תריסר

Aramaic

Alternative forms

Etymology

Contraction of תְּרֵי עֲשַׂר (tərē ʿăsar).

Numeral

תריסר • (tərēsar) (feminine תַּרְתֵּיסְרֵי (tartēsrē))

  1. twelve

See also

References

  • try ˁsr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Jastrow, Marcus (1903), “תְּרֵיסַר”, in A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature[1], London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons

Hebrew

Etymology

From Aramaic תְּרֵיסַר (tərēsar).

Noun

תְּרֵיסָר • (tresárm (plural indefinite תְּרֵיסָרִים, singular construct תְּרֵיסַר־, plural construct תְּרֵיסְרֵי־)

  1. dozen
  2. (religion) the twelve minor prophets, or their books as a unit

Derived terms