תיאבון

Hebrew

Etymology

Roots
ת־א־ב (t-ʾ-b)
2 terms
א־ב־ה (ʾ-b-h)
5 terms

Regarding ת־א־ב (“to long for, to desire”), Ernest Klein writes: "Prob. a secondary base formed from א־ב־ה or י־א־ב. According to Nöldeke it is possibly an Aramaism."

Noun

תיאבון / תֵּאָבוֹן • (te'avón) m [pattern: קִטָּלוֹן]

1. appetite
2. desire

Derived terms

• בתיאבון / בְּתֵאָבוֹן
• לתיאבון / לְתֵאָבוֹן

References

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

Further reading

• תיאבון on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he