סביבה

See also: סבֿיבֿה

Hebrew

Etymology 1
Root
⁧ס־ב־ב⁩ (s-b-b)

In form, the action noun of ⁧סבב⁩ (saváv), from the root ⁧ס־ב־ב⁩ (s-b-b).

Noun

⁧סְבִיבָה⁩ • (s'vivá) f (plural indefinite ⁧סְבִיבוֹת⁩, singular construct ⁧סְבִיבַת־⁩, plural construct ⁧סְבִיבוֹת־⁩) [pattern: ⁧קְטִילָה⁩]

  1. Surroundings, environs, area, vicinity: that which, or those who, are close to someone or something.
    ⁧הסביבה הקרובה⁩ — has'vivá hak'rová — the close vicinity
    ⁧הוא גר פה בסביבה.⁩ — hu gar po bas'vivá. — He lives around here.
  2. (mathematics) A neighborhood (of a point in a topological space): a superset of an open set containing a given point.
  3. (thermodynamics) Surroundings, environment, reservoir: the universe outside of a system under consideration.
  4. The environment, the natural environment: nature.
    ⁧הסביבה הטבעית⁩ — has'vivá hativ'ít — the natural environment
    ⁧מדעי הסביבה⁩ — mad'éi-has'vivá — environmental sciences

Preposition

⁧סְבִיבָהּ⁩ • (s'viváh)

  1. Form of ⁧סביב⁩ (savív) including third-person feminine singular personal pronoun as object.

Further reading

Yiddish

Noun

⁧סביבה⁩ • (svive)

  1. (nonstandard) Unpointed form of ⁧סבֿיבֿה⁩ (svive).
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