אבץ
Hebrew
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| א־ב־ץ (ʾ-b-ṣ) |
Etymology
Coined by Eliezer Ben-Yehuda, based on Aramaic אבצא (“tin”) and Arabic بَيَّضَ (bayyaḍa, “to whiten, to tin”), he reasoned that Hebrew already had בְּדִיל (b'dil, “tin”) so the root could be used for another metal.
References
- “אבץ” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
Further reading
אבץ on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia he
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