אביר
Hebrew
Pronunciation
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /(ʔ)aˈbiʁ/
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Adjective
אַבִּיר • (abír) (feminine אַבִּירָה, masculine plural אַבִּירִים, feminine plural אַבִּירוֹת)
- mighty, valiant
- strong, mighty (used of God only)
Noun
אַבִּיר • (abír) m (plural indefinite אַבִּירִים, singular construct אַבִּיר־, plural construct אַבִּירֵי־, feminine counterpart אַבִּירָה)
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) a knight
- (biblical) a great horse, an ox or a strong working bull
Declension
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number: | State: | form | Person: | singular | plural | ||
| m | f | m | f | ||||
| singular | indefinite | אַבִּיר | first | אַבִּירִי | אַבִּירֵנוּ | ||
| definite | הָאַבִּיר | second | אַבִּירְךָ | אַבִּירֵךְ | אַבִּירְכֶם | אַבִּירְכֶן | |
| construct | אַבִּיר־ | third | אַבִּירוֹ | אַבִּירָהּ | אַבִּירָם | אַבִּירָן | |
| plural | indefinite | אַבִּירִים | first | אביריי / אַבִּירַי | אַבִּירֵינוּ | ||
| definite | הָאַבִּירִים | second | אַבִּירֶיךָ | אבירייך / אַבִּירַיִךְ | אַבִּירֵיכֶם | אַבִּירֵיכֶן | |
| construct | אַבִּירֵי־ | third | אַבִּירָיו | אַבִּירֶיהָ | אַבִּירֵיהֶם | אַבִּירֵיהֶן | |
Derived terms
- אַבִּירוּת (abirút, “knighthood, chivalry”)
See also
- פָּרָשׁ m (parash)
Proper noun
אַבִּיר • (abír) m
- (Biblical Hebrew) the Strong, a poetic name for God
References
- H47 in Strong, James (1979), Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- “אביר” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
- "אביר" in the Noun Declension Tables of the Academy of Hebrew Language
Anagrams
Ladino
Etymology
From Old Spanish aver, from Latin habeō (“hold, have”).
Verb
אביר (Latin spelling aver)
- to have