סבירות

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
ס־ב־ר (s-b-r)

From סביר (savír) +‎ ־ות (-út).

Noun

סְבִירוּת • (s'virút) f (plural indefinite סבירויות / סְבִירֻיּוֹת, singular construct סְבִירוּת־, plural construct סבירויות / סְבִירֻיּוֹת־)

1. A rough, informal measure of likelihood or probability.
2. (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.]

3. (סְבִירוּת־, s'virút-) singular construct state form of סְבִירוּת‎.

See also

• הִסְתַּבְּרוּת (histab'rút, “probability”)

References

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

Further reading

• סבירות on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he