ינשוף

Hebrew

ינשוף

Etymology

Root
נ־שׁ־ף (n-sh-p)
3 terms

Probably from the יַקְטוּל of the verb נָשַׁף (nasháf), after bird's calls. Alternatively from the related נֶשֶׁף (néshef, “dusk”). Compare תִּנְשֶׁמֶת. Probably cognate with Akkadian enšūpu/enšūbu (“a bird”) and eššebu (“a kind of owl?”). Ultimately Derived from Proto-Semitic *nVšVp.

Pronunciation

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

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Noun

יַנְשׁוּף • (yanshúf) m (plural indefinite יַנְשׁוּפִים) [pattern: יַקְטוּל]

1. An owl of the Asio genus.
2. A breathalyser (device testing alcohol levels)

Declension

Declension of יַנְשׁוּף

	isolated forms		with possessive pronouns
Number:	State:	form	Person:	singular		plural
				m	f	m	f
singular	indefinite	יַנְשׁוּף	first	יַנְשׁוּפִי		יַנְשׁוּפֵנוּ
	definite	הַיַּנְשׁוּף	second	יַנְשׁוּפְךָ	יַנְשׁוּפֵךְ	יַנְשׁוּפְכֶם	יַנְשׁוּפְכֶן
	construct	יַנְשׁוּף־	third	יַנְשׁוּפוֹ	יַנְשׁוּפָהּ	יַנְשׁוּפָם	יַנְשׁוּפָן
plural	indefinite	יַנְשׁוּפִים	first	ינשופיי / יַנְשׁוּפַי		יַנְשׁוּפֵינוּ
	definite	הַיַּנְשׁוּפִים	second	יַנְשׁוּפֶיךָ	ינשופייך / יַנְשׁוּפַיִךְ	יַנְשׁוּפֵיכֶם	יַנְשׁוּפֵיכֶן
	construct	יַנְשׁוּפֵי־	third	יַנְשׁוּפָיו	יַנְשׁוּפֶיהָ	יַנְשׁוּפֵיהֶם	יַנְשׁוּפֵיהֶן

Hyponyms

• אוֹחַ

References

• H3244 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Brown, Francis, Driver, Samuel Rolles, Briggs, Charles Augustus (1906) “יַנְשׁוּף²”, in A Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament (BDB), Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Klein, Ernest (1987) “יַנְשׁוּף”, in A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English‎^[1], Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN, page 260b
• “enšūbu”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)‎^[2], volume 4, E, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1958, page 172
• Black, Jeremy, George, Andrew, Postgate, Nicholas (2000) “enšūpu”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, via the electronic Babylonian Library
• Black, Jeremy, George, Andrew, Postgate, Nicholas (2000) “eššebu”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, via the electronic Babylonian Library
• Militarev, Alexander, Kogan, Leonid (2000–2005) “*nVšVp”, in Semitic Etymological Dictionary, Münster: Ugarit-Verlag
• “ינשוף” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

Further reading

• ינשוף on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he