חבית

Hebrew

Etymology

Borrowed from Aramaic חָבִיתָא‎ (ḥāḇīṯā, “jug, amphora”), as are also Arabic خَابِيَة‎ (ḵābiya) and Ge'ez ኅበይ, ሕበይ (ḫəbäy, ḥəbäy), ultimately from Akkadian 𒂁𒉺𒅁𒌉 (ḫābû, ḫāpû, “jug, amphora”) of obscure origin.

Noun

חָבִית • (khavít) f (plural indefinite חָבִיּוֹת‎, singular construct חָבִית־, plural construct חָבִיּוֹת־‎)

  1. A barrel, a cask.
  2. A barrel (unit of measure).

References
  • “ḥbyh”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Dillmann, August (1865) Lexicon linguae aethiopicae cum indice latino (in Latin), Leipzig: T. O. Weigel, column 602
  • Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 168
  • Kaufman, Stephen A. (1974) The Akkadian Influences on Aramaic (The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago Assyriological Studies; 19)‎, Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, →ISBN, page 53
  • Leslau, Wolf (1991) Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 257
  • “חבית” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

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