קרפדה

Hebrew

Etymology

From Aramaic קֻרְפְּדַאי (qurp'dai, “unknown creeping animal”), a phono-semantic matching of French crapaud (“toad”).

Noun

קַרְפָּדָה • (karpadá) f (masculine counterpart קַרְפָּד)

1. toad, especially a female toad

See also

• צְפַרְדֵּעַ

References

• “קרפדה” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

Further reading

• קרפדה on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he