עכבר

Hebrew

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ʿakbar- (“mouse”), cognate with Arabic عَكْبَر (ʕakbar). The computing term is a semantic loan from English mouse.

Pronunciation

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /aχˈbaʁ/

Noun

עַכְבָּר

עַכְבַּר מַחְשֵׁב

עַכְבָּר • (akhbár) m (plural indefinite עַכְבָּרִים, singular construct עַכְבַּר־, plural construct עַכְבְּרֵי־)

1. mouse (any small rodent of the genus Mus)
2. (computing) mouse ((plural mice or mouses) An input device that is moved over a pad or other flat surface to produce a corresponding movement of a pointer on a graphical display)

References

• H5909 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

Further reading

• (biology):
  • עכבר on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he
• (computing):
  • עכבר (מחשב) on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he