כלב ים

See also: כלבים

Hebrew
Roots
⁧כ־ל־ב⁩ (k-l-b)
⁧י־מ־ם⁩ (y-m-m)

Etymology

Calque of German Seehund.

In the Revival literature era there were authors appending the meaning "shark" to it, in analogy to Arabic ⁧كَلْب الْبَحْر⁩ (kalb al-baḥr) or French chien-de-mer, but the "seal" sense eventually prevailed.

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Noun

⁧כֶּלֶב יָם⁩ • (kélev-yam) m

  1. seal (sea mammal)
  2. (archaic) shark
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