חבית

Hebrew

Etymology

Borrowed from Aramaic חָבִיתָא (ḥāḇīṯā, “jug, amphora”), as are also Arabic خَابِيَة (ḵābiya) and Ge'ez ኅበይ, ሕበይ (ḫəbäy, ḥəbäy), ultimately from Akkadian 𒂁𒉺𒅁𒌉 (ḫābû, ḫāpû, “jug, amphora”) of obscure origin.

Noun

חָבִית • (khavít) f (plural indefinite חָבִיּוֹת, singular construct חָבִית־, plural construct חָבִיּוֹת־)

  1. A barrel, a cask.
  2. A barrel (unit of measure).

References
  • “ḥbyh”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Dillmann, August (1865) Lexicon linguae aethiopicae cum indice latino (in Latin), Leipzig: T. O. Weigel, column 602
  • Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 168
  • Kaufman, Stephen A. (1974) The Akkadian Influences on Aramaic (The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago Assyriological Studies; 19)‎, Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, →ISBN, page 53
  • Leslau, Wolf (1991) Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 257
  • “חבית” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

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