ארנבת

Hebrew

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ʔarnab-, attested in the Bible only in the feminine. Compare Aramaic ארנבא (`arnava), Arabic أَرْنَب (ʔarnab).

Pronunciation

Noun

אַרְנֶבֶת • (arnévet, ʾarnéḇeṯf (plural indefinite אַרְנָבוֹת, singular construct אַרְנֶבֶת־, plural construct אַרְנְבוֹת־, masculine counterpart אַרְנָב) [pattern: קַטֶּלֶת]

  1. A female rabbit (a mammal of most genera of the family Leporidae, with long ears, long hind legs and a short, fluffy tail); a doe.
  2. A female (countable) hare (any of several plant-eating mammals of the genus Lepus, similar to a rabbit, but larger and with longer ears); a doe.