תאום
Hebrew
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ת־א־ם (t-ʾ-m) |
Related to Akkadian 𒊕𒌋𒌋 (tu'amu), Aramaic תְּיוֹמָא (təyōmā), Classical Syriac ܬܐܡܐ (təʾāmā), Arabic تَوْأَم (tawʔam).
Pronunciation
edit- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /tĕˈʔom/
- (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA(key): [tʰoˈʔoː.õm]
Noun
editתְּאוֹם • (te'óm) m (plural indefinite תְּאוֹמִים, singular construct תְּאוֹם־, plural construct תְּאוֹמֵי־, feminine counterpart תְּאוֹמָה)
- (chiefly in the plural) A (male) twin, a twin brother: one of two or more siblings born after a single pregnancy.
Derived terms
edit- תְּאוֹמָה (te'omá)
- תְּאוֹמִים (te'omím)
References
edit- “תְּאוֹם” in Abraham Even-Shoshan (אַבְרָהָם אֶבֶן־שׁוֹשָׁן) et al., הַמִּלּוֹן הֶחָדָשׁ (ha-milón he-khadásh, “The New Dictionary”), Kiryat-Sefer Ltd. (קִרְיַת־סֵפֶר בְּע״ם) (1984), →ISBN, volume 3 of 3 (ק to ת), page 1428.
- “תאום” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
Further reading
edit- תאומים on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia he