חנוכייה

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Hebrew

A silver Hanukkah menorah

Etymology

Root
ח־נ־ך (kh-n-k)

חנוכה \ חֲנֻכָּה (khanuká, Hanukkah) +‎ ־ייה (-iyá). Borrowed from Judeo-Spanish.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

חנוכייה / חֲנֻכִּיָּה (khanukiyáf (plural indefinite חנוכיות / חֲנֻכִּיּוֹת)

  1. hanukkiah (a nine-branched menorah used during Hanukkah)
    • 1852 – 1915, I. L. Peretz, Glanced and injured :
      אחד מהם גוזר לו חנוכיה מעץ, לכבוד ימי החנוכה ההולכים וקרבים
      One of them cuts for himself a hanukkiah from wood, in honor of the days of Hanukkah which are coming and drawing near
    • c. 1954, Sara Glusman, I Have a Hanukkiah :
      חֲנֻכִּיָּה לִי יֵשׁ / צוֹחֶקֶת בָּהּ הָאֵשׁ / וְשָׂחָה לִי בַּלָּאט / עַל כַּד קָטָן אֶחָד / חֲנֻכִּיָּה שֶׁלִּי / אוֹרֵךְ נָא הַעֲלִי
      I have a hanukkiah. / The fire laughs within it / And quietly tells me the story / Of one small jug . / My hanukkiah / Please shine your light up high.

Declension

Descendants

  • English: hanukkiah

Further reading

References

  1. ^ שורצולד, אורה (רודריג) (1993) “שקיעי ספרדית-יהודית בעברית החדשה”, in Pe'amim: Studies in Oriental Jewry / פעמים: רבעון לחקר קהילות ישראל במזרח, number 56, →ISSN, pages 33–49