גדרון

Hebrew

Etymology

Coined by author Mendele Mocher Sforim, from גָּדֵר (gadér, “fence, hedge”) +‎ ־וֹן (ón). Probably a calque of German Zaunkönig.

Pronunciation

Noun

גִּדְרוֹן • (gidrón) m [pattern: קִטְלוֹן]

  2. Wren, (Troglodytes troglodytes)

Declension

Declension of גִּדְרוֹן
isolated forms with possessive pronouns
Number: State: form Person: singular plural
m f m f
singular indefinite גִּדְרוֹן first גִּדְרוֹנִי גִּדְרוֹנֵנוּ
definite הַגִּדְרוֹן second גִּדְרוֹנְךָ גִּדְרוֹנֵךְ גִּדְרוֹנְכֶם גִּדְרוֹנְכֶן
construct גִּדְרוֹן־ third גִּדְרוֹנוֹ גִּדְרוֹנָהּ גִּדְרוֹנָם גִּדְרוֹנָן
plural indefinite גִּדְרוֹנִים first גדרוניי / גִּדְרוֹנַי גִּדְרוֹנֵינוּ
definite הַגִּדְרוֹנִים second גִּדְרוֹנֶיךָ גדרונייך / גִּדְרוֹנַיִךְ גִּדְרוֹנֵיכֶם גִּדְרוֹנֵיכֶן
construct גִּדְרוֹנֵי־ third גִּדְרוֹנָיו גִּדְרוֹנֶיהָ גִּדְרוֹנֵיהֶם גִּדְרוֹנֵיהֶן

See also

  • גִּדְרוֹנִיִּים (gidroniyím, “Troglodytidae”)

References

  • “גדרון” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
  • “גדרון”, in Milog (in Hebrew)
  • Klein, Ernest (1987), “גדרון”, in A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English‎[1], Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN, page 92
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