סיבי

Hebrew

Etymology

Derived from סִיב (siv, “fiber”) +‎ ־ִי (-í).

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

סִיבִי • (siví) (feminine סִיבִית, masculine plural סִיבִים or סִיבִיִּים, feminine plural סִיבִיּוֹת)

1. fibrous, made of fiber

References

• Klein, Ernest (1987) “סִיבִי”, in A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English‎^[1], Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN, page 442c
• “סיבי” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language