כנף
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Hebrew
[edit]Etymology
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כ־נ־ף (k-n-p) |
From Proto-Semitic *kanap-, cognate with Akkadian 𒉺 (kappum, “wing, branch”), Arabic كَنَف (kanaf, “wing, side, bosom”), Ge'ez ክንፍ (kənf, “wing, fin”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /kaˈnaf/
Audio: (file)
Noun
[edit]כָּנָף • (kanáf) f (dual indefinite כנפיים / כְּנָפַיִם, plural indefinite כְּנָפוֹת, singular construct כְּנַף־, dual construct כַּנְפֵי־, plural construct כַּנְפוֹת־) [pattern: קָטָל]
- (zootomy) wing
- Tanach, Zechariah 5:9:
- וָאֶשָּׂא עֵינַי וָאֵרֶא וְהִנֵּה שְׁתַּיִם נָשִׁים יוֹצְאוֹת וְרוּחַ בְּכַנְפֵיהֶם וְלָהֵנָּה כְנָפַיִם כְּכַנְפֵי הַחֲסִידָה ותשנה אֶת הָאֵיפָה בֵּין הָאָרֶץ וּבֵין הַשָּׁמָיִם׃
- va'esa' 'einai va'ere' v'hine sh'tayim nashim yots'ot v'ruakh b'khanfeihem v'lahena kh'nafayim k'khanfei hakhasida vatishena et ha'eyfa ben ha'arets uven hashamayim.
- And I lifted my eyes and I saw, and behold, two women emerging and there was wind in their wings and they had wings like the wings of a stork, and they carried the ephah between the land and the sky.
- אפרת גוש, לראות את האור
- ולרגע יכולתי לברוח כנוצה על כְּנָפָהּ של ציפור
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- fender, mudguard
Usage notes
[edit]- As with many other nouns, the plural form is rarely used in modern Hebrew even when referring to more than two wings.
Declension
[edit]Declension of כָּנָף
Number | Isolated forms | With possessive pronouns | |||||
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State | Form | Person | singular | plural | |||
m. | f. | m. | f. | ||||
singular | indefinite | כָּנָף | first | כְּנָפִי | כְּנָפֵנוּ | ||
definite | הַכָּנָף | second | כְּנָפְךָ | כְּנָפֵךְ | כְּנַפְכֶם | כְּנַפְכֶן | |
construct | כְּנַף־ | third | כְּנָפוֹ | כְּנָפָהּ | כְּנָפָם | כְּנָפָן | |
dual | indefinite | כנפיים / כְּנָפַיִם | first | כנפיי / כְּנָפַי | כְּנָפֵינוּ | ||
definite | הכנפיים / הַכְּנָפַיִם | second | כְּנָפֶיךָ | כנפייך / כְּנָפַיִךְ | כַּנְפֵיכֶם | כַּנְפֵיכֶן | |
construct | כַּנְפֵי־ | third | כְּנָפָיו | כְּנָפֶיהָ | כַּנְפֵיהֶם | כַּנְפֵיהֶן | |
plural | indefinite | כְּנָפוֹת | first | כנפותיי / כַּנְפוֹתַי | כַּנְפוֹתֵינוּ | ||
definite | הַכְּנָפוֹת | second | כַּנְפוֹתֶיךָ | כנפותייך / כַּנְפוֹתַיִךְ | כַּנְפוֹתֵיכֶם | כַּנְפוֹתֵיכֶן | |
construct | כַּנְפוֹת־ | third | כַּנְפוֹתָיו | כַּנְפוֹתֶיהָ | כַּנְפוֹתָם | כַּנְפוֹתָן |
References
[edit]- “כנף” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
Further reading
[edit]- כנף on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia he
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