קיץ

Hebrew

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *qayθ̣- (“summer”) Compare Aramaic קֵיטָא (qēṭā), Arabic قَيْظ (qayẓ, “oppressive heat, midsummer”), قَاظَ (qāẓa, “to be hot”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkajits/

Noun

קַיִץ • (káyits) m (plural indefinite קֵיצִים, singular construct קֵיץ־, plural construct קֵיצֵי־) [pattern: קֶטֶל]

1. summer

Coordinate terms

• סתיו / סְתָו (s'táv)
• חורף / חֹרֶף (khóref)
• אָבִיב ('avív)

Derived terms

• קֵיצִי (keitsí)

References

• H7019 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Weninger, Stefan, editor (2011), The Semitic Languages - An International Handbook, KG, Berlin/Boston: de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 101