כבאי
Hebrew
| Root |
|---|
| כ־ב־ה (k-b-h) |
| 3 terms |
Etymology
Professional noun from the verb כיבה / כִּבָּה (kibá, “to extinguish”).
Pronunciation
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /kaˈbaj/
Audio: (file)
Noun
כַּבַּאי • (kabái) m (plural indefinite כַּבָּאִים, feminine counterpart כַּבָּאִית) [pattern: קַטָּל]
- (firefighting) firefighter
- סמי הכבאי ― sámi hakabáy ― fireman Sam
Declension
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number: | State: | form | Person: | singular | plural | ||
| m | f | m | f | ||||
| singular | indefinite | כַּבַּאי | first | כַּבָּאִי | כַּבָּאֵנוּ | ||
| definite | הַכַּבַּאי | second | כַּבָּאֲךָ | כַּבָּאֵךְ | כַּבַּאֲכֶם | כַּבַּאֲכֶן | |
| construct | כַּבַּאי־ | third | כַּבָּאוֹ | כַּבָּאָהּ | כַּבָּאָם | כַּבָּאָן | |
| plural | indefinite | כַּבָּאִים | first | כבאיי / כַּבָּאַי | כַּבָּאֵינוּ | ||
| definite | הַכַּבָּאִים | second | כַּבָּאֶיךָ | כבאייך / כַּבָּאַיִךְ | כַּבָּאֵיכֶם | כַּבָּאֵיכֶן | |
| construct | כַּבָּאֵי־ | third | כַּבָּאָיו | כַּבָּאֶיהָ | כַּבָּאֵיהֶם | כַּבָּאֵיהֶן | |
Synonyms
- לוֹחֵם אֵשׁ
References
- “כבאי” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
- "כבאי" in the Noun Declension Tables of the Academy of Hebrew Language
Further reading
- כבאי on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia he