אספסת

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אספסת

/(ʔ)asˈpeset/ Modern Israeli

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Aramaic אַסְפַּסְתָּא (ʾaspastā) / ܐܰܣܦܷܣܬܳܐ (ʾaspestā, “lucerne”), from Akkadian 𒊍𒉺𒊍𒋾 (aspastu, “presumably lucerne”), from Old Median *aspāstiš (“lucerne”), from Proto-Iranian *HacwaHastiš (“lucerne”, literally “horse-food”) from Proto-Iranian *Hácwah (“horse”) + Proto-Indo-European *h₁ed- (“related to eating”) + *-tis, the Assyrians having it borrowed when modelling their cavalry after the Medes and thus taking over this name for a plant serving as horse-food, passing it to the Babylonian. So the most likely chain.

noun אַסְפֶּסֶת · aspéset

uncountable alfalfa וּמַחֲשׂוֹף כַּף־רַגְלֵךְ ילִָּטֵף בַּעֲלֵי הָאַסְפֶּסֶת, \ אוֹ שִׁלְפֵי־שִׁבֳּלִים יִדְקְרוּךְ וְתִמְתַּק דְּקִירָתָם.

In English

alfalfa Medicago sativa

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MLA

"אספסת." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%90%D7%A1%D7%A4%D7%A1%D7%AA. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026.

APA

אספסת. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 7, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%90%D7%A1%D7%A4%D7%A1%D7%AA

Chicago

"אספסת." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 7, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%90%D7%A1%D7%A4%D7%A1%D7%AA.

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {אספסת},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%90%D7%A1%D7%A4%D7%A1%D7%AA},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}