משמעי

Hebrew

Root
שׁ־מ־ע‎ (š-m-ʿ)

Etymology

From משמעות‎ (mashma'út, “meaning”) +‎ ־י‎ (-í, “-ic”); ultimately from the root ש־מ־ע‎ (sh-m-`).

Adjective

מַשְׁמָעִי • (mashma'í) (feminine משמעית‎, masculine plural משמעיים‎ or משמעים‎, feminine plural משמעיות‎)

  1. Used in compounds.
    חד משמעי‎ (khad-mashma'í, “unambiguous”, literally “single-meaning-al”)
    דו משמעי‎ (du-mashma'í, “ambiguous”, literally “double-meaning-al”)

See also

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.