עברית

See also: עבֿריתּ

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
ע־ב־ר (ʿ-b-r)

From עִבְרִי ('ivrí, “Hebrew”).

Pronunciation

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

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• (Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /iv.ris/
• (Iraqi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʕibˈriθ/
• (Sephardi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʕivˈrit/, [ŋivˈrit]
• (Syrian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʕibˈrit/
• (Yemenite Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʕivˈriθ/
• (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʕivˈʀiθ/
• (Biblical Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʕiːbˈriːt/, [ʕiːβˈriːθ]

Noun

עִבְרִית • (ivrít) f (no plural forms)

1. Hebrew (language)

Hyponyms

• עברית בת ימינו, עברית ישראלית
• עִבְרִית מִקְרָאִית

Adjective

עִבְרִית • (ivrít)

1. Feminine singular indefinite form of עברי (ivrí).

Adjective

עִבְרִיֹּת • (ivriyót)

1. defective spelling of עִבְרִיּוֹת.
   • Tanach, Exodus 1:19, with translation of the King James Version:

     כִּי לֹא כַנָּשִׁים הַמִּצְרִיֹּת הָעִבְרִיֹּת

     Because the Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian women

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