Hebrew Words @HebreWords
Tweeting about the fascinating lives of Hebrew words through the ages. Joined January 2018-
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Hey everyone! I’m looking for the etymology of a Hebrew slang term — דַּרְדָּלֶה (ˈdɑʁ.dɑ.lɛ) — originally referring to a weak soccer kick. What’s the source word?
🌾 The Hebrew word for "scarecrow," דַּחְלִיל (dɑχˈlil), was coined in 1890 by Moshe Schulbaum in his translation of Friedrich Schiller's play "Die Räuber." Schulbaum used the root דח״ל, which carries the sense of "fear," in the somewhat rare qatlil noun pattern.
The Hebrew word for "shock" הֶלֶם (ˈhɛ.lɛm) was coined by the Medical Terminology Committee of the Committee of the Hebrew Language in the 1930s. They based it on the root הל״ם, which denotes striking. #LanguageTrivia #Etymology 🏥
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Some think that the origin of the word is Yiddish. I think it's colloquial Arabic, or actually English. In colloquial Arabic, darbale دربلة means to hit the ball softly. It comes from the English word dribble. Dardale is therefore a mispronunciation of the Arabic darbale.
Hey everyone! I’m looking for the etymology of a Hebrew slang term — דַּרְדָּלֶה (ˈdɑʁ.dɑ.lɛ) — originally referring to a weak soccer kick. What’s the source word?
@perurealfonso @HebreWords Me too, I thought I was already following 🤷♂️
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@HebreWords I'm sure German was the direct source but it was a common calque in most Western languages in the 19th century: ferrocarril, ferrovia, chemin de fer, &c., &c.
@HebreWords Let's uncover the spelling of the English word that corresponds to the Hebrew מחמאה; it's COMPLIMENT, with an i in the middle.
@HebreWords Complement=משלים/השלמה Compliment=מחמאה/שבח
@VeRazaq @HebreWords It should be “compliment” throughout.
@HebreWords They totally have bangs. Btw, Pony itself has a funny story, German got it relatively late from English which eventually got it from Latin. Also the gender of the words is fascinating: The animal is used as neuter, the haircut as masculin.
@HebreWords We have a Ladino-origin recipe that has a recipe for deep-fried dough (don't recall offhand if sweetened, but probably) named orejas de Haman, so it was definitely in the Mediterranean Jewish culture.
@HebreWords @HebAcademy We call it tippex in Australian English also. As with many products, the brand name becomes generic.
@HebreWords In modern Assyrian we call mole “χulˈda” and rat “Garou”
@HebreWords Congrats on רבבה followers 👏 a great opportunity to thank you for your interesting posts, I enjoy reading them and gaining knowledge on Hebrew a bit at the time😁
יש כאלו, נתנו להם אזרחות והתייחסנו אליהם כאזרחים סוג ב'. זה עשה עולם של הבדל.
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@HebreWords @HebAcademy WAIT I FIGURED IT OUT MOOSE ARE LOUD THANKS!
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