חתול
Hebrew
| Root |
|---|
| ח־ת־ל (ḥ-t-l) |
Etymology
From the Hebrew of the Babylonian Talmud. Related to a Jewish Babylonian Aramaic חתולין, a plural form appearing in the Targum Jonathan version of Isaiah 13:22, rendering the Hebrew אִיִּים (“jackals”) as חֲתוּלִין (“cats”).
Pronunciation
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /χaˈtul/
- (Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA(key): /xɔ.sul/, /xu.sil/
- (Sephardi Hebrew) IPA(key): /ħaˈt̪ul/, [xaˈθul]
- (Yemenite Hebrew, Tiberian Hebrew) IPA(key): /ħɔˈθul/
Noun
חָתוּל • (khatúl) m (plural indefinite חֲתוּלִים, singular construct חֲתוּל־, feminine counterpart חֲתוּלָה)
- cat
Declension
Declension of חָתוּל
| Number | Isolated forms | With possessive pronouns | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| State | Form | Person | singular | plural | |||
| m. | f. | m. | f. | ||||
| masculine singular | indefinite | חָתוּל | first | חֲתוּלִי | חֲתוּלֵנוּ | ||
| definite | הַחָתוּל | second | חֲתוּלְךָ | חֲתוּלֵךְ | חֲתוּלְכֶם | חֲתוּלְכֶן | |
| construct | חֲתוּל־ | third | חֲתוּלוֹ | חֲתוּלָהּ | חֲתוּלָם | חֲתוּלָן | |
| masculine plural | indefinite | חֲתוּלִים | first | חתוליי / חֲתוּלַי | חֲתוּלֵינוּ | ||
| definite | הַחֲתוּלִים | second | חֲתוּלֶיךָ | חתולייך / חֲתוּלַיִךְ | חֲתוּלֵיכֶם | חֲתוּלֵיכֶן | |
| construct | חֲתוּלֵי־ | third | חֲתוּלָיו | חֲתוּלֶיהָ | חֲתוּלֵיהֶם | חֲתוּלֵיהֶן | |
| feminine singular | indefinite | חֲתוּלָה | first | חֲתוּלָתִי | חֲתוּלָתֵנוּ | ||
| definite | הַחֲתוּלָה | second | חֲתוּלָתְךָ | חֲתוּלָתֵךְ | חֲתוּלַתְכֶם | חֲתוּלַתְכֶן | |
| construct | חֲתוּלַת־ | third | חֲתוּלָתוֹ | חֲתוּלָתָהּ | חֲתוּלָתָם | חֲתוּלָתָן | |
| feminine plural | indefinite | חֲתוּלוֹת | first | חתולותיי / חֲתוּלוֹתַי | חֲתוּלוֹתֵינוּ | ||
| definite | הַחֲתוּלוֹת | second | חֲתוּלוֹתֶיךָ | חתולותייך / חֲתוּלוֹתַיִךְ | חֲתוּלוֹתֵיכֶם | חֲתוּלוֹתֵיכֶן | |
| construct | חֲתוּלוֹת־ | third | חֲתוּלוֹתָיו | חֲתוּלוֹתֶיהָ | חֲתוּלוֹתָם | חֲתוּלוֹתָן | |
Synonyms
- (cat): שונרא (shunrá) (rare)
Derived terms
- חֲתַלְתּוּל (khataltúl)
- חָתוּל נְמֵרִי (khatúl n'merí)
References
- “חתול” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
Further reading
חתול on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia he