סבון

Hebrew

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *saipǭ, borrowed from and reinforced by words from multiple languages, including in modern times French savon, German Seife, the former through Late Latin sāpō, sāpōnem (“soap”). Compare Ancient Greek σάπων (sápōn); English soap; Ladino shavón, שאבון‎ and Yiddish זייף‎ (zeyf). A word with similar meaning appearing in the Babylonian Talmud (Baba Kama, 93:70b) in the form צפון.

Pronunciation

(Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /saˈbon/

Noun

סַבּוֹן • (sabón) m (plural indefinite סַבּוֹנִים‎, singular construct סַבּוֹן־, plural construct סַבּוֹנֵי־‎)

a soap

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