סבון
Hebrew
Etymology
Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *saipǭ, borrowed from and reinforced by words from multiple languages, including in modern times French savon, German Seife, the former through Latin sāpō, sāpōnem (“soap”). Compare Ancient Greek σάπων (sápōn); English soap; Ladino shavón, שאבון and Yiddish זייף (zeyf). A word with similar meaning appears in the Babylonian Talmud (Baba Kama, 93b) in the form צפון.
Pronunciation
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /saˈbon/
Noun
סַבּוֹן • (sabón) m (plural indefinite סַבּוֹנִים, singular construct סַבּוֹן־, plural construct סַבּוֹנֵי־)
- a soap
Declension
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number: | State: | form | Person: | singular | plural | ||
| m | f | m | f | ||||
| singular | indefinite | סַבּוֹן | first | סַבּוֹנִי | סַבּוֹנֵנוּ | ||
| definite | הַסַּבּוֹן | second | סַבּוֹנְךָ | סַבּוֹנֵךְ | סַבּוֹנְכֶם | סַבּוֹנְכֶן | |
| construct | סַבּוֹן־ | third | סַבּוֹנוֹ | סַבּוֹנָהּ | סַבּוֹנָם | סַבּוֹנָן | |
| plural | indefinite | סַבּוֹנִים | first | סבוניי / סַבּוֹנַי | סַבּוֹנֵינוּ | ||
| definite | הַסַּבּוֹנִים | second | סַבּוֹנֶיךָ | סבונייך / סַבּוֹנַיִךְ | סַבּוֹנֵיכֶם | סַבּוֹנֵיכֶן | |
| construct | סַבּוֹנֵי־ | third | סַבּוֹנָיו | סַבּוֹנֶיהָ | סַבּוֹנֵיהֶם | סַבּוֹנֵיהֶן | |
Derived terms
- סיבן / סִבֵּן (sibén)