כפף

Hebrew
Root
כ־פ־ף‎ (k-p-p)

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *gbb (“to bend, curve, cut”). This is related to the Arabic root ج ب ب‎ (j-b-b), source of جبة‎ (“coat, garment, cloak”).[1]

Verb

כָּפַף • (kafáf) (pa'al construction)

  1. to bend

References
  • “כפף” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
  1. “kippah”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
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