נמלה

Hebrew
Ant

Etymology
Root
נ־מ־ל‎ (n-m-l)

Compare Arabic نَمْل‎ (naml), Maltese nemla

Noun

נְמָלָה • (nemalá) f (plural indefinite נְמָלִים‎, singular construct נְמָלַת־‎, plural construct נִמְלֵי־‎)

  1. ant

Usage notes
  • In addition to the usual plural forms נְמָלִים‎ (n'malím) and נִמְלֵי־‎ (nimléi-) given above, the more-regular forms נְמָלוֹת‎ (n'malót) and נְמָלוֹת־‎ (n'malót-) are also attested.

Derived terms

References
  • “נמלה” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

Further reading
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