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אבוב

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Aramaic

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Noun

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אַבּוּב, אַבּוּבָא (transliteration needed?

  1. reed, flute
  2. pipe, tube

References

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  • Jastrow, Marcus (1903) A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature, London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons

Hebrew

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Root
א־ב־ב (ʾ-b-b)

Etymology

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Most likely a loan word from Akkadian 𒄀𒁍 (ebbūbum, flute), which probably derived from the root n-b-b (to be hollow). Compare Arabic أُنْبُوب (ʔunbūb, pipe, tube). [1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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אַבּוּב or אִיבּוּב (abúv or ibúvm (plural indefinite אַבּוּבִים, singular construct אַבּוּב־)

  1. reed, flute
  2. pipe, tube
  3. the inner rubber tube inside each one of a car’s tires
  4. a kind of buoy on which people sit, used for fun in water sports

Noun

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אַבּוּב (abúvm (plural indefinite אַבּוּבִים, singular construct אַבּוּב־)

  1. (Modern Israeli Hebrew, music) oboe

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Klein, Ernest. 1987. "A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English". The University of Haifa.
  • אבוב” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

Further reading

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