Noun: hebreu
Gender: m
Hyphenation:
| Singular m | hebreu |
| Singular f | hebreia |
| Plural m | hebreus |
| Plural f | hebreias |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like hebreu
galileu,
saduceu,
filisteu,
cananeu,
cireneu,
eritreu,
europeu,
aqueu,
macabeu,
arameu,
mandeu,
fariseu,
hebreu,
plebeu,
pigmeu,
egeu,
ateu,
Etymology
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese ebreo, ebreu (“Hebrew, Jew”), a semi-learned borrowing from Latin hebraeus (-vr- would be expected in an inherited term), from Ancient Greek Ἑβραῖος (Hebraîos), from Hebrew עִבְרִי (“Hebrew”). See: Old Portuguese Nouns '
ebreo', Old Portuguese Nouns '
ebreo', Latin Nouns '
hebraeus', Ancient Greek Nouns '
Ἑβραῖος'.
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