סביבה

In form, the action noun of סבב‎ (saváv), from the root ס־ב־ב‎ (s-b-b).

סְבִיבָה • (s'vivá) f (plural indefinite סְבִיבוֹת‎, singular construct סְבִיבַת־‎, plural construct סְבִיבוֹת־‎)

1. Surroundings, environs, area, vicinity: that which, or those who, are close to someone or something.

   הסביבה הקרובה — has'vivá hak'rová — the close vicinity

   הוא גר פה בסביבה.‎ — hu gar po bas'vivá. — He lives around here.

2. (mathematics) A neighborhood (of a point in a topological space): a superset of an open set containing a given point.
3. (thermodynamics) Surroundings, environment, reservoir: the universe outside of a system under consideration.
4. The environment, the natural environment: nature.

   הסביבה הטבעית — has'vivá hativ'ít — the natural environment

   מדעי הסביבה‎ — mad'éi-has'vivá — environmental sciences

סְבִיבָהּ • (s'viváh)

1. Form of סביב‎ (savív) including third-person feminine singular personal pronoun as object.

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סביבה • (svive)

1. (nonstandard) Unpointed form of סבֿיבֿה‎ (svive).