סבירות
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Hebrew
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Root |
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ס־ב־ר (s-b-r) |
From סביר (savír) + ־ות (-út).
Noun
[edit]סְבִירוּת • (s'virút) f (plural indefinite סבירויות / סְבִירֻיּוֹת, singular construct סְבִירוּת־, plural construct סבירויות / סְבִירֻיּוֹת־)
- A rough, informal measure of likelihood or probability.
- (law) Reasonableness, reasonability: the property of being reasonable.
- הוא פעל בחוסר סבירות. — hú pa'ál b'khóser s'virút. — He acted unreasonably. [literally He acted with a lack of reasonableness.]
- (סְבִירוּת־, s'virút-) singular construct state form of סְבִירוּת.
See also
[edit]- הִסְתַּבְּרוּת (histab'rút, “probability”)
References
[edit]- “סבירות” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
Further reading
[edit]- סבירות on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia he