גבול
Hebrew
Root |
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ג־ב־ל |
Pronunciation
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /ɡvul/
Noun
גְּבוּל • (g'vúl) m (plural indefinite גְּבוּלוֹת, singular construct גְּבוּל־, plural construct גְּבוּלוֹת־)
- A border, a boundary, a limit, a line: a line dividing two fields, or two cities, or two countries, or the like.
- The area within a set of borders.
- An edge, an end, a limit.
- גבול חייו ― g'vúl-khayáv ― his end [literally the end of his life]
- Used figuratively.
- (גְּבוּל־, g'vúl-) Singular construct formal of גְּבוּל.
Usage notes
- In addition to the plural forms in ־וֹת (-ót) given above, the regular plural forms are attested as well: גְּבוּלִים (g'vulím), גְּבוּלֵי־ (g'vuléi-). These are much less common, however.
References
- “גְּבוּל” in Abraham Even-Shoshan (אַבְרָהָם אֶבֶן־שֹׁשָן) et al., הַמִּלּוֹן הֶחָדָשׁ (ha-milón he-khadásh, “The New Dictionary”), Kiryat-Sefer Ltd. (קִרְיַת־סֵפֶר בְּע״ם) (1984), →ISBN, volume 1 of 3 (א to כ), →ISBN, page 154.
Anagrams
- בלוג
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