חתול

Hebrew

Etymology 1

Root
ח־ת־ל (kh-t-l)
2 terms

Of indeterminate origin, possibly a Wanderwort. First attested in the Hebrew of the Babylonian Talmud. Related to Jewish Babylonian Aramaic חֲתוּלָא, a plural form of which appears in the Targum Jonathan version of Isaiah 13:22, rendering the Hebrew אִיִּים (“jackals”) as חֲתוּלִין (“cats”). Compare also Arabic قط (qiṭṭ), Latin cattus.

Pronunciation

• (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ħɔːˈθuːl/ [ħɔːˈθuːl]
• (Yemenite Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ħɔˈθul/ [ħɔːˈθuːl]
• (Sephardi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /χaˈtul/ (East), /ħaˈtul/ (West)
• (Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /χɔˈsul/, /χuˈsil/
• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /χaˈtul/

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Noun

חָתוּל • (khatúl) m (plural indefinite חֲתוּלִים, singular construct חֲתוּל־, feminine counterpart חֲתוּלָה)

1. cat

Declension

Declension of חָתוּל

	isolated forms		with possessive pronouns
Number:	State:	form	Person:	singular		plural
				m	f	m	f
masculine singular	indefinite	חָתוּל	first	חֲתוּלִי		חֲתוּלֵנוּ
	definite	הַחָתוּל	second	חֲתוּלְךָ	חֲתוּלֵךְ	חֲתוּלְכֶם	חֲתוּלְכֶן
	construct	חֲתוּל־	third	חֲתוּלוֹ	חֲתוּלָהּ	חֲתוּלָם	חֲתוּלָן
masculine plural	indefinite	חֲתוּלִים	first	חתוליי / חֲתוּלַי		חֲתוּלֵינוּ
	definite	הַחֲתוּלִים	second	חֲתוּלֶיךָ	חתולייך / חֲתוּלַיִךְ	חֲתוּלֵיכֶם	חֲתוּלֵיכֶן
	construct	חֲתוּלֵי־	third	חֲתוּלָיו	חֲתוּלֶיהָ	חֲתוּלֵיהֶם	חֲתוּלֵיהֶן
feminine singular	indefinite	חֲתוּלָה	first	חֲתוּלָתִי		חֲתוּלָתֵנוּ
	definite	הַחֲתוּלָה	second	חֲתוּלָתְךָ	חֲתוּלָתֵךְ	חֲתוּלַתְכֶם	חֲתוּלַתְכֶן
	construct	חֲתוּלַת־	third	חֲתוּלָתוֹ	חֲתוּלָתָהּ	חֲתוּלָתָם	חֲתוּלָתָן
feminine plural	indefinite	חֲתוּלוֹת	first	חתולותיי / חֲתוּלוֹתַי		חֲתוּלוֹתֵינוּ
	definite	הַחֲתוּלוֹת	second	חֲתוּלוֹתֶיךָ	חתולותייך / חֲתוּלוֹתַיִךְ	חֲתוּלוֹתֵיכֶם	חֲתוּלוֹתֵיכֶן
	construct	חֲתוּלוֹת־	third	חֲתוּלוֹתָיו	חֲתוּלוֹתֶיהָ	חֲתוּלוֹתָם	חֲתוּלוֹתָן

Synonyms

• (cat): שונרא (shunrá) (rare)

Derived terms

• חֲתוּלִי (khatulí)
• חֲתַלְתּוּל (khataltúl)
• חָתוּל נְמֵרִי (khatúl n'merí)

References

• Klein, Ernest (1987) “חָתוּל”, in A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English‎^[1], Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN, page 237a
• 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, page 512a
• “חתול” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

Etymology 2

Noun

חִתּוּל • (khitúl) m

1. defective spelling of חיתול

References

• “חתול” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

Further reading

• חתול on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he