), which itself was derived from Ancient Greek κράμβη (krámbē, “cabbage”).
Pronunciation edit
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Noun edit
כְּרוּבִית • (kruvít) f
References edit
- “כרובית” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
Further reading edit
כרובית on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia he
