סבון

Hebrew

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *saipǭ, borrowed from and reinforced by words from multiple languages, including in modern times French savon, German Seife, the former through Latin sāpō, sāpōnem (“soap”). Compare Ancient Greek σάπων (sápōn); English soap; Ladino shavón, שאבון and Yiddish זייף (zeyf). A word with similar meaning appears in the Babylonian Talmud (Baba Kama, 93b) in the form צפון.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

סַבּוֹן • (sabón) m (plural indefinite סַבּוֹנִים, singular construct סַבּוֹן־, plural construct סַבּוֹנֵי־)

1. a soap

Derived terms

• סיבן / סִבֵּן (sibén)