דלי

Either derived or merely related to דָּלָה (dalá, “to dangle, suspend”), as buckets were hanging above the water in a well. Compare Classical Syriac ܕܰܘܠܳܐ (dawlā), Arabic دَلْو (dalw), as well as Old Armenian դոյլ (doyl), a Semitic borrowing.

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /dli/

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דְּלִי • (dli) m (plural indefinite דְּלָיִים, plural construct דְּלָיֵי־)

1. bucket (container)

דְּלִי • (dli) m

1. (astronomy) Aquarius (a constellation of the zodiac, traditionally figured in the shape of a man (now also as a woman) carrying water)
2. (astrology) Aquarius (the zodiac sign for the water carrier, ruled by Uranus or Saturn, covering January 20 – February 18 (tropical astrology) or February 15 – March 14 (sidereal astrology))

• “דלי” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

• דלי on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he

• י־ל־ד, ילד, ליד