אלוף
Hebrew
Etymology
From root א־ל־ף (“to associate”). Cognate with Arabic أَلُوف (ʔalūf).
Pronunciation
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /(ʔ)aˈluf/
Noun
אַלּוּף • (alúf) m (plural indefinite אַלּוּפִים, plural construct אַלּוּפֵי־, feminine counterpart אַלּוּפָה)
- (military) major general
- A champion (someone who has been winner in a contest).
- (Biblical Hebrew) A close friend.
Declension
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number: | State: | form | Person: | singular | plural | ||
| m | f | m | f | ||||
| singular | indefinite | אַלּוּף | first | אַלּוּפִי | אַלּוּפֵנוּ | ||
| definite | הָאַלּוּף | second | אַלּוּפְךָ | אַלּוּפֵךְ | אַלּוּפְכֶם | אַלּוּפְכֶן | |
| construct | אַלּוּף־ | third | אַלּוּפוֹ | אַלּוּפָהּ | אַלּוּפָם | אַלּוּפָן | |
| plural | indefinite | אַלּוּפִים | first | אלופיי / אַלּוּפַי | אַלּוּפֵינוּ | ||
| definite | הָאַלּוּפִים | second | אַלּוּפֶיךָ | אלופייך / אַלּוּפַיִךְ | אַלּוּפֵיכֶם | אַלּוּפֵיכֶן | |
| construct | אַלּוּפֵי־ | third | אַלּוּפָיו | אַלּוּפֶיהָ | אַלּוּפֵיהֶם | אַלּוּפֵיהֶן | |
Derived terms
- אַלּוּף מִשְׁנֶה (alúf mishné)
- סְגַן־אַלּוּף (sgan-alúf)
- רַב־אַלּוּף (rav-alúf)
- תַּת־אַלּוּף (tat alúf)
References
- H441 in Strong, James (1979), Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- “אלוף” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
- "אלוף" in the Noun Declension Tables of the Academy of Hebrew Language
Further reading
- אלוף on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia he
- Aluf on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Noun
אִלּוּף • (ilúf) m
- Defective spelling of אילוף (“domestication, taming”)