דוב

Hebrew

Alternative forms

Etymology

Root
ד־ב־ב (d-b-b)
4 terms

From Proto-Semitic *dubb- (“bear”). Cognate with Arabic دُبٌّ (dubbun, “bear”). Named after either their slow and soft gait,[1][2] or their murmuring.[3]

Pronunciation

  • (Biblical Hebrew) IPA(key): /dob/, [dov]
  • (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA(key): /dob/, [doːv]
  • (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /dov/
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  • Rhymes: -ov

Noun

דוב / דֹּב • (dov) m (plural indefinite דובים / דֻּבִּים, feminine counterpart דובה / דֻּבָּה) [pattern: קֹטֶל]

  1. bear

Declension

Declension of דוב / דֹּב
isolated forms with possessive pronouns
Number: State: form Person: singular plural
m f m f
singular indefinite דוב / דֹּב first דובי / דֻּבִּי דובנו / דֻּבֵּנוּ
definite הדוב / הַדֹּב second דובך / דֻּבְּךָ דובך / דֻּבֵּךְ דובכם / דֻּבְּכֶם דובכן / דֻּבְּכֶן
construct דוב־ / דֹּב־ third דובו / דֻּבּוֹ דובה / דֻּבָּהּ דובם / דֻּבָּם דובן / דֻּבָּן
plural indefinite דובים / דֻּבִּים first דוביי / דֻּבַּי דובינו / דֻּבֵּינוּ
definite הדובים / הַדֻּבִּים second דוביך / דֻּבֶּיךָ דובייך / דֻּבַּיִךְ דוביכם / דֻּבֵּיכֶם דוביכן / דֻּבֵּיכֶן
construct דובי־ / דֻּבֵּי־ third דוביו / דֻּבָּיו דוביה / דֻּבֶּיהָ דוביהם / דֻּבֵּיהֶם דוביהן / דֻּבֵּיהֶן

Derived terms

Proper noun

דּוֹב • (dov) m

  1. a male given name, Dov

References

  1. ^ Gesenius, Wilhelm (1857), Hebrew Lexicon
  2. ^ Klein, Ernest (1987), A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English, page 112
  3. ^ Jastrow, Marcus (1903), A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature, page 282

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