שזיף

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
שׁ־ז־ף (sh-z-p)
3 terms

Unknown. Perhaps related to שָׁזוּף (shazúf, “tanned, sunburnt”) because of the appearance of the fruit.

Pronunciation

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Noun

שזיף על עץ. (“Plum on a tree.”)

שְׁזִיף • (sh'zíf) m (plural indefinite שְׁזִיפִים, plural construct שְׁזִיפֵי־) [pattern: קְטִיל]

1. plum

Declension

Declension of שְׁזִיף

	isolated forms		with possessive pronouns
Number:	State:	form	Person:	singular		plural
				m	f	m	f
singular	indefinite	שְׁזִיף	first	שְׁזִיפִי		שְׁזִיפֵנוּ
	definite	הַשְּׁזִיף	second	שְׁזִיפְךָ	שְׁזִיפֵךְ	שְׁזִיפְכֶם	שְׁזִיפְכֶן
	construct	שְׁזִיף־	third	שְׁזִיפוֹ	שְׁזִיפָהּ	שְׁזִיפָם	שְׁזִיפָן
plural	indefinite	שְׁזִיפִים	first	שזיפיי / שְׁזִיפַי		שְׁזִיפֵינוּ
	definite	הַשְּׁזִיפִים	second	שְׁזִיפֶיךָ	שזיפייך / שְׁזִיפַיִךְ	שְׁזִיפֵיכֶם	שְׁזִיפֵיכֶן
	construct	שְׁזִיפֵי־	third	שְׁזִיפָיו	שְׁזִיפֶיהָ	שְׁזִיפֵיהֶם	שְׁזִיפֵיהֶן

References

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

Further reading

• שזיף on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he