עגבת
Hebrew
Etymology
| Root |
|---|
| ע־ג־ב (ʿ-g-b) |
| 2 terms |
Coined by physician and linguist Aharon Mazia from עָגַב ('agáv, “to love, desire, make love”) and the pattern קַטֶּלֶת (katélet) that indicates a disease.
Pronunciation
- (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA(key): /ʕaɡˈɡɛ.vɛθ/ [ʕaɡˈɡɛː.vɛθ]
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /(ʔ)aˈɡe.vet/ [äˈɡe̞.ve̞t]
Noun
עַגֶּבֶת • ('agévet) f (plural indefinite עַגָּבוֹת, singular construct עַגֶּבֶת־, plural construct עַגְּבוֹת־) [pattern: קַטֶּלֶת]
- (pathology) syphilis (a disease spread via sexual activity, caused by the bacterium Treponema pallidum)
- Synonym: (loanword) סִיפִילִיס
Declension
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number: | State: | form | Person: | singular | plural | ||
| m | f | m | f | ||||
| singular | indefinite | עַגֶּבֶת | first | עַגַּבְתִּי | עַגַּבְתֵּנוּ | ||
| definite | הָעַגֶּבֶת | second | עַגַּבְתְּךָ | עַגַּבְתֵּךְ | עַגַּבְתְּכֶם | עַגַּבְתְּכֶן | |
| construct | עַגֶּבֶת־ | third | עַגַּבְתּוֹ | עַגַּבְתָּהּ | עַגַּבְתָּם | עַגַּבְתָּן | |
| plural | indefinite | עַגָּבוֹת | first | עגבותיי / עַגְּבוֹתַי | עַגְּבוֹתֵינוּ | ||
| definite | הָעַגָּבוֹת | second | עַגְּבוֹתֶיךָ | עגבותייך / עַגְּבוֹתַיִךְ | עַגְּבוֹתֵיכֶם | עַגְּבוֹתֵיכֶן | |
| construct | עַגְּבוֹת־ | third | עַגְּבוֹתָיו | עַגְּבוֹתֶיהָ | עַגְּבוֹתָם | עַגְּבוֹתָן | |
Derived terms
- עֲגַבְתִּי ('agavtí, “syphilitic”)
References
- “עגבת” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
- Klein, Ernest (1987), “עַגֶּבֶת”, in A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English[1], Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN, page 463