פסנתר
Hebrew
Etymology
Back-formation from Aramaic פְּסַנְתֵּרִין (p'santerín), with the ־ין (-in) analyzed as a plural ending, from Ancient Greek ψαλτήριον (psaltḗrion, “harp”).
Pronunciation
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /psanˈteʁ/
Noun
פְּסַנְתֵּר • (p'santér) m (plural indefinite פְּסַנְתֵּרִים, singular construct פְּסַנְתֵּר־, plural construct פְּסַנְתֵּרֵי־)
- piano
- אני רוצה שתלמדי אותי לנגן בפסנתר.
- I want you to teach me to play the piano.
Inflection
Declension of פְּסַנְתֵּר
| Number | Isolated forms | With possessive pronouns | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| State | Form | Person | singular | plural | |||
| m. | f. | m. | f. | ||||
| singular | indefinite | פְּסַנְתֵּר | first | פְּסַנְתֵּרִי | פְּסַנְתֵּרֵנוּ | ||
| definite | הַפְּסַנְתֵּר | second | פְּסַנְתֵּרְךָ | פְּסַנְתֵּרֵךְ | פְּסַנְתֶּרְכֶם | פְּסַנְתֶּרְכֶן | |
| construct | פְּסַנְתֵּר־ | third | פְּסַנְתֵּרוֹ | פְּסַנְתֵּרָהּ | פְּסַנְתֵּרָם | פְּסַנְתֵּרָן | |
| plural | indefinite | פְּסַנְתֵּרִים | first | פסנתריי / פְּסַנְתֵּרַי | פְּסַנְתֵּרֵינוּ | ||
| definite | הַפְּסַנְתֵּרִים | second | פְּסַנְתֵּרֶיךָ | פסנתרייך / פְּסַנְתֵּרַיִךְ | פְּסַנְתְּרֵיכֶם | פְּסַנְתְּרֵיכֶן | |
| construct | פְּסַנְתְּרֵי־ | third | פְּסַנְתֵּרָיו | פְּסַנְתֵּרֶיהָ | פְּסַנְתְּרֵיהֶם | פְּסַנְתְּרֵיהֶן | |
See also
- קְלִיד
References
- Brown, Francis; Driver, Samuel Rolles; Briggs, Charles Augustus (1906) A Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Koehler, Ludwig; Walter, Baumgartner (1994–2000) The Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament, Leiden: Brill