ערב
עברית
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ערב
- /ˈeʁev/ Modern Israeli
- [ˈʕɛːʀ̟ɛv]
- /ʁarb/
- /ʕarb/
Where it comes from
Cognates include Arabic غَرْب (ḡarb, “west”).
noun עֶרֶב · érev · ערביים · עַרְבַּיִם · עֲרָבִים · עֶרֶב־
- evening, night
- the day before עֶרֶב פֶּסַח
verb עָרַב · aráv · לערוב · לַעֲרֹב · -
- to guarantee, promise vow
- to wane (end, i.e. a time period)
- to be pleasant, pretty
verb עֵרֵב · erév · עֵרַב · eráv
- defective spelling of עירב
noun עָרֵב · arév
- cosigner (guarantor on a debt)
adjective עָרֵב · arév · עֲרֵבָה · עֲרֵבִים · עֲרֵבוֹת
- pretty, pleasant
noun עֵרֶב · érev
- mixture
- rabble
- woof (horizontal, widthwise threads)
proper noun עֲרָב · aráv
- Arabia (a peninsula of West Asia between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf; includes Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, and the United Arab Emirates)
- Arabia (the region of West Asia within or adjacent to the Arabian Plate; Yemen, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, the Egyptian Sinai, Palestine and the United Arab Emirates)
noun עֹרֵב · orév
- defective spelling of עורב
In English
- eve day or night before
- mellifluous sweet and smooth (tone, voice...)
- evening time of day between the approximate time of midwinter dusk and midnight
- woof set of yarns carried by the shuttle of a loom which are placed crosswise at righ
- savory tasty, attractive to the palate
- Arabia a peninsula between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf
- guarantor person or company that provides a guarantee
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