ביטוי

Hebrew

Alternative forms
  • בִּטּוּי‎ (defective spelling)

Etymology
Root
ב־ט־א‎ (b-ṭ-ʾ)

Action noun of בִּטֵּא‎, from the root ב־ט־א‎ (b-T-'). In sense 1, attested since the Mishnah; in other senses, not attested before the Enlightenment.

Pronunciation
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Noun

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  1. A pronunciation, an accent.
    • Horayot 2:5:
      אין חייבין על שמיעת הקול, ועל ביטוי שפתיים, ועל טומאת מקדש וקודשיו. […]
  2. An expression, an utterance.
  3. An expression, an idiom, a figure of speech.
  4. (mathematics) An expression, a mathematical or algebraic expression.

References
  • “בִּטּוּי” in Abraham Even-Shoshan (אַבְרָהָם אֶבֶן־שׁוֹשָׁן) 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 107.
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