אנטישמי

Hebrew

Etymology

Formed as a calque of German Antisemit: אַנְטִי־ (anti-) +‎ שֵׁמִי (shémi).

Pronunciation

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /antiˈʃemi/

Adjective

אַנְטִישֵׁמִי • (antishémi) (feminine אַנְטִישֵׁמִית, masculine plural אַנְטִישֵׁמִיִּים, feminine plural אַנְטִישֵׁמִיּוֹת)

1. Antisemitic, anti-Semitic: hating Jews, or relating to the hatred of Jews.

See also

• אַנְטִישֵׁמִיּוּת (antishémiyut)

Noun

אַנְטִישֵׁמִי • (antishémi) m (plural indefinite אַנְטִישֵׁמִיִּים, no construct forms, feminine counterpart אַנְטִישֵׁמִית)

1. A (male) antisemite, anti-Semite: one who hates Jews.

References

• Klein, Ernest (1987) “אַנְטִישֵׁמִי”, in A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English‎^[1], Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN, page 39c
• “אנטישמי” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language