כלב

See also: כּלבֿ‎

Hebrew

Root
כ־ל־ב‎ (k-l-b)

כלב

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *kalb-. Cognate with Akkadian 𒌨𒂠 (kalbum) and Arabic كَلْب‎ (kalb).

Pronunciation

(Modern Israeli Hebrew, Sephardi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈke.lev/
(Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈkɛ.lɛv/

Noun

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A dog, especially a male dog.
(derogatory) scoundrel, bitch

Declension

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Derived terms

כֶּלֶב זְאֵב‎ (kélev z'év)
כֶּלֶב־יָם‎ (kélev-yam)
כֶּלֶב כְּנַעֲנִי‎ (kelev k'na'ani)
כֶּלֶב־נָהָר‎ (kélev-náhar)
כְּלַבְלַב‎ (k'lavláv)
כַּלְבָן‎ (kalbán)
כַּלֶּבֶת‎ (kalévet)
קור כלבים / קֹר כְּלָבִים‎ (kor klavím)

Persian

Noun

כלב • (kalb)

Judeo-Persian spelling of ‎ (kalb).
- 1600s, Elisha ben Shmūel, translated by Dalia Yasharpour, The Prince and the Sufi: The Judeo-Persian Rendition of the Buddha Biographies, Brill, published November 9, 2020:
  צֿנאן גשתה וֿגִודש פיש מן כֿאר
  כה פנדארם כם‭‬ אז כלבסת צד באר
  čenin gašte vojud-aš piš-e man xâr
  ke pendâram kam az kalb ast sad bâr
  His existence for me has become so base
  That I view him infinitely lower than a dog.

Yiddish

Noun

כלב • (kelev) m, plural כלבים‎ (klovem)

(nonstandard) Unpointed form of כּלבֿ‎ (kelev).

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