אתר

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Hebrew

Etymology 1

Root
א־ת־ר (ʾ-t-r)

Borrowed from Aramaic אַתְרָא (ʾaṯrā), doublet of אֲשֶׁר (ʾăšĕ́r, relative pronoun).

Sense 2 is a semantic loan from English site, a clipping of website.

Noun

אֲתָר • (atár) m (plural indefinite אתרים, singular construct אתר־)

  1. A site: the location of an object, person, event, or similar.
    אתר ארכאולוגי ― atár arke'ológi ― an archeological site
    אתר הניסויים נבדה ― atár-hanisuyím neváda ― the Nevada Test Site
  2. (Internet) site (a website)
    אתר האינטרנט הראשון ― atár-ha'ínternet harishón ― the first Internet site
    אתר הכנסת ― atár-hak'néset ― the Knesset site
    האתר הרשמי ― ha'atár harashmí ― the official site
Derived terms

Verb

אִתֵּר • ('itér) (pi'el construction)

  1. defective spelling of איתר

Verb

אֻתַּר • (utár) (pu'al construction)

  1. defective spelling of אותר

Etymology 2

Noun

אֶתֶר • (eter) m (singular construct אתר־)

  1. the æther (archaic notion); or more modernly, ether.

Etymology 3

Proper noun

אתר • (transliteration needed)

  1. a surname

References

  • “אתר” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

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