אפרסמון
Hebrew
Etymology
From Ancient Greek βάλσαμον (bálsamon), likely through Aramaic, Doublet of בָּשָׂם. In the "persimmon" sense, a 20th century semantic shift under the influence of English persimmon, itself from Powhatan pasimenan (“dried fruit”).
Pronunciation
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /a.faʀ.seˈmon/
Noun
אֲפַרְסְמוֹן • (afarsemón, ʾăp̄arsəmōn) m (plural indefinite אֲפַרְסְמוֹנִים)
- (obsolete) balsam
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) persimmon (the orange fruit of any of various species of trees in the genus Diospyros, especially Diospyros kaki (the kaki or Japanese persimmon) or Diospyros virginiana (the wild American persimmon), which is sweet when ripe and astringent when immature)
Declension
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number: | State: | form | Person: | singular | plural | ||
| m | f | m | f | ||||
| singular | indefinite | אֲפַרְסְמוֹן | first | אֲפַרְסְמוֹנִי | אֲפַרְסְמוֹנֵנוּ | ||
| definite | הָאֲפַרְסְמוֹן | second | אֲפַרְסְמוֹנְךָ | אֲפַרְסְמוֹנֵךְ | אֲפַרְסְמוֹנְכֶם | אֲפַרְסְמוֹנְכֶן | |
| construct | אֲפַרְסְמוֹן־ | third | אֲפַרְסְמוֹנוֹ | אֲפַרְסְמוֹנָהּ | אֲפַרְסְמוֹנָם | אֲפַרְסְמוֹנָן | |
| plural | indefinite | אֲפַרְסְמוֹנִים | first | אפרסמוניי / אֲפַרְסְמוֹנַי | אֲפַרְסְמוֹנֵינוּ | ||
| definite | הָאֲפַרְסְמוֹנִים | second | אֲפַרְסְמוֹנֶיךָ | אפרסמונייך / אֲפַרְסְמוֹנַיִךְ | אֲפַרְסְמוֹנֵיכֶם | אֲפַרְסְמוֹנֵיכֶן | |
| construct | אֲפַרְסְמוֹנֵי־ | third | אֲפַרְסְמוֹנָיו | אֲפַרְסְמוֹנֶיהָ | אֲפַרְסְמוֹנֵיהֶם | אֲפַרְסְמוֹנֵיהֶן | |