קיץ

Hebrew

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *qayθ̣- (“summer”) Compare Aramaic קֵיטָא‎ (qēṭā), Arabic قَيْظ‎ (qayẓ, “oppressive heat, midsummer”), قَاظَ‎ (qāẓa, “to be hot”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkajits/

Noun

קַיִץ • (káyits) m (plural indefinite קֵיצִים‎, singular construct קֵיץ־, plural construct קֵיצֵי־‎) [pattern: קֶטֶל]

summer

Coordinate terms

סתיו / סְתָו‎ (s'táv)
חורף / חֹרֶף‎ (khóref)
אָבִיב‎ ('avív)

Derived terms

קֵיצִי‎ (keitsí)

References

H7019 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
Weninger, Stefan, editor (2011) The Semitic Languages - An International Handbook, KG, Berlin/Boston: de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 101

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