טפיל

Hebrew

Root
ט־פ־ל (ṭ-p-l)

Etymology

Coined by Aharon Meir Mazya for a 1910 lecture on meningitis, based on the Arabic طُفَيْل (ṭufayl).

Noun

טַפִּיל • (tapil) m (plural indefinite טַפִּילִים, singular construct טַפִּיל־, plural construct טַפִּילֵי־)

1. (biology) parasite

Synonyms

• פָּרָזִיט

Derived terms

• טַפִּילִי
• טַפִּילוּת

References

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

Further reading

• טפיל on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he