ברוש
Hebrew
Etymology
| Root |
|---|
| ב־ר־שׁ (b-r-š) |
An old borrowing from Proto-Iranian *hampr̥sā. Doublet of בְּרֹות (brot), the Aramaic form.
Noun
בְּרוֹשׁ • (brosh) m (plural indefinite בְּרוֹשִׁים)
- cypress
Descendants
- → Ge'ez: ቢሮሽ (biroš), ቤሩሽ (beruš, “cypress”) (from the singular)
- → Ge'ez: ቢሩሲም (birusim), በርሲም (bärsim), ቤሬሲም (beresim), ቤሩሲም (berusim, “cypress”) (from the plural)
References
- “ברוש” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
- Klein, Ernest (1987) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English, Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN, page 84
Further reading
ברוש on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia he