עכבר

Hebrew

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ʿakbar- (“mouse”), cognate with Arabic عَكْبَر (ʕakbar). The computing term is a semantic loan from English mouse.

Pronunciation

Noun

עַכְבָּר • (akhbár) m (plural indefinite עַכְבָּרִים, singular construct עַכְבַּר־, plural construct עַכְבְּרֵי־)

  1. mouse (any small rodent of the genus Mus)
  2. (computing) mouse (an input device that is moved over a pad or other flat surface to produce a corresponding movement of a pointer on a graphical display)

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