בננה
Hebrew
Etymology
Ultimately from Wolof banaana, via various European languages. The sense girl (usually in the plural בָּנָנוֹת (bananot, “girls”) is presumably influenced by the phonetic similarity with בָּנוֹת f pl (banót, “girls”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /banana/
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Noun
בָּנָנָה • (banána) f (plural indefinite בָּנָנוֹת, singular construct בָּנָנַת־)
- a banana
- a banana connector
- (slang, usually in the plural) a girl
Declension
| Number | Isolated forms | With possessive pronouns | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| State | Form | Person | singular | plural | |||
| m. | f. | m. | f. | ||||
| singular | indefinite | בָּנָנָה | first | בָּנָנָתִי | בָּנָנָתֵנוּ | ||
| definite | הַבָּנָנָה | second | בָּנָנָתְךָ | בָּנָנָתֵךְ | בָּנָנַתְכֶם | בָּנָנַתְכֶן | |
| construct | בָּנָנַת־ | third | בָּנָנָתוֹ | בָּנָנָתָהּ | בָּנָנָתָם | בָּנָנָתָן | |
| plural | indefinite | בָּנָנוֹת | first | בננותיי / בָּנָנוֹתַי | בָּנָנוֹתֵינוּ | ||
| definite | הַבָּנָנוֹת | second | בָּנָנוֹתֶיךָ | בננותייך / בָּנָנוֹתַיִךְ | בָּנָנוֹתֵיכֶם | בָּנָנוֹתֵיכֶן | |
| construct | בָּנָנוֹת־ | third | בָּנָנוֹתָיו | בָּנָנוֹתֶיהָ | בָּנָנוֹתָם | בָּנָנוֹתָן | |
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